This paper serves as an introductory paper to the four papers published in this special issue of the Asia-Pacific Population Journal (APPJ) on “Growing Old in Asia: Declining Labour Supply, Living Arrangements and Active Ageing”. Population ageing is expected to result in an ageing workforce and in a significant slow-down in the growth of the …
Southeast Asian films have gained international attention despite the 1997 Asian regional financial crisis and the supposed demise of the commercial film industries (Philippines) andstudio systems (post-Suharto Indonesia). From Thailand, avant-garde and Western-trained filmmakers such as Apichatpong Weerasethakul have won accolades at Cannes in 2005 with Tropical Malady, while their more commercial counterparts have also made waves …
Inter-Asia Cultural Studies: Southeast Asian Cinema Vol. 8 No. 2 Read More »
Connecting critical issues of state sovereignty with empirical concerns, Borderscapes interrogates the limits of political space. The essays in this volume analyze everyday procedures, such as the classifying of migrants and refugees, security in European and American detention centers, and the DNA sampling of migrants in Thailand, showing the border as a moral construct rich …
Borderscapes: Hidden Geographies and Politics at Territory’s Edge Read More »
Combining both personal and academic insights into the Malaysian women’s movement, this study provides an in-depth account of the multiple struggles of the Malaysian women’s movement, from securing gender equality in a patriarchal society to achieving unity among members of a multi-ethnic society that are further divided along class and religious lines. Most historical versions …
De Jiao is one of these New Religious Movements (NRM) which emerged in Asia in the boom of religious innovation following the Second World War. Although originally a local reaction from Teochiu mediums against the Japanese occupation of Chaozhou (Northeast of Guangdong province), it rapidly took another dimension through the promulgation of a basic doctrine …
WPS 96 A Wishful Thinking Claim to Global Expansion? The Case of De Jiao Read More »
Although often neglected in the literature on Islamic law, contemporary Indonesia is an especially rich source of insight into the diverse understandings and uses of the Islamic legal tradition in the modern world. Indonesian Muslims are engaged in vibrant and far-reaching debates over the terms, relevance, and developmental limits of Islamic law, and Indonesia is …
Islamic Law in Contemporary Indonesia: Ideas and Institutions Read More »
The issue of political transition in Myanmar has generated scholarly interest and debate on the nature and outcomes of the whole process. This paper provides a historical overview of the political transition process in Myanmar since 1988. It highlights the missed opportunities and argues that the Tatmadaw’s (Myanmar armed forces) position on the political transition …
WPS 95 A Historical Overview of Political Transition in Myanmar Since 1988 Read More »
With increasing international economic interdependence, the scholarly treatment as well as the practice of economic nationalism has become passé. Contrary to this conclusion, I argue that economic nationalism is not inconsistent with globalization. States are not only active participants in globalization but they continue to strategically express nationalism in new global settings by supporting national …
WPS 94 Economic Nationalism in Motion: Steel, Auto and Software Industries in India Read More »
Asian Cultural Studies or Cultural Studies in Asia is a new and burgeoning field, and the Inter-Asia Cultural Studies Journal is at its cutting edge. Committed to bringing Asian Cultural Studies scholarship to the international English-speaking world and constantly challenging existing conceptions of cultural studies, the journal has emerged as the leading publication in Cultural …
Le projet de la Malaysia (Malaisie + nord de Bornéo, formée en 1963) est d’être devenue un pays industriel en 2020.Démocratie parlementaire, elle devra auparavant avoir réglé la question des “races”. État musulman de 27 millions d’habitants, la Malaysia s’est construite sur un peuplement d’aborigènes, dominants à Bornéo, et sur un mélange de peuplement et …
Malaysia: La dualité territoriale (Malaysia: Territorial dualism) Read More »
