The New Blackwell Companion to the Sociology of Religion

Reflecting the very latest developments in the field, this New Companion provides a comprehensive introduction to the sociology of religion with a clear emphasis on comparative and historical approaches. Covering all the areas relevant to undergraduate courses in this area, the Companion begins by laying down the anthropological and sociological foundations of the study of …

The New Blackwell Companion to the Sociology of Religion Read More »

WPS 137 Dividing Aceh? Minorities, Partition Movements and State-Reform in Aceh Province

One under-researched dimension of conflict in Aceh is the relationship between the ethnic Acehnese majority and the province’s various ethnic minority groups, such as Gayo, Alas, Kluet and Singkil. This relationship has recently come to the forefront of politics in Aceh, due to the emergence of two movements advocating for the partition of Aceh and …

WPS 137 Dividing Aceh? Minorities, Partition Movements and State-Reform in Aceh Province Read More »

Mobilities – Special Issue: Mobile City Singapore (Vol. 5 No. 2)

Mobilities examines the large-scale movements of people, objects, capital, and information across the world, as well as more local processes of daily transportation, movement through public and private space and the travel of material objects in everyday life. New transportation and digital infrastructures and novel social and cultural practices pose important challenges for coordinating and governing …

Mobilities – Special Issue: Mobile City Singapore (Vol. 5 No. 2) Read More »

Asian Population Studies (Vol. 6 No. 1)

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 studies …

Asian Population Studies (Vol. 6 No. 1) Read More »

WPS 135 Symmetric Development of Informal Settlements and Gated Communities: Capacity of the State — The Case of Jakarta, Indonesia

Paired informal settlements and gated communities are prevalent phenomena in the developing countries. In the Jakarta metropolitan region, one of the high-density Asian urban centers, it is observed that informal settlements are ubiquitous in its central city, while gated communities are concentrated in the suburbs. This dual process of informal and formal urbanization, or co-existence …

WPS 135 Symmetric Development of Informal Settlements and Gated Communities: Capacity of the State — The Case of Jakarta, Indonesia Read More »

WPS 134 A Historicised (Re)Assessment of EDSA ‘People Power’ (1986)

The EDSA ‘People Power’ of 1986 stands out  in  iconography and ideography of democratisation, both within and beyond the Philippines. Having paved the way for restoring democracy after over a decade of Marcos’s authoritarianism, conventional wisdom takes it as a critical turning point in Philippine political history. This is the idea that this paper seeks …

WPS 134 A Historicised (Re)Assessment of EDSA ‘People Power’ (1986) Read More »

INTER-ASIA ROUNDTABLE 2009 – Gender Relations in the 21st Century Asian Family

The 2009 Inter-Asia Roundtable was the first of its kind in the Asia Research Institute (ARI), and is scheduled to become an annual event. Its format was based on the concern that there is little dialogue across the major regions of Asia—East, South and Southeast Asia—concerning major social issues, largely because it is often felt …

INTER-ASIA ROUNDTABLE 2009 – Gender Relations in the 21st Century Asian Family Read More »