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Journal of Contemporary Asia 

Routledge
About: Journal of Contemporary Asia is an academic journal published by Routledge. The journal publishes majorly in the area(s): Politics & China. It has an ISSN identifier of 0047-2336. Over the lifetime, 1585 publications have been published receiving 21838 citations.


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TL;DR: The authors analyzed the complexity and dynamics of the relationship between social media and its users and provided a more nuanced argument by identifying the conditions under which participation in social media might lead to successful political activism.
Abstract: Drawing on empirical cases from Indonesia, this article offers a critical approach to the promise of social media activism by analysing the complexity and dynamics of the relationship between social media and its users. Rather than viewing social media activism as the harbinger of social change or dismissing it as mere “slacktivism,” the article provides a more nuanced argument by identifying the conditions under which participation in social media might lead to successful political activism. In social media, networks are vast, content is overly abundant, attention spans are short, and conversations are parsed into diminutive sentences. For social media activism to be translated into populist political activism, it needs to embrace the principles of the contemporary culture of consumption: light package, headline appetite and trailer vision. Social media activism is more likely to successfully mobilise mass support when its narratives are simple, associated with low risk actions and congruent with dominan...

379 citations

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TL;DR: In this paper, the authors argue that the state's inability to provide crucial investment support to the state enterprises meant that foreign investors and the domestic non-state sector began to dominate the economic landscape.
Abstract: Two decades ago the Vietnamese Communist Party embarked on a transformation from central planning towards a “socialist market economy under state guidance.” It looked to East Asian development models, particularly the role of state enterprises (SEs), combined with the creation of a “civilised and equitable” society. The article argues that, in the case of SEs, the state's inability, especially under donor pressure, to provide crucial investment support to the SEs meant that foreign investors and the domestic non-state sector began to dominate the economic landscape. While state-led development remains feasible, it requires a clear and more authoritative industry policy; otherwise, the balance of interventionism could eventually tip towards cronyism. Further, the vagueness of the term “civilised and equitable” society leaves open both conformity with the post-Washington consensus and the possibility to achieve more aggressive redistributive measures, including redistribution of power. In practice,...

214 citations

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TL;DR: In the service of imperialism, NGOs have been criticised as mentioned in this paper for being "in the service" of the United States and the United Kingdom, and they have been labeled as "agents of imperialism".
Abstract: (1999). NGOs: In the service of imperialism. Journal of Contemporary Asia: Vol. 29, No. 4, pp. 429-440.

208 citations

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TL;DR: The idea of "national races" or taingyintha has animated brutal conflict in Myanmar over who or what is "Rohingya" as mentioned in this paper. But because the term is translated from Burmese inconsistently, and because its u...
Abstract: The idea of “national races” or taingyintha has animated brutal conflict in Myanmar over who or what is “Rohingya.” But because the term is translated from Burmese inconsistently, and because its u...

158 citations

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TL;DR: The role of Confucianism and nationalism in the state-sponsored ideology of work in South Korea during its economic boom of the 1960s and 1970s was analyzed in this paper.
Abstract: The “economic miracle” of South Korea has been well documented by many scholars, but most studies have focused on the cooperative relations between the state and entrepreneurial elites, with little attention being given to the accomplishments and contribution of Korean labor to industrial development. To date there has been no comprehensive sociological study as to how workers in South Korea were “ideologically” mobilized and motivated to commit their labor power to the process of industrialization. In an attempt to redress this imbalance, this article offers an analysis of the role of Confucianism and nationalism in the state-sponsored ideology of work in South Korea during its economic boom of the 1960s and 1970s. It is argued here that both the workers' voluntary participation in industrial work and the harmony in the workplace, which were two of the most essential factors in the nation's remarkable economic success during the 1960s and 1970s, were intimately linked to a new ideology of work a...

157 citations

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No. of papers from the Journal in previous years
YearPapers
202337
202271
202172
202054
201948
201842