Tag Archives: Serhat Ünaldi

Most Viewed at JCA

The publisher’s website includes lists of the most cited and most viewed/downloaded articles at JCA. Of the latter, the following are noteworthy, with three of them available for free download: Thailand’s Deep State, Royal Power and the Constitutional Court (1997–2015) by … Continue reading

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Monarchy and money in Thailand

In a new review available at JCA’s website (DOI: 10.1080/00472336.2017.1317073), editor Kevin Hewison reviews Working Towards the Monarchy: The Politics of Space in Downtown Bangkok by Serhat Ünaldi, published by the University of Hawaii Press in 2016. Hewison observes that … Continue reading

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More free articles on Thailand

In addition to the articles mentioned in our last post, JCA has made two more articles on contemporary Thai politics available for free download for a limited time. These articles each reflect on the role of the monarchy in Thailand’s … Continue reading

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The death of Thailand’s king

JCA readers will have noted the demise of Thailand’s long-reigning monarch on 13 October. For those interested, there are several relevant articles at JCA available for free download. They are: Introduction: Understanding Thailand’s Politics by Veerayooth Kanchoochat & Kevin Hewison … Continue reading

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Most read in 2015

The publisher of JCA, Routledge/T&F, has recently made a range of articles across its journal portfolio available for free download. Essentially, it has looked across the journals that it publishes and chosen the “most read” – essentially meaning most downloaded … Continue reading

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Issue 1 for 2016 published

The latest issue of the Journal of Contemporary Asia is now available online. The issue includes five research articles, two review articles and ten book reviews. This is an unusual issue as we move to a new format in the … Continue reading

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Review article available for free download

About three weeks ago, we posted on Serhat Ünaldi’s review article discussing Andrew MacGregor Marshall’s long-awaited book A Kingdom in Crisis: Thailand’s Struggle for Democracy in the Twenty-First Century that was published by Zed Books. The review, titled “A Kingdom … Continue reading

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Reviewing Thailand’s monarchy

Late last year, crusading journalist Andrew MacGregor Marshall’s long-awaited book A Kingdom in Crisis: Thailand’s Struggle for Democracy in the Twenty-First Century was published by Zed Books. The Journal of Contemporary Asia has just published a review article of this … Continue reading

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5000 hits

One of the earliest posts at this blog was to mention Serhat Ünaldi’s 2013 article “Working Towards the Monarchy and its Discontents: Anti-royal Graffiti in Downtown Bangkok” (DOI: 10.1080/00472336.2013.842260). At the time, in late July 2014, this article had been … Continue reading

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Working Towards the Monarchy and its Discontents: Anti-royal Graffiti in Downtown Bangkok

Serhat Ünaldi’s recent article at the journal is available for free download. So far almost 4000 downloads have been recorded. The article examines the desacralisation of royal charisma in contemporary Thailand. Over the past few years an underground discourse has … Continue reading

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