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 […]

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 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

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)

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

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

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

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

Author/Speaker:Sara McLanahan

The journal aims to provide a platform for the study of new forms of cinematic practice and fresh approaches to cinemas hitherto neglected in western scholarship. It particularly welcomes scholarship that does not take existing paradigms and theoretical conceptualisations as given; rather, it anticipates submissions that are refreshing in approach and exhibit a willingness to