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 …
The term ‘Hinduism’ is used in both popular and academic works. However, because Hinduism defies definition, exactly what authors are referring to is often left unclear. Despite this, I argue that the adoption of an approach which, crucially, does not seek to define Hinduism demonstrates that the term has utility and should be retained. Following …
Tradisi tulis Batak terkenal di antara sepuluh tradisi tulis lain karena telah menghasilkan buku-buku yang sangat menakjubkan, terbuat dari kulit kayu yang berlipat-lipat, berisi aksara yang khas dan gambar magis yang misterius. Tradisi ini sudah hampir punah. Buku kulir kayu (pustaha), juga bambu dan tulang beraksara, kini menjadi barang perpustakaan museum, dan kebanyakan berada di …
This book addresses the question of why a party system with a modest number of nationally oriented political parties emerges in some democracies but not others. The number of parties and nationalization are the product of coordination between voters, candidates, and party leaders within local electoral districts and coordination among candidates and elites across districts. …
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The regions that we know today as Southeast Asia and China have, for millennia, been linked together through a diverse range of political, economic and social interactions. From the earliest days the two regions have been tied by commercial interaction, human movement and political aspirations, and have been woven together by technological and cultural interflows. …
The idea of eliminating undesirable traits from human temperament to create a “new man” has been part of moral and political thinking worldwide for millennia. During the Enlightenment, European philosophers sought to construct an ideological framework for reshaping human nature. But it was only among the communist regimes of the twentieth century that such ideas …
Creating the New Man: From Enlightenment Ideals to Socialist Realities Read More »
DIRECTOR’S FORWARD Prof Lily Kong The last year at ARI has been a full and busy one. The calendar of seminars, roundtables, workshops, and conferences, as always, continues to be packed. Visitors continue to come to ARI on a regular basis, and scarcely a month passes without several enquiries from interested researchers and students from …
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 »
Is political Islam compatible with democracy? The rise of political Islam, as a force in world politics, has prompted questions and theories concerning its nature and compatibility with democratic values. Not least have been discussions and conflicts within Islamic communities, particularly in Europe where choices of identity and allegiance are growing acute. Bassam Tibi provides …
