PUBLICATION
Mapping Competing Discourses: The Protection of Human Rights in Southeast Asia. In: Journal of Current Southeast Asian Affairs, Vol 33, No 4. (2015) German Institute of Global and Area Studies. (with Robin Ramcharan)
Media and Elections in Asia: The Changing Role in Coverage and Control. In: Asia Pacific Media Educator, Volume 24:1, pp.1-5. (2014) SAGE. https://www.academia.edu/9002950/Medi_and_Elections_in_Asia_The_Changing_Role_in_Coverage_and_Control
Social Media Impact on Malaysia’s 13th General Election. In: Asia Pacific Media Educator, Volume 24:1, pp.95-105. (2014) SAGE. https://www.academia.edu/4446983/Social_Media_Political_Impact_on_Malaysia_s_13th_General_Election
Overseas Voter Mobilisation in Singapore: Implications from Malaysia’s 13th General Election. In: Journal of Current Southeast Asian Affairs, Vol 32, No 2, pp.105–123. (2013). (with Rusdi Omar).
https://journals.sub.uni-hamburg.de/giga/jsaa/article/view/702/700.html
Malaysia’s 13th General Election: Social Media & Political Change. In: Political Outlook. (2013). Thailand: Thammasat University.
The Protection of Human Rights in Southeast Asia: Improving the Effectiveness of Civil Society. In: Asia-Pacific Journal on Human Rights and the Law, Vol 2, pp.27-43. (2012). (with Robin Ramcharan) http://asiacentre.co.th/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/ASEAN-Human-Rights-Civil-Society.pdf
Politics and Identity: Framing Racial Discrimination in Singapore. In: Copenhagen Journal of Asia Studies, Volume 28, No 2 (2010). https://www.academia.edu/21706789/Politics_and_Identity_Negotiating_Power_and_Space_in_Asia
Democracy Promotion in Asia: Emerging Policy Trends. In: Keio Journal of Politics, Vol 14. (2009) Keio University Press. https://www.academia.edu/199925/Democracy_Promotion_in_Asia_Emerging_Policy_Issues
Online opposition in Singapore: Communications Outreach Without Electoral Gains. In: Journal of Contemporary Asia, Vol 38:4, pp.591-612. (2008). https://www.academia.edu/194758/Online_Opposition_in_Singapore_Communications_Outreach_Without_Electoral_Gain
‘Citizen Journalism’: Bridging the Discrepancy in Singapore’s General Elections News. In: Sudostasien Aktuell: Journal of Current Southeast Asian Affairs, pp.3-42. (2006) Germany: German Institute of Global and Area Studies. https://www.academia.edu/194759/_Citizen_Journalism_Bridging_the_Discrepancy_in_Singapore_s_General_Elections_News
Restricting Free Speech: The Impact on Opposition Parties in Singapore. In: Copenhagen Journal of Asian Studies Special Issue: Stability, Risks and Opposition in Singapore, 23, pp. 105-131.(2006) Denmark: Copenhagen Business School. https://www.academia.edu/195388/Restricting_Free_Speech_The_Impact_on_Opposition_Parties_in_Singapore
International NGOS: Filling the “Gap” in Singapore’s Civil Society. In: Sojourn: Special Focus on “Democracy and Civil Society: NGO Politics in Singapore”, Vol 20, No 2, pp.177-207. (2005) Singapore: Institute for Southeast Asian Studies. https://www.academia.edu/195387/International_NGOs_Filling_the_Gap_in_Singapores_Civil_Society
Dumbing down democracy: Trends in internet regulation, surveillance and control in Asia. In: Pacific Journalism Review, 10 (2), pp.130-150. (2004) New Zealand: Auckland University of Technology, School of Communication Studies. https://www.academia.edu/195389/Dumbing_down_democracy_trends_in_internet_regulation_surveillance_and_control_in_Asia
September 11: Asian Perspectives. In: Indiana International and Comparative Law Review, 13 (3). (2003) USA: Indiana University School of Law.
https://mckinneylaw.iu.edu/iiclr/pdf/vol13p705.pdf
Policing the Global Communications Infrastructure. In: Commentary – Special Issue on Globalisation, Journal of the National University of Singapore Society, 18. (2002)
Information Technology as a Tool for Control in Singapore. In: Development Dialogue, 1. (2002) Sweden: Dag Hammarskjöld Foundation.
Think Centre: Politics in the New Economy. In: Asian Journal of Social Science – Special Issue “Internet and Society”. (2002) USA: Brill Academic Publishers.
Consolidating Indian Identities in Post-Independence Singapore: A Case Study of the Malayalee Community. In: Southeast Asian Journal of Social Science. (1998) USA: Brill Academic Publishers.
Proportionalisng Political Representation in Singapore: Problems and Prospects. In: Journal of the National University of Singapore Society. (1998).
Politics and Identity: Negotiating Power and Space in Asia. In: Copenhagen Journal of Asia Studies, Volume 28, No 2. (2010) https://www.academia.edu/21706789/Politics_and_Identity_Negotiating_Power_and_Space_in_Asia
Introduction: Stability, Risks and Opposition in Singapore. In: Copenhagen Journal of Asian Studies Special Issue: Stability, Risks and Opposition in Singapore, 23. (2006) https://www.academia.edu/21706787/Introduction_Stability_Risks_and_Opposition_In_Singapore
Moving Beyond the OB Markers: Rethinking the Space of Civil Society in Singapore. In: Sojourn, Special Focus on “Democracy and Civil Society: NGO Politics in Singapore, pp.119-131. (2005)
Free Speech and Opposition Parties in Singapore. In: Asia Rights Online, Issue Five, Asia-Pacific Research School. (2005) Australia: Australian National University.
http://rspas.anu.edu.au/asiarightsjournal/Gomez_article_pdf.pdf
Human Rights Spotlight: Singapore (Editorial). In: Asia Rights Online, Issue Five, Asia-Pacific Research School. (2005) Australia: Australian National University.
http://rspas.anu.edu.au/asiarightsjournal/Editorial_5.htm
Dumbing Down Democracy: Trends in Internet Regulation, Surveillance and Control in Asia. In: Asia Rights Online, Issue One, Asia-Pacific Research School. (2005) Australia: Australian National University.
http://rspas.anu.edu.au/asiarightsjournal/Gomez.html
Internet Politics: Surveillance and Intimidation in Singapore. (2002) Singapore: Think Centre (Singapore & Asia). https://www.academia.edu/225829/Internet_Politics_Surveillance_and_Intimidation_in_Singapore
Self-censorship: Singapore’s Shame. (1999) Singapore: Think Centre (Singapore).
https://www.academia.edu/225107/Self_Censorship_Singapores_Shame
Publish and Perish: The Censorship of Opposition Party Publications in Singapore. (2001) National Solidarity Party (Singapore). https://www.nlb.gov.sg/biblio/10087766
Business and Human Rights in Asia: Duty of the State to Protect (co-ed). (2021) USA: Palgrave Macmillan. https://www.palgrave.com/gp/book/9789811572722
National Human Rights Institutions in Southeast Asia: Selected Case Studies (co-ed). (2020) USA: Palgrave Macmillan. https://www.palgrave.com/gp/book/9789811510731
The Universal Periodic Review of Southeast Asia: Civil Society Perspectives (co-ed). (2018) USA: Palgrave Macmillan. https://www.palgrave.com/gp/book/9789811062254
Media and Elections: Democratic Transition in Malaysia (co-ed). (2018) Kuala Lumpur: SIRD.
https://www.gerakbudaya.com/media-and-elections-democratic-transition-in-malaysia
Asia Cyberactivism: Freedom of Expression and Media Censorship (co-ed). (2004) Bangkok: Friedrich Naumann Foundation. https://www.nlb.gov.sg/biblio/12264233
September 11 and Political Freedom: Asian Perspectives (co-ed). (2003) Singapore: Select Publishing.
https://www.nlb.gov.sg/biblio/11633032
Democratic Transitions in Asia (co-ed). (2001) Singapore: Select Books. https://www.nlb.gov.sg/biblio/10202321
The Political Dimensions of the Asian Crisis (co-ed). (2000) Singapore: Select Books.
https://www.selectbooks.com.sg/product-page/the-political-dimensions-of-the-asian-crisis
Political Parties and the Internet: Net Gain? by Paul Nixon, Stephen Ward and Rachel Gibson (eds). Reviewed in: Panorama, 1, 2004.
Governance in Singapore, by Ross Worthington. Reviewed in: Copenhagen Journal of Asian Studies, 20, 2005.
Nationalism and Regionalism in a Colonial Context: Minhasa in the Dutch East Indies, by David E. F. Henley. Reviewed in: Nations and Nationalism, 1998.
The Politics of Nation-Building and Citizenship in Singapore, by Michael Hill and Lian Kwen Fee. Reviewed in: Southeast Asia Research, 1997.
Asianising Singapore: The PAP’s Management of Ethnicity, by Raj Vasil. Reviewed in: ASEASUK, 1996.
To Catch a Tartar: A Dissident in Lee Kuan Yew’s Prison, by Francis T. Seow. Reviewed in: Human Rights Quarterly, May 1996.
Ideological Innovation Under Monarchy: Aspects of Legitimation Activity in Contemporary Brunei, by G. Braighlinn. Reviewed in: Human Rights Quarterly, June 1996.
Political Change in Southeast Asia: Trimming the Banana Tree, by Michael R. J. Vatikiotis. Reviewed in: The Business Times: Trends, October 25-26, 1997.
The Struggle Over Singapore’s Soul: Western Modernization and Asian Culture, by Joseph B. Tamney. Reviewed in: The Straits Times (Singapore), March 22, 1997.
Memoir, by Mikhail Gorbachev. Reviewed in: The Straits Times (Singapore), December 14, 1996.
Asian Forms of the Nation in The Straits, by Stein Tonnesson and Hans Antlov. Reviewed in: Times (Singapore), November 30, 1996.
A Modern Bo, by Derik Mosman. Reviewed in: The Straits Times (Singapore), October, 1996.
Business and Human Rights Asia—Examining the Duty of the State to Protect. In: James Gomez and Robin Ramcharan (eds). Business and Human Rights in Asia: Duty of the State to Protect. (2021) USA: Palgrave Macmillan.
https://www.palgrave.com/gp/book/9789811572722
National Human Rights Institutions in Southeast Asia: Challenges to the Protection of Human Rights. In: James Gomez and Robin Ramcharan (eds). National Human Rights Institutions in Southeast Asia: Selected Case Studies. (2020) USA: Palgrave Macmillan. https://www.palgrave.com/gp/book/9789811510731
The Universal Periodic Review of Southeast Asia: A Regional Mapping. In: James Gomez and Robin Ramcharan (eds). The Universal Periodic Review of Southeast Asia: Civil Society Perspectives. (2018) USA: Palgrave Macmillan.
https://www.palgrave.com/gp/book/9789811062254
Negative Campaigning and Social Media in Malaysia’s 13th General Election Campaign. In: James Gomez and Anuar K Mustafa (eds). Media & Politics in Malaysia’s 13th General Election. (2015) Kuala Lumpur: SIRD.
New Media and General Elections: Online Citizen Journalism in Malaysia and Singapore (with Chang Han Leong). In: Andrew T. Kenyon, Tim Marjoribanks and Amanda Whiting (eds). Democracy, Media and Law in Malaysia and Singapore: A Space for Speech. (2014) United Kingdom and USA: Routledge. https://www.academia.edu/242554/New_Media_and_General_Elections_Online_Citizen_Journalism_in_Malaysia_and_Singapore
Introduction. In: Steven Gan, James Gomez and Uwe Johannen (eds). Asia Cyberactivism: Freedom of Expression and Media Censorship. (2004) Bangkok: Friedrich Naumann Foundation. https://www.nlb.gov.sg/biblio/12264233
Introduction: September 11 and Political Freedom: Asian Perspectives. In: Uwe Johannen, Alan Smith and James Gomez (eds). September 11 and Political Freedom: Asian Perspectives. (2003) Singapore: Select Publishing. https://www.academia.edu/236551/September_11_and_Political_Freedom_Asian_perspectives
Civil and Political Society in East and Southeast Asia: The Contest for Political Space. In: Khoo Kay Kim, Michael L.R. Smith and Andrew Tan (eds). Seeking Alternative Perspectives on Southeast Asia. (2002) London: ASEAN Academic.
https://www.nlb.gov.sg/biblio/12742846
Introduction. In: Uwe Johannen and James Gomez (eds). Democratic Transitions in Asia. (2001) Singapore: Select Books. https://www.nlb.gov.sg/biblio/10202321
Singapore: New Technologies, Old Values. In: Sheila Coronel (ed). Access to Information in Southeast Asia. (2001) Manilla: Philippine Center of Investigative Journalism.
https://www.nlb.gov.sg/biblio/11054845
Introduction. In: Uwe Johannen, Jurgen Rudolph and James Gomez (eds). The Political Dimensions of the Asian Crisis. (2000) Singapore: Select Books. https://www.academia.edu/227918/The_Political_Dimensions_of_the_Asian_Crisis
A Political Evaluation of the Asian Crisis: Prospects for Democracy. In: Uwe Johannen, Jurgen Rudolph and James Gomez (eds). The Political Dimensions of the Asian Crisis. (2000) Singapore: Select Books. https://www.selectbooks.com.sg/product-page/the-political-dimensions-of-the-asian-crisis
Flash (A Short Story) (1996) Commentary (Singapore, National University of Singapore Society), 13.
The ASEAN Way and Human Rights. (2015) Asia Sentinel (Hong Kong): 19 February. https://www.academia.edu/10956475/The_ASEAN_Way_and_Human_Rights (with Robin Ramcharan)
Democratic Values and Human Rights in Southeast Asia. New Mandala (2015): 9 February. https://www.academia.edu/10785735/Democratic_Values_and_Human_Rights_in_Southeast_Asia (with Robin Ramcharan)
ASEAN needs formal civil society engagement mechanism on human rights. (2012) The Malaysian Insider (Malaysia): 19 November. https://www.academia.edu/10785713/ASEAN_needs_formal_civil_society_engagement_mechanism_on_human_rights (with Robin Ramcharan)
Why Myanmar’s Elections will work. (2009) Asia Times (Bangkok): 26 July
New Strategies for “Democratizing” China. (2008) Asia Times (Bangkok): 21 August
Globalisation and Democracy in Southeast Asia. (2001) Asia Inc. (Australia).
Alliance of Asian Democracy Needed. (2000) The Nation (Thailand): 12 April.
Singapore Needs a More Civil Society. (2000) The Nation (Thailand): 17 February.
National Identity: Political Aspect Just as Vital. (1997) The Straits Times (Singapore): 5 October.
Democracy and Human Rights in Southeast Asia. In: Journal of Current Southeast Asian Affairs, Vol 33, No 3. (2014) German Institute of Global and Area Studies. https://www.academia.edu/10476183/Democracy_and_Human_Rights_in_Southeast_Asia
Media and Elections in Asia: The Changing Role in Coverage and Control. In: Asia Pacific Media Educator. (2014) SAGE, Volume 24, No 1. http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/1326365X14540245
Politics and Identity: Negotiating Power and Space in Asia. In: Copenhagen Journal of Asia Studies, Vol 28, No 2. (2010) Denmark: Copenhagen Business School. https://www.academia.edu/21706789/Politics_and_Identity_Negotiating_Power_and_Space_in_Asia
Stability, Risks and Opposition in Singapore. In: Copenhagen Journal of Asian Studies, Vol 23. (2006) Denmark: Copenhagen Business School. https://rauli.cbs.dk/index.php/cjas/issue/view/82
Democracy and Civil Society: NGO Politics in Singapore. In: SOJOURN, Vol 20 (2). (2005) Singapore: Institute of Southeast Asian Studies. https://bookshop.iseas.edu.sg/publication/1607
Asia Rights Online. In: Asia-Pacific Research School, Vol 5. (2005) Australia: Australian National University.
New Media and Journalism in Asia: Freedom of Expression, Censorship and Ethics. In: Asia Pacific Media Educator, Vol 12. (2002) Australia, University of Wollongong Graduate School of Journalism. https://ro.uow.edu.au/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1078&context=apme
From Mass Rallies to Online Videos: Singapore’s 2011 Elections Extends Voter Outreach. (2013) Malaysia: Institute of Indonesia, Thailand and Singapore, Ghazalie Shafie Graduate School of Government, Universiti Sains Malaysia. (forthcoming)
Ooi, Can-Seng and James Gomez (2006) Singapore’s Vulnerable Risk-free Democracy, INT Working Paper. Copenhagen: Copenhagen Business School, Dept. of International Economics and Management. Pp.1-13.
https://www.academia.edu/195423/Singapore_s_Vulnerable_Risk_Free_Democracy
Between Freedom and Censorship: Asian Political Parties in Cyberspace. (2005) Occasional Paper 10, Potsdam, Germany: Liberal Institute.
Political Parties in Nepal: The Way Forward. (2008) Stockholm, Sweden: International IDEA. (co-contributor) (forthcoming)
Political Parties in South Asia: The Challenge for Change. (2007) Stockholm, Sweden: International IDEA. (co-contributor).
http://www.idea.int/publications/pp_south_asia/index.cfm
Singapore: Freedom of Expression and the Media. (2006) London: Article 19.
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Tomorrow’s Leaders: Bridging Asia and Europe (co-ed). Conference Report of the First Asia-Europe Foundation Young Parliamentarians Meeting, 13-16 November 1998, Cebu, Philippines.
Gomez, James & Ramcharan, Robin, “Mapping Competing Discourses: The Protection of Human Rights in Southeast Asia”, 3rd International Conference on International Relations and Development (ICIRD 2013), 22-23 August 2013, Chulalongkorn University, Thailand.
Gomez, James & Ramcharan, Robin, “The Protection Roles of National Human Rights Institutions in ASEAN”, 2nd International Conference on Asian Studies, 18-19 February 2013, Wailailuk University, Thailand.
“Social Media and Opposition Parties: Networking for Singapore’s General Elections”, refereed conference paper, 18th Biennial Conference of the Asian Studies Association of Australia 2010, 4-9 July, 2010, University of Adelaide, Adelaide.
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