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 …
Until the computerization of music making and the ‘napsterization’ of its consumption into downloadable soundtracks by the late 1990s, popular music flows had been largely determined by the corporate networks of record companies,distributors, and retailers. With the expansion of cyberspace coupled with the decreasing costs and increasing simplifications of operating audiovisual technologies,the digital sphere is …
In the post 9/11 world, Islam and feminism are widely viewed as incompatible. Sociologist Rachel Rinaldo’s ethnography of Muslim and secular women activists in Jakarta, Indonesia highlights the diverse ways they engage with Islam and feminism and use them in their activism and their daily lives. Mobilizing Piety compares different forms of women’s activism in …
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Tulisan yang dikumpulkan dalam buku ini merupakan rangkuman 30 tahun pengamatan Martin tentang Islam dan masyarakat di Indonesia, dimana ia berusaha mengambil pandangan ‘dari bawah’—dengan memfokus pada pengalaman rakyat miskin, berbagai kelompok dan gerakan yang dimarjinalkan secara politik dan sosial, serta usaha-usaha membangun ekonomi dari bawah. Bergerak dari kawasan kecil dan terbatas, namun bisa menjadi …
Since the late 1990s, Asian nations have increasingly encouraged, facilitated, or demanded the return of emigrants. In this interdisciplinary collection, distinguished scholars from countries around the world explore the changing relations between nation-states and transnational mobility. Taking into account illegally trafficked migrants, deportees, temporary laborers on short-term contracts, and highly skilled émigrés, the contributors argue …
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This book seeks to open new lines of discussion about how Islamic law is viewed as a potential tool for programs of social transformation in contemporary Muslim society. It does this through a critical examination of the workings of the state shari’a system as it was designed and implemented at the turn of the twenty-first …
Place Names tell us much about a country – its history, its landscape, its people, its aspirations, its self-image. The study of place names, ‘toponymics’, unlocks the myriad interlocking stories that are encoded in every street and landmark. In Singapore, the coexistence of various races, cultures and languages, as well as its history of colonisation, …
In 2001, India had 4 million cell phone subscribers. Ten years later, that number had exploded to more than 750 million. Over just a decade, the mobile phone was transformed from a rare and unwieldy instrument to a palm-sized, affordable staple, taken for granted by poor fishermen in Kerala and affluent entrepreneurs in Mumbai alike. …
Urban growth levels in Pakistan remain high with migration as a key dynamic in the accelerating process of social and political-economic change.With an estimated population of 21 million, Karachi is Pakistan’s largest city and ranks as one of the most populace cities in Asia. Migrants especially those who are poor confront a hostile, risky and …
The past decade has seen a burgeoning of critical trans-disciplinary research on urban inter-referencing and policy mobilities. The trans-Atlantic dissemination of progressive policies and practices of urban planning, management and finance among local governments flourished especially during the first half of the twentieth century, creating direct linkages and communities of practice across the ocean. Trans-Atlantic …
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