WPS 237 Filling in the Marginal Lands: Population Deconcentration in Southeast Asia, 1960s-2000s

During and shortly after the colonial period, in their writings on Southeast Asia a number of geographers and social scientists – including Dumont (1935), Gourou (1936 and 1953), Robequain (1946 and 1958), Dobby (1960), Geertz (1963), Burling (1965), Fisher (1966) and Spencer (1966) – emphasized the disequilibrium in population distribution throughout most of the region, […]

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During and shortly after the colonial period, in their writings on Southeast Asia a number of geographers and social scientists – including Dumont (1935), Gourou (1936 and 1953), Robequain (1946 and 1958), Dobby (1960), Geertz (1963), Burling (1965), Fisher (1966) and Spencer (1966) – emphasized the disequilibrium in population distribution throughout most of the region,

Islam, Standards, and Technoscience: In Global Halal Zones

Halal (literally, “permissible” or “lawful”) production, trade, and standards have become essential to state-regulated Islam and to companies in contemporary Malaysia and Singapore, giving these two countries a special position in the rapidly expanding global market for halal products: in these nations state bodies certify halal products as well as spaces (shops, factories, and restaurants)

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Halal (literally, “permissible” or “lawful”) production, trade, and standards have become essential to state-regulated Islam and to companies in contemporary Malaysia and Singapore, giving these two countries a special position in the rapidly expanding global market for halal products: in these nations state bodies certify halal products as well as spaces (shops, factories, and restaurants)

Pacific Affairs – Special Issue: Governing Flooding in Asia’s Urban Transition (Vol 88. No. 3)

The 21st Century not only marks the advent of Asia’s first urban era in which more than half of its population lives in cities; it is also seeing the emergence of an age of increasing frequency and intensity of environmental disasters. Urban flooding leads disaster trends and is directly impacting the lives and livelihoods of shares

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The 21st Century not only marks the advent of Asia’s first urban era in which more than half of its population lives in cities; it is also seeing the emergence of an age of increasing frequency and intensity of environmental disasters. Urban flooding leads disaster trends and is directly impacting the lives and livelihoods of shares

Mortality: Promoting the Interdisciplinary Study of Death and Dying – Special Issue: Death, Memory and the Human in the Internet Era (Vol. 20 No. 4.)

Today, humans have remains that are other than physical, generated within and supported by new information communications technologies (ICTs). As with human remains of the past, these are variously attended to or ignored. In this article, which serves as the introduction to this special issue, we examine the reality, meaning and use of enduring digital

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Today, humans have remains that are other than physical, generated within and supported by new information communications technologies (ICTs). As with human remains of the past, these are variously attended to or ignored. In this article, which serves as the introduction to this special issue, we examine the reality, meaning and use of enduring digital

Singapore Journal of Tropical Geography – Special Issue: Establishing State-led “Diaspora Strategies” in Asia: Migrationas-development Reinvented? (Vol. 36 No. 2)

Diaspora strategies’ are generally defined as purposeful initiatives by migrant-sending states aimed at mobilizing citizens abroad, and even former citizens, to contribute towards the national interest of the ‘home’ country. Over the past decade, the concept has garnered increasing attention and resulted in a rapidly proliferating number of initiatives and programmes on the part of

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Diaspora strategies’ are generally defined as purposeful initiatives by migrant-sending states aimed at mobilizing citizens abroad, and even former citizens, to contribute towards the national interest of the ‘home’ country. Over the past decade, the concept has garnered increasing attention and resulted in a rapidly proliferating number of initiatives and programmes on the part of

Swami Vivekananda: A Contemporary Reader

Swami Vivekananda (1863–1902) popularised Vedanta in the West and reformed Hinduism in India. He also inspired the mass movement that made India a modern nation. In showcasing his life and work, this Reader balances the two main aspects of his life: the religious and the secular, the spiritual and the practical, the devotional and the

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Swami Vivekananda (1863–1902) popularised Vedanta in the West and reformed Hinduism in India. He also inspired the mass movement that made India a modern nation. In showcasing his life and work, this Reader balances the two main aspects of his life: the religious and the secular, the spiritual and the practical, the devotional and the

Perspectives on Marital Dissolution: Divorce Biographies in Singapore

This book is a sociological account of marital dissolution that engages and extends theorisations on individualisation and the contemporary organisation of personal relationships to discuss how the experience of divorce might not be all debilitating but on the contrary, provides opportunities for productivity, self-responsibility and relationship formation. Using Singaporean divorcees’ narrative accounts, this book explores

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This book is a sociological account of marital dissolution that engages and extends theorisations on individualisation and the contemporary organisation of personal relationships to discuss how the experience of divorce might not be all debilitating but on the contrary, provides opportunities for productivity, self-responsibility and relationship formation. Using Singaporean divorcees’ narrative accounts, this book explores

Demographic Research – Special Issue on Living Alone: One-person Households in Asia (Vol 32. No. 15)

This special collection adds new knowledge about the fastest growing type of household in Asia – one-person households (OPH). The 11 papers in the collection examine OPH in 15 countries in East Asia (China, Japan, and Korea), Southeast Asia (Vietnam, Singapore, Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar, Thailand, Cambodia, and the Philippines) and South Asia (Bangladesh, India, Nepal,

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This special collection adds new knowledge about the fastest growing type of household in Asia – one-person households (OPH). The 11 papers in the collection examine OPH in 15 countries in East Asia (China, Japan, and Korea), Southeast Asia (Vietnam, Singapore, Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar, Thailand, Cambodia, and the Philippines) and South Asia (Bangladesh, India, Nepal,

The Pearl Frontier: Indonesian Labor and Indigenous Encounters in Australia’s Northern Trading Network

Remarkable for its meticulous archival research and moving life stories, The Pearl Frontier offers a new way of imagining Australian historical connections with Indonesia. This compelling view from below of maritime mobility demonstrates how, in the colonial quest for the valuable pearl-shell, Australians came to rely on the skill and labor of Indonesian islanders, drawing

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Remarkable for its meticulous archival research and moving life stories, The Pearl Frontier offers a new way of imagining Australian historical connections with Indonesia. This compelling view from below of maritime mobility demonstrates how, in the colonial quest for the valuable pearl-shell, Australians came to rely on the skill and labor of Indonesian islanders, drawing