Tag Archives: Veerayooth Kanchoochat
Journal of Contemporary Asia Prize, 2022
The editors of the Journal of Contemporary Asia are pleased to announce the annual award for the best article published in 2021. The judging panel awarded the Journal of Contemporary Asia Prize of $1,000, a letter of commendation and a … Continue reading
Issue 5 for 2021 published
Issue number 5 of Volume 51 of the journal has gone to print and is available electronically at the publisher’s site. This issue includes a feature section, two other research articles and four book reviews. The articles in the feature … Continue reading
Social Conflict, State–Business Relations and Exclusive Growth in Thailand
“Sick Tiger: Social Conflict, State–Business Relations and Exclusive Growth in Thailand” (DOI: 10.1080/00472336.2020.1869997) is the first article in a forthcoming feature section on state-business relations and development. It is authored by Veerayooth Kanchoochat of the National Graduate Institute for Policy … Continue reading
Growth vs stability under Thailand’s military regime
JCA author Veerayooth Kanchoochat has authored an opinion piece at The Conversation that readers might find of interest. While he considers the succession to a new reign in Thailand might be “smooth,” he’s less sanguine about the future of the … Continue reading
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
Issue 3 for 2016 published
Issue 3 of Volume 46 (2016) has gone to print and the issue is available electronically at the publisher’s site (with two articles available for free download). This is a Special Issue titled: Military, Monarchy and Repression: Assessing Thailand’s Authoritarian … Continue reading
Military, Monarchy and Repression: Assessing Thailand’s Authoritarian Turn
JCA’s latest Special Issue, titled Military, Monarchy and Repression: Assessing Thailand’s Authoritarian Turn, has been published online. The hard copy will be available to subscribers within a few weeks. The editor’s of the Special Issue, Veerayooth Kanchoochat and Kevin Hewison, … Continue reading
Media attention to Thailand’s Deep State
In Thailand, currently under a military dictatorship, a JCA article is getting plenty of media attention. Eugénie Mérieau’s article “Thailand’s Deep State, Royal Power and the Constitutional Court (1997–2015)” (DOI: 10.1080/00472336.2016.1151917) has been mentioned very widely and the article itself … Continue reading
In Thai on Thailand’s authoritarian turn/เผด็จการไทยจักอยู่ไปไม่มีตาย?
Veerayooth Kanchoochat and Kevin Hewison have authored a piece on their JCA special issue, Military, Monarchy and Repression: Assessing Thailand’s Authoritarian Turn, for Prachatai. Prachatai is an “independent, non-profit, daily web newspaper established in June 2004 to provide reliable and … Continue reading
More articles published: Military, Monarchy and Repression Special Issue
Two new articles have just been published by JCA. There remain three articles and an Introduction still in the works. The first is by Thammasat University’s Thorn Pitidol and titled “Redefining democratic discourse in Thailand’s civil society” (DOI: 10.1080/00472336.2016.1164229). This … Continue reading
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