Beginning with the conceptualisation of a framework for an underlying matrix of the large expatriate Indian migrant community abroad, which comprises a number of typologies of models and actors, this paper proposes a way of addressing each of the binaries in the sub-matrixes, while still keeping the issues together under a holistic entity called the …
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 health care system in Malaysia has undergone a fundamental transformation over the last two decades. This book examines this transformation and explores the pressing issues it faces today. It includes coverage of: the evolution of the system since independence, from the colonial legacy of national provision bequeathed from the British to the impact of …
Health Care in Malaysia: The Dynamics of Provision, Financing and Access Read More »
It would appear to be a simple question: Who are the people at the centre of the violent conflict in Thailand’s “three southern provinces”? Judging by the coverage of the issue by the Thai and international media, the statements by the Thai and Malaysian governments, and the work of a large number of academics, particularly …
In Southeast Asia, medical tourism has taken off in a big way since the 1997 Asian financial crisis. Singapore, Malaysia and Thailand, in particular, have developed deliberate marketing strategies to attract foreign patients. This paper examines the development of medical tourism in Malaysia, with some references to its neighbouring competitors, Singapore and Thailand. The analysis …
The assembling of a Singapore history has involved a process of mutation. From a view that when Raffles landed in 1819 Singapore was to all intents and purposes tabula rasa, and that any attempt to argue to the contrary was to highlight the distinctive trajectories of the different ethnic migrant communities, and hence was fissiparous, …
WPS 82 Singapore and its Tensed Pasts: History and Nation-building Read More »
This paper explores the ways in which the production of commercial Hokkien popular culture—including film, music and television—has been transformed over the course of the last half century from a transnational industry into something now associated almost exclusively with ‘nativist’ Taiwan. The paper thus draws on and contributes to wider debates about Diaspora, transnationalism and …
DIRECTOR’S FORWARD Prof Anthony Reid The year 2006 witnessed the celebration of the fifth anniversary of ARI. The Institute was established in July 2001 as an expansion of the previous Centre for Advanced Studies (CAS) of the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences (FASS). Its first year was relatively low key but important, as the …
This book interrogates the relationship between different kinds of modern art and different kinds of cultural contexts in Asian and Pacific countries. The thirteen essays examines how the modern is formed by artists in relation to other traditions and practices (“Western” or “folk”), the audience and modern art institutions, and the burgeoning conceptions of the …
Eye of the Beholder: Reception, Audience, and Practice of Modern Asian Art Read More »
The Indonesian National Museum is one of the oldest museums in Asia, and for anyone interested in the cultural and national heritage of Indonesia it is the one place not to be missed. For those unable to visit Indonesia, Icons of Art brings this heritage to you in an exquisite and detailed volume. Its collections span an …
