WPS 256 Negotiated Citizenship through Civic Association: Contestations of Collective Empowerment among Filipino Irregular Migrants in Japan

This case study focuses on addressing the question, “How do non-state actors address the predicament of the irregular migrants’ precarious status?” The study reveals that an unwanted irregular migrant will certainly seek recognition, not necessarily from mainstream society but from peers, networks, and most of the time from compatriots – establishing links, and building contacts …

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Journal of Asian Anthropology – Special Issue: Mobilities and Exceptional Spaces (Vol.16, Issue 1)

Changing practices of capitalism have produced new forms of connections, flows and mobilities in Asia, and they intersect with the increased use of “exceptions” or “special rules” to maximize capitalist profits. Ranging from the Greater Mekong Sub-region and the ASEAN Free Trade Area to the more recently opened Shanghai Free-Trade Zone, many Asian countries have …

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Comparative Political Transitions between Southeast Asia and the Middle East and North Africa

This book investigates the theme of global transitions with a cross-regional comparative study of two areas experiencing change over the past three decades: Southeast Asia and the Middle East and North Africa (MENA). Political transitions in Asia have been the subject of interest in academic and policy-making communities recently as there are encouraging signs of …

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Contested Memoryscapes: The Politics of Second World War Commemoration in Singapore

This book sets itself apart from much of the burgeoning literature on war commemoration within human geography and the social sciences more generally by analysing how the Second World War (1941-45) is remembered within Singapore, unique for its potential to shed light on the manifold politics associated with the commemoration of wars not only within …

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New Media and Society – Special Issue: Media and Migration (Vol. 18, Issue 10)

This special section assembles perspectives on mobilities, migration and new media that emphasise mobile subjects’ multifarious involvements in overlapping digital spheres, which relate them socially and emotionally to both their home and destination countries. In this introduction, we identify two key themes that connect articles in this collection. First, authors accentuate migration and new media …

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WPS 255 Is Financial Dependency Shaping The Chronic Morbidities among the Elderly In India: Insights From Selected States?

Using data from the Building Knowledge Base on Population Ageing in India (BKPAI), this paper tests the hypothesis whether financial accessibility improves the health of the elderly in India. Financial accessibility is measured using a source of income, while the health of the elderly is measured by chronic morbidity, financial access and utilization of health …

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