SOJOURN: Journal of Social Issues in Southeast Asia articles from April 2005

SOJOURN: Journal of Social Issues in Southeast Asia archives from April 2005

Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles' discourse on the Malay World: a revisionist perspective.
April 1, 2005... By any standard, Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles was a remarkable figure. Remembered as one of the most dedicated colonial administrator in the history of Southeast Asia, his fame has been memorialized through the world's largest flower, the...

The Lao economic field.
April 1, 2005... It is well known that in the wake of globalization, remote countries like Laos undergo rapid changes. (1) Less is known, however, about the immediate consequences of these changes. Virtually no research on the social and cultural dimensions of...

Singapore's experience in curbing corruption and the growth of the underground economy.
April 1, 2005... Frey and Schneider (2001) define the underground economy (UGE) as that part of the economy which the public authority fails to record in the gross national product (GNP). Because of this, the government does not have adequate knowledge about...

When push comes to shove: sites of vulnerability, personal transformation, and trafficked women's migration decisions.
April 1, 2005... Introduction In this article I explore the reasons women from the "Third World" continue en masse to migrate to more developed regions globally for tenuous and vaguely understood work opportunities, particularly in the entertainment and...

The Intimate Economies of Bangkok: Tomboys, Tycoons, and Avon Ladies in the Golden City.(Book Review)
April 1, 2005... The Intimate Economies of Bangkok: Tomboys, Tycoons, and Avon Ladies in the Golden City. By Ara Wilson. Berkeley: University of California Press, 2004. 272 pp. Ara Wilson's attempt to redraw a cultural map of Bangkok from an "intimate"...

Two Is Enough. Family Planning in Indonesia under the New Order 1968-1998.(Book Review)
April 1, 2005... Two Is Enough. Family Planning in Indonesia under the New Order 1968-1998. Edited by Anke Niehof and Firman Lubis. Leiden: KITLV Press, 2003. viii, 281 pages. Two Is Enough--the ubiquitous slogan of the Indonesian family planning (FP...

Minorities, Modernity, and the Emerging Nation: Christians in Indonesia. A Biographical Approach.(Book Review)
April 1, 2005... Minorities, Modernity, and the Emerging Nation: Christians in Indonesia. A Biographical Approach. By Gerry van Klinken. Leiden: KITLV Press, 2003. This astute and innovative historical account of some of the cultural content of "the modern...

Social Science Research and Conservation Management in the Interior of Borneo: Unravelling Past and Present Interactions of People and Forests.(Book Review)
April 1, 2005... Social Science Research and Conservation Management in the Interior of Borneo: Unravelling Past and Present Interactions of People and Forests. Edited by C. Eghenter, B. Sellato, and G. Simon Devung. Bogor, Indonesia: CIFOR, 2001. 297 pp. ...

The Collapse of a Colonial Society: The Dutch in Indonesia during the Second World War.(Book Review)
April 1, 2005... The Collapse of a Colonial Society: The Dutch in Indonesia during the Second World War. By L. De Jong. Verhandelingen van bet Koninklijk Instituut voor Tall-, Land- en Volkenkunde, vol. 206. Leiden: KILTV, 2002. xi, 570 pp. The Japanese...