Journal of Contemporary Asia, Volume 50, Issue 1 (2020)

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Obituary

Obituary
Alec Gordon (1931–2019)
Peter Limqueco & Kevin Hewison
Pages: 1-4
Published online: 21 Oct 2019
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Editorial

Editorial
50 Years of the Journal of Contemporary Asia
Kevin Hewison
Pages: 5-13
Published online: 19 Oct 2019
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Feature Section on Malaysia

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Is Inequality Really Declining in Malaysia?
Hwok-Aun Lee & Muhammed Abdul Khalid
Pages: 14-35
Published online: 16 Dec 2018
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Political Financing Reform: Politics, Policies and Patronage in Malaysia
Sebastian Dettman & Edmund Terence Gomez
Pages: 36-55
Published online: 31 Jan 2019
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The Monetisation of Consent and its Limits: Explaining Political Dominance and Decline in Malaysia
Johan Saravanamuttu & Maznah Mohamad
Pages: 56-73
Published online: 01 Feb 2019
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Research Articles

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The Unruly Past: History and Historiography of the 1932 Thai Revolution
Arjun Subrahmanyan
Pages: 74-98
Published online: 23 Dec 2018
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The Politics of Counter-Expertise on Aerial Spraying: Social Movements Denouncing Pesticide Risk Governance in the Philippines
Lisette J. Nikol & Kees Jansen
Pages: 99-124
Published online: 07 Dec 2018
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Addressing Corruption in Post-Soeharto Indonesia: The Role of the Corruption Eradication Commission
Ahmad Khoirul Umam, Gillian Whitehouse, Brian Head & Mohammed Adil Khan
Pages: 125-143
Published online: 14 Dec 2018
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At the Roots of Labour Activism: Chinese and Cambodian Garment Workers in Comparative Perspective
Ivan Franceschini
Pages: 144-167
Published online: 23 Dec 2018
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Book Reviews

Book Review
Myanmar’s “Rohingya” Conflict
Anthony Ware and Costas Laoutides (London: Hurst, 2018)
Ashley South
Pages: 168-170
Published online: 26 Dec 2018
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World Trade Systems of the East and West. Nagasaki and the Asian Bullion Trade Networks
Geoffrey C. Gunn (Leiden: Brill, 2018)
Arturo Giráldez
Pages: 170-172
Published online: 03 Feb 2019
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Staggering Forward. Narendra Modi and India’s Global Ambition
Bharat Karnad (New Delhi: Penguin Random House India, 2018)
Jon P. Dorschner
Pages: 173-175
Published online: 23 Dec 2018
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