2026 Duncan McCargo: Political Science Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Political Science	27	1451	1323	240	224	112	3791

Research.com Recognitions

Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences, United Kingdom
Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences, United Kingdom
Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences, United Kingdom

Overview

Duncan McCargo is affiliated with the University of Leeds in the United Kingdom and has contributed extensively to the field of social sciences with a particular focus on political science and international relations.

Their research primarily explores Southeast Asian sociopolitical contexts, with additional interests in Asian geopolitics and ethnography, Cambodian history and society, Asian studies and history, Vietnamese history and culture, judicial and constitutional studies, and Philippine history and culture.

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Duncan McCargo include Saowanee T. Alexander, Thareerat Laohabut, Dishani Senaratne, Rendy Pahrun Wadipalapa, and Naruemon Thabchumpon.

Major publication venues associated with their work are:

Critical Asian Studies
Pacific Affairs
Contemporary Southeast Asia
Journal of East Asian Studies
Conflict Security and Development

Among recent papers, notable publications by Duncan McCargo include:

"Disruptors' dilemma? Thailand's 2020 Gen Z protests" (2021, Critical Asian Studies)
"Victor's memory: Sri Lanka's post-war memoryscape in comparative perspective" (2020, Conflict Security and Development)
"Network Monarchy as Euphoric Couplet" (2021, Pacific Affairs)
"The Real Deal: Results versus Outcomes of the 2023 Thai General Election" (2024, Pacific Affairs)

Other scholarly contributions include co-authorship on "Thailand's Movement Party: The Evolution of the Move Forward Party" published in 2024 in the Journal of East Asian Studies.

Duncan McCargo has published multiple books with Cornell University Press eBooks, including several editions of Fighting for Virtue in 2020, which have been cited in various academic contexts.

Their main fields of study encompass social sciences, with subfields emphasizing political science and international relations, sociology and political science, law, anthropology, and development studies.

Duncan McCargo's academic recognition includes being named a Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences, United Kingdom.

Best Publications

Network monarchy and legitimacy crises in Thailand

Duncan McCargo

544
Citations
The Thaksinization of Thailand

Duncan McCargo;Ukrist Pathmanand

484
Citations
Media and politics in Pacific Asia

Duncan McCargo

175
Citations
Vote-Buying in Thailand's Northeast: The July 1995 General Election

William A. Callahan;Duncan McCargo

168
Citations
Reforming Thai politics

Duncan McCargo

164
Citations
CAMBODIA: GETTING AWAY WITH AUTHORITARIANISM?

Duncan McCargo

154
Citations
Thaksin and the resurgence of violence in the Thai South: Network monarchy strikes back?

Duncan McCargo

146
Citations
Buddhism, democracy and identity in Thailand

Duncan McCargo

140
Citations
Contesting Isan‐ness: discourses of politics and identity in Northeast Thailand

Duncan McCargo;Krisadawan Hongladarom

125
Citations
Politics and the Press in Thailand: Media Machinations

Duncan McCargo

123
Citations
Chamlong Srimuang and the new Thai politics

Duncan McCargo

118
Citations
Democracy Under Stress in Thaksin's Thailand

Duncan McCargo

111
Citations
Political economy of tobacco control in Thailand

Sombat Chantornvong;Duncan McCargo

94
Citations
Rethinking Thailand's southern violence

Duncan McCargo

78
Citations
Alternative Meanings of Political Reform in Contemporary Thailand

Duncan McCargo

66
Citations
Populism and Reformism in Contemporary Thailand

Duncan McCargo

65
Citations
Electoral politics: Commercialisation and exclusion

Surin Maisrikrod;Duncan McCargo

63
Citations
The Politics of Buddhist identity in Thailand's deep south: The Demise of civil religion?

Duncan McCargo

38
Citations
Disruptors’ dilemma? Thailand’s 2020 Gen Z protests

Duncan McCargo

31
Citations
Informal citizens: graduated citizenship in Southern Thailand

Duncan McCargo

31
Citations
Competing Notions of Judicialization in Thailand

Duncan McCargo

26
Citations
Mapping National Anxieties: Thailand's Southern Conflict

Duncan McCargo

22
Citations
Thai Politics as Reality TV

Duncan McCargo

21
Citations
Politics by other means? The virtual trials of the Khmer Rouge tribunal

Duncan McCARGO

20
Citations
Southeast Asia's Troubling Elections: Democratic Demolition in Thailand

Duncan McCargo

16
Citations
The Southern Thai Conflict Six Years On: Insurgency, Not Just Crime

Srisompob Jitpiromsri;Duncan McCargo

16
Citations
Thailand's National Reconciliation Commission: a flawed response to the Southern Conflict

Duncan McCargo

14
Citations
Thai Buddhism, Thai Buddhists and the southern conflict

Duncan McCargo

13
Citations
Introduction: Rethinking Thailand's Southern Violence

Duncan McCargo

12
Citations
Duterte's Mediated Populism

Duncan McCargo

12
Citations
Peopling Thailand's 2015 Draft Constitution

Duncan McCargo

11
Citations
Thailand’s urbanized villagers and political polarization

Duncan McCargo

10
Citations
Branding Dissent: Nitirat, Thailand’s Enlightened Jurists

Duncan McCargo;Peeradej Tanruangporn

9
Citations
Turkey and Thailand: Unlikely Twins

Duncan McCargo;Ayşe Zarakol

8
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Thomas B. Pepinsky Cornell University

External Links

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