In this editorial article we frame how young people in Asia are reworking rapidly changing socio-economic, cultural conditions and constraining political structures to create possible successful futures and achieve their aspirations. We critically engage with interdisciplinary debates that conceptualise youth futures and provide an overview of current literature on this topic. Using the intense dynamism …

Journal of Children’s Geographies – Special Issue: Youthful Futures?: Education, Employment and Aspirations in Asia (Vol. 16, Issue 1) Read More »

This a special issue on ‘Constructing Asia’ which has recently been published in City. The special issue is edited by Eli Elinoff, Marlini Sur and Brenda SA Yeoh. Pieces in the collection take on construction sites and practices to understand contemporary political economies across a variety of Asian contexts (Thailand, Cambodia, Vietnam, China, Singapore, and India). This special …

City – Special Issue: Constructing Asia (Vol. 21, No. 5) Read More »

This issue presents diverse forms of one-parent families in Asia because of different demographic and socioeconomic developmental contexts. The 9 papers show how culture and policies could shape the impact of living with one parent on children’s well-being. As seen, one-parent families due to out-of-wedlock births remain rare in most Asian societies. One-parent families due …

Marriage & Family Review – Special Issue: Growing Up in One-Parent Families in Asia (Vol 52, No 1-2) Read More »

This a special issue on ‘Salvage and Salvation: Religion and Disaster Relief in Asia’ which has recently been published in Asian Ethnology. The special issue is edited by Levi McLaughlin, Patrick Daly, Michael Feener and Philip Fountain. This concludes a four year project which began with a conference on “Salvage and Salvation: Religion, Disaster Relief, and Reconstruction in …

Asian Ethnology – Special Issue: Salvage and Salvation: Religion and Disaster Relief in Asia’ (Vol. 75, No. 1) Read More »

Asian Population Studies is the first international population journal to focus exclusively on population issues in Asia. The journal publishes original research on matters related to population in this large, complex and rapidly changing region, and welcomes substantive empirical analyses, theoretical works, applied research and contributions to methodology. Topics covered include all branches of population …

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The essays in this special issue critically engage with the conception of decentralization as empowering cities, urban regions and their residents to act innovatively and creatively. The contributions thus highlight how the term ‘empowerment’ in the context of decentralization regimes masks a competing array of intentions and agendas. Who and what (and to what ends) …

Space and Polity – Special Issue: Asian Cities in an Era of Decentalisation (Vol. 16 No. 1) Read More »

Intersections: Gender and Sexuality in Asia and the Pacific, Issue number 31- Becoming Asian in Australia: Migration and a Shift in Gender Relations among Young Japanese by Kumiko Kawashima Japanese temporary migration has been on the increase over the last few decades, and thousands of Japanese students and Working Holiday Makers (WHMs) enter the country every …

Insections – Gender and Sexuality in Asia and the Pacific (No. 31) Read More »

Over the last decade, Indonesia’s process of democratisation and decentralisation has brought local political empowerment to many parts of Indonesia, including the island of Lombok. Located est of the islands of Java and Bali, Lombok and the island of Sumbawa together make up the Indonesian province of Nusa Tenggara Barat (NTB). The seismic political changes …

Democracy, Conflict and Islamic Leadership in Eastern Indonesia: A Village Election Case Study Read More »

Continuum is an academic journal of media and cultural studies. For over two decades it has contributed to the formation of these disciplines by identifying new areas for investigation and developing new agendas for enquiry in the fields. The journal has consistently provided a space for important new voices in media and cultural studies, while also featuring …

Continuum: Journal of Media & Cultural Studies – Special Issue: Postcolonial Popular Culture (Vol. 25 No. 6) Read More »

International Journal of Cultural Studies (IJCS) is a fully peer reviewed bimonthly journal edited by John Hartley and now indexed by ISI – Impact Factor pending. Promoting theoretical, empirical and historical research representative of international perspectives on cultural and media developments across the globe it explores the globalisation of the field and the study of the …

International Journal of Cultural Studies – Special Issue: Transnational Asian Televison (Vol. 13 No. 3) Read More »