Kyoto Review of Southeast Asia Issue 37
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Kyoto Review of Southeast Asia Issue 37 “Urban Governance and Platform Dynamics in Southeast Asia,” edited by Apiwat Ratanawaraha, includes five articles. Each article is available in English, Thai, Bahasa Indonesia, Filipino, Vietnamese, Japanese, and Myanmar on our website.

Contents

Articles

Doing more or less? Possibilities and limitations of platform governance in post-coup Thailand
Andrew Stokols

Platformizing participation in Indonesia cities
Asri Septarizky and Hasanatun Nisa Thamrin

Platformizing Malaysia’s economy: New wine in an old bottle?
Guanie Lim and Yat Ming Ooi

The end of laissez-faire? Gig economy governance in post-pandemic Singapore and Thailand
Gerard Mccarthy

Flexibility, security and the ques for unity in platform work: A case of riders from Thailand
Akkanut Wantanasombut

Book Reviews

Faris Al-Fadhat, The Rise of International Capital: Indonesian Conglomerates in ASEAN, Palgrave McMillan, 2019.
Nandito Oktaviano

Giuseppe Bolotta, Belittled Citizens: The Cultural Politics of Childhood on Bangkok’s Margins, Copenhagen: NIAS Press, 2021.
Janepicha Cheva-Isarakul

Khoo Ying Hooi, The Bersih Movement and Democratisation in Malaysia: Repression, Dissent and Opportunities, Singapore: ISEAS – Yusof Ishak Institute, 2020.
Yukiko Taniguchi

Jenny Hedström and Elisabeth Olivius, eds, Waves of Upheaval in Myanmar: Gendered Transformations and Political Transitions, Norway: NIAS Press, 2022.
Elliott Prasse-Freeman

Supalak Ganjanakhundee, A Soldier King: Monarchy and Military in the Thailand of Rama X, Singapore: ISEAS – Yusof Ishak Institute, 2022.
Gregory Raymond