SOJOURN: Journal of Social Issues in Southeast Asia articles from April 2008

SOJOURN: Journal of Social Issues in Southeast Asia archives from April 2008

Sampheng: from ethnic isolation to national integration.(Sampheng settlement in Bangkok, Thailand)(Essay)
April 1, 2008... "Ethnicity depends on self-identification or self-categorization" (Spira 2004, p. 251). It arises ultimately from a social group's struggle to distinguish itself from its neighbours in cultural terms for its collective self-preservation and...

"Pirated" transnational broadcasting: the consumption of Thai soap operas among Shan Communities in Burma.(Report)
April 1, 2008... Unlike the other neighbouring countries of Thailand, i.e., Laos and Cambodia where Thai media is consumed directly from satellite signals, most Shans living in Burma (1) have access to and consume Thai television programming mainly in the form...

Hare Krishnas in Singapore: agency, state, and Hinduism.(Essay)
April 1, 2008... Introduction Over the past forty years, there has been a proliferation of new religious movements all over the world (Glock and Bellah 1976; Tipton 1982; Wuthnow 1976; Robbins and Anthony 1982; Richardson 1983). Some of these, such as...

Islamic microfinance in Indonesia: the challenge of institutional diversity, regulation, and supervision.(Research Notes and Comments)(Report)
April 1, 2008... Discovering Islamic Microfinance Islamic finance has boomed in recent years; but what has hit the headlines is big money that is moved around, following the principles of Islamic law. Since the Grameen Bank in Bangladesh and its founder,...

Tourism in Asia: a review of the achievements and challenges.(Asian Tourism: Growth and Change)(Book review)
April 1, 2008... Asian Tourism: Growth and Change. Edited by Janet Cochrane. Oxford and Amsterdam: Elsevier Ltd, 2008. Since the appearance of our co-edited book Tourism in South-East Asia (Hitchcock, King and Parnwell 1993), now well over a decade ago,...

Myanmar (Burma) since 1962: The Failure of Development.(Book review)
April 1, 2008... Myanmar (Burma) since 1962: The Failure of Development. By Peter John Perry. Aldershot: Ashgate, 2007. 222 pp. Peter Perry's Myanmar (Burma) since 1962 is a great addition to the literature on a relatively unknown topic that has been...

Securing a Place: Small-Scale Artisans in Modern Indonesia.(Book review)
April 1, 2008... Securing a Place: Small-Scale Artisans in Modern Indonesia. By Elizabeth Morrell. Southeast Asia Studies Program Series no. 21. Ithaca, New York: Southeast Asia Program Publications, Cornell University, 2005. 220 pp. The book under review...

A New God in the Diaspora?: Muneeswaran Worship in Contemporary Singapore.(Book review)
April 1, 2008... A New God in the Diaspora?: Muneeswaran Worship in Contemporary Singapore. By Vineeta Sinha. Singapore: Nordic Institute of Asian Studies and Singapore University Press, 2005. 339 pp. The book is a first of its kind in documenting the rise...

In the Name of Civil Society: From Free Election Movements to People Power in the Philippines.(Book review)
April 1, 2008... In the Name of Civil Society: From Free Election Movements to People Power in the Philippines. By Eva-Lotta Hedman. Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press, 2006. 268 pp. There is much to admire in Eva-Lotta Hedman's new book. The elegance of...