Indonesian authorities responded quickly to the Bali bombing, tracking down leading Jemaah Islamiyah figures and bringing them to trial. Despite a subsequent attack in Jakarta, the attention of many people in the West has shifted to the Middle East and potential threats to Europe. Yet JI has the potential to mount new terrorist attacks and …
Indonesia’s Struggle: Jemaah Islamiyah and the Soul of Islam Read More »
Population mobility increases with economic development and globalization. The migration of people affects countries in many ways — socially, economically and politically. However, there are fundamental tensions in efforts to manage international migration in a globalizing world. On the one hand, business is transnational as it necessitates the unrestricted flow of people internationally. On the …
Following a brief background on Singapore’s development from a product of overlapping diasporas to a multiracial nation, this paper gives attention to the dynamics of renewed streams of transnational labour flows in the current decade and its impact on notions of “race,” as inflected by nationality. As Singapore joins in the global competition for transnational …
WPS 19 Migration, International Labour and Multicultural Policies Read More »
In Malaysia, the public health care system is funded from central taxation, while private health care utilisation has primarily been financed from out-of-pocket payments. In the mid-1980s, the Malaysian government made known its intentions of seeking alternative sources of financing health care. Since then, the rapid growth in the private hospital sector and concomitant drift …
WPS 18 Current Health Care Financing Issues in Malaysia Read More »
Asian Diasporas are all too often seen in terms of settlement problems in a host nation, where the focus is on issues of related concerns. The essays in this volume view Asian diasporic movements in the context of globalization and global citizenship, in which multiple cultural allegiances, influences and claims together create complex negotiations of …
Asian Diasporas: Cultures, Identities, Representations Read More »
This book is based on the Institute of Policy Studies’ ‘Ethnic Relations Project’. It aims to understand the current state and complexity of ethnic pluralism in Singapore, and to identify key trends and issues in various areas impacting ethnic pluralism and social cohesion. It also seeks to promote professional, intellectual and public dialogue on important …
Beyond Rituals and Riots: Ethnic Pluralism and Social Cohesion in Singapore Read More »
With the collapse of European socialism in the late 1980s, ascendancy of the liberal capitalist democracy and individual self-interest became prevalent in the West. In contrast, many polities in Asia, both by tradition and choice, have explicitly adopted communitarianism as a national ideology, for example Confucianism in Korea, Hong Kong and Japan, Islam in Malaysia …
The book is a collection of nine essays which brings to light new facets of Singapore history and illuminates more familiar aspects with novel perspectives. Singapore’s pre-colonial history is brought to life in this generously illustrated volume, which combines an analysis of archaeological artefacts, writings and maps with original arguments for Singapore’s importance in regional …
Early Singapore 1300s – 1819: Evidence in Maps, Text and Artefacts Read More »
In French Laos in the 21st Century: The Challenges of Regional Integration
