Search Results - "South East Asia research"

Gender harmony and the happy family: Islam, gender and sexuality in post-Reformasi Indonesia by Wieringa, Saskia E.

“…A renewed global emphasis on ‘traditional culture’ threatens progress in women’s and sexual rights. This article focuses on Indonesia, where concepts such as…”
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Facebooking: Youth’s everyday politics in Cambodia by Vong, Mun, Hok, Kimhean

“…This article takes a critical view of online activism as its point of departure and explores how the activities of Cambodian youth on Facebook have spilled…”
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An empirical analysis of vote buying among the poor: Evidence from elections in the Philippines by Canare, Tristan A, Mendoza, Ronald U, Lopez, Mario Antonio

“…Recent literature suggests that the poor are more likely to be targeted for vote buying and to sell their votes. However, there is limited empirical analysis…”
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Salafi activism and the promotion of a modern Muslim identity: Evolving mediums of Da’wa amongst Yogyakartan university students by Chaplin, Chris

“…Indonesia has witnessed the emergence of a market of Islamic goods, services and media platforms that have catalysed a qualitative shift in the ways…”
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Democratization and the diffusion of shari’a law: Comparative insights from Indonesia by Buehler, Michael, Muhtada, Dani

“…The democratization of politics has been accompanied by a rise of Islamic laws in many Muslim-majority countries. Despite a growing interest in the phenomenon,…”
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Political dynasties in the Philippines: Persistent patterns, perennial problems by Tadem, Teresa S Encarnacion, Tadem, Eduardo C

“…The results of the 2013 Philippine mid-term elections highlighted the dominance of political dynasties in the country. With all 80 provinces littered with…”
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Foreign policy in changing global politics: Indonesia’s foreign policy and the quest for major power status in the Asian Century by Rosyidin, Mohamad

“…Since President Jokowi came to power in October 2014, Indonesia’s foreign policy has undergone fundamental change, most obviously in the state’s emphasis on…”
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Penolong Kesengsaraan Umum: The charitable activism of Muhammadiyah during the colonial period by Fauzia, Amelia

“…This article discusses the nature of Islamic philanthropy and social services in the context of the plurality of Indonesian society by looking at the early…”
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Atheism in Indonesia: State discourses of the past and social practices of the present by Duile, Timo

“…The phenomenon of atheism has often been neglected in academic research on Indonesia, a Muslim majority country in which every citizen is supposed to have a…”
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Understanding family politics: Successes and failures of political dynasties in regional Indonesia by Aspinall, Edward, As’ad, Muhammad Uhaib

“…The rise to power of political dynasties in regional Indonesia has been the subject of much critical analysis by scholars and journalists, with most seeing the…”
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Voices behind the veil: Unravelling the hijab debate in Singapore through the lived experiences of hijab-wearing Malay-Muslim women by Zainal, Humairah, Wong, George

“…This article critically examines the hijab debate in Singapore by drawing upon the lived experiences of Singaporean Malay-Muslim women whose daily lives are…”
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Pathways to prison in Cambodia for homicide offending: Exploring women’s life history narratives by Jeffries, Samantha, Chuenurah, Chontit

“…Studies undertaken on female homicide offenders are limited in both number and breadth, particularly within South East Asia. This article has consequently…”
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Development as eradication: The pillage of the Jakun ‘people’s bank’ of Tasik Chini, Pahang, Malaysia by Crabtree, Sara Ashencaen, Parker, Jonathan, Parker, Isabel Crabtree, Parker, Miranda Crabtree

“…The political rhetoric of social and economic development in Malaysia is used as a dominant and largely unquestioned discourse to justify the industrialized…”
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Countering royalism with constitutionalism: The People’s Party’s visual culture after the Boworadet Rebellion by Chotpradit, Thanavi

“…The Boworadet Rebellion in October 1933 brought brutality into the heart of Thailand’s politics. It was followed by a proliferation of commemorative practices…”
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Identity, material culture and tourism: Of ritual cloths and totem poles by King, Victor T

“…In this study of the relationships between identity, material culture and tourism some of the different roles of the anthropologist in engaging with the wider…”
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An alternative memory of the Khmer Rouge genocide: the dead of the mass graves and the land guardian spirits [neak ta] by Guillou, Anne Yvonne

“…This article contrasts the ways in which the memories of the Khmer Rouge genocide have been constructed at different levels and at different periods since the…”
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Revisiting the rise of Jokowi: The triumph of reformasi or an oligarchic adaptation of post-clientelist initiatives? by Fukuoka, Yuki, Djani, Luky

“…Just a few months into his first term, the new president of Indonesia, Jokowi, began to disappoint his supporters who had expected his presidency to enhance…”
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Zomia’s vestiges: Illegible peoples and legible crimes in Omkoi, Northwest Thailand by Anderson, Bobby

“…Opium poppy cultivation in Thailand fell from 12,112 hectares in 1961 to 281 hectares in 2015. One outlier exists: Chiang Mai Province’s remote southwestern…”
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Flight school for the spirit of Myanmar: Aerial nationalism and Burmese-Japanese cinematic collaboration in the 1930s by Ferguson, Jane M

“…In 1935, two Burmese filmmakers traveled to Tokyo with the intention of acquiring the latest sound recording equipment and training in sound-on-film…”
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Indonesian presidents and communal violence against non-mainstream faiths by Suryana, A’an

“…Indonesia in the post-New Order era saw frequent incidents of religious violence. These began with bloody sectarian conflicts in the cities of Ambon and Poso,…”
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