Tag Archives: Paul K. Gellert

Forests, Sustainability and Political Economy in Indonesia

Forest Conservation and Sustainability in Indonesia: A Political Economy Study of International Governance Failure is a new book by Bernice Maxton-Lee and published by Routledge. The book is reviewed for JCA by editorial board member Paul K. Gellert of the … Continue reading

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Issue 3 for 2015 published

The latest issue of the Journal of Contemporary Asia is now available online. The issue includes seven research articles, one review article and seven book reviews: Articles Optimism and Education: The New Ideology of Development in Indonesia by Paul K. … Continue reading

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New editorial board members

JCA is pleased to announce two recent additions to the editorial board of the journal: Paul K. Gellert received his PhD from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and is currently Associate Professor of Sociology at the University of Tennessee-Knoxville. His research … Continue reading

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Indonesia, education and globalisation

Paul Gellert of the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, has a paper available at the JCA website that has just been made available for free download. Titled “Optimism and Education: The New Ideology of Development in Indonesia,” Gellert’s paper, based on … Continue reading

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Development ideology in Indonesia

Paul Gellert of the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, has a new paper available at the JCA website. Titled “Optimism and Education: The New Ideology of Development in Indonesia,” Gellert’s paper, based on ethnographic field research, argues that there is a … Continue reading

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