WPS 136 The Hazy New Dawn: Democracy, Women and Politics in Malaysia
Dubbed a political tsunami, Malaysia’s 12th General Election, held in 2008marked a critical turn in the politics of the nation. For the first time since Independence in 1957, the three main opposition parties took over power in five of the 13 states in the country, also denying the ruling coalition a two-thirds majority in the …
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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 …
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 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 …
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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 …
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Ritual Alliances of the Putian Plain
Making ingenious use of a wide variety of sources, and old as well as modern technical resources, Kenneth Dean and Zheng Zhenman here set a new standard for an histoire totale for a coherently well-defined cultural region in China. At the same time, these books deal in-depthwith the ongoing negotiation of modernity in Chinese rituals. …
WPS 133 In Search of Authenticity in Historic Cities in Transformation: The Case of Pingyao, China
In an historic city, physical setting generates the uniqueness of a place, and the activities in the physical setting enrich its cultural value. Along with the demands of modernization, the development of heritage tourism indeed facilitates urban conservation in Asia, but it also challenges the meaning of the “authenticity” of an historic city. In the …
WPS 132 The Kopitiam in Singapore: An Evolving Story about Migration and Cultural Diversity
This paper tells the story of migration and diversity in Singapore through a particular feature of Singapore — the kopitiam (coffeeshop). Found mostly in the HDB (Housing and Development Board) public housing estates in which 85% of Singapore’s population live and in historical ethnic enclaves, the kopitiam may be viewed as a quintessential feature of …