Focusing on a key group of global labor migrants – Filipino merchant seafarers – this paper demonstrates how a migration analysis can address a central debate in masculinity studies. Specifically, the paper addresses the concept of “hegemonic masculinity” and its critics by analyzing relations between competing, dominant masculinities in transnational and non-western contexts (Connell 2005, …

WPS 172 Re-Masculinizing the Hero: Filipino Migrant Men and Gender Privilege Read More »

Accountability, governance and participation are concepts that are commonly encountered in development theory and practice. These concepts have been both enthusiastically embraced and critically scrutinized by academics and development practitioners. Some view the application of accountability measures as part of neo-liberal managerial practices. Consequently attempts to apply these measures from above have generated widespread suspicion …

WPS 171 Accountability From Below: The Experience of MGNREGA in Rajasthan (India) Read More »

This article performs a listening to three stories by Seno Gumira Ajidarma. In the article, I argue that an analysis of sounds – and how sounds are invested with meaning – provide a means for understanding a particular culture and society. Sounds are a means of reproducing state terrorism, while at the same represent a …

WPS 170 Urban Sounds: Three Stories by Seno Gumira Ajidarma Read More »

Urban green spaces in a developing country context are relatively scarce and facing challenges in view of rapid urbanization in the post economic liberalization era. Urban private green spaces, even though constitute the core of urban sustainability, have received far less attention compared to those under public domain.  We study the change in homegarden, a …

WPS 169 Urban Sustainability and Changing Private Green Spaces: Some Insights from an Indian City Read More »

The urban management and urban planning in developing countries tend to be specific and complex because it relates to the social, political, economy and cultural aspects as well as to the municipal organization itself. In this paper, the writer will base his analysis on primary and secondary data of the street vendors’ re-zoning process or …

WPS 168 Directing Urban Planning From the Top: Rezoning the Urban Informal Sector in the Multi-Party System of Yogyakarta City Read More »

This paper seeks to understand how the socioeconomic status of the elderly changes as a society develops economically, by reviewing of the place of informal eldercare in development theory and practice. Drawing upon the discourses of modernisation theory and dependency theory as applied to the study of the elderly, and policies of Confucian-influenced states of …

WPS 167 Growth Matters More: A Review of the Place of Informal Eldercare in Development Theory and Practice Read More »