Journal of Contemporary Asia Best Article Prize: Winning Articles

Created 01 Jan 2007| Updated 31 Oct 2023 | 19 articles

The editors of the Journal of Contemporary Asia are pleased to present the annual award for the best article published each year.

The judging panel award the Journal of Contemporary Asia Prize of $1,000, a letter of commendation and a complimentary 1-year subscription to the Journal to the winner, and $250, a letter of commendation and a complimentary 1-year subscription to the Journal to the runner up each year.

The judging panel is drawn from the Editorial Board. The criteria for selection include consideration of the scope and aims of the Journal, with the panel judging the ways in which each article provides an alternative perspective on mainstream views on contemporary Asian issues and/or contributes to the development of theory, especially on the role of the state, class analysis, power and globalisation.

Browse the winning articles below and view the Journal of Contemporary Asia Prize Runners Up.

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Originally published in Journal of Contemporary Asia, Volume: 53, Number: 5 (20 Oct 2023) Feature section: The Question of Socialism in China. Guest Edited by Richard Westra

Published online: 17 Jan 2023
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Originally published in Journal of Contemporary Asia, Volume: 52, Number: 1 (01 Jan 2022)

Published online: 21 Nov 2020
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Originally published in Journal of Contemporary Asia, Volume: 51, Number: 1 (01 Jan 2021)

Published online: 17 Sep 2019
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Originally published in Journal of Contemporary Asia, Volume: 50, Number: 2 (14 Mar 2020) Marxist Perspectives on East Asia in the Global Economy

Published online: 27 Aug 2019
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Originally published in Journal of Contemporary Asia, Volume: 49, Number: 4 (08 Aug 2019) Precarious Work, Precarious Lives: The Nature and Experience of Precarity in Asia

Published online: 16 Feb 2019
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Originally published in Journal of Contemporary Asia, Volume: 48, Number: 4 (08 Aug 2018) Crisis, Populism and Right-wing Politics in Asia

Published online: 05 Feb 2018
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Originally published in Journal of Contemporary Asia, Volume: 47, Number: 4 (08 Aug 2017)

Published online: 16 Jun 2017
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Originally published in Journal of Contemporary Asia, Volume: 45, Number: 3 (03 Jul 2015)

Published online: 23 Feb 2015
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Originally published in Journal of Contemporary Asia, Volume: 44, Number: 4 (02 Oct 2014)

Published online: 25 Mar 2014
  • 1866 Views
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Originally published in Journal of Contemporary Asia, Volume: 43, Number: 2 (01 May 2013)

Published online: 25 Jan 2013
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Originally published in Journal of Contemporary Asia, Volume: 42, Number: 1 (01 Feb 2012)

Published online: 09 Dec 2011
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Originally published in Journal of Contemporary Asia, Volume: 41, Number: 4 (01 Nov 2011)

Published online: 26 Sep 2011
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Originally published in Journal of Contemporary Asia, Volume: 40, Number: 4 (01 Nov 2010)

Published online: 09 Sep 2010
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Originally published in Journal of Contemporary Asia, Volume: 39, Number: 2 (01 May 2009)

Published online: 12 Mar 2009
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Originally published in Journal of Contemporary Asia, Volume: 38, Number: 3 (01 Aug 2008)

Published online: 28 May 2008
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Originally published in Journal of Contemporary Asia, Volume: 37, Number: 1 (01 Feb 2007)

Published online: 27 Apr 2007
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Originally published in Journal of Contemporary Asia, Volume: 36, Number: 1 (01 Jan 2006)

Published online: 14 May 2007
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