{"title":"Is the justice frame effective in mobilizing support for human rights violations? Evidence from the Philippines","authors":"Cleo Calimbahin, Yuko Kasuya, Hirofumi Miwa","doi":"10.1080/00927678.2022.2142434","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/00927678.2022.2142434","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract Effective message framing motivates individuals to act for and defend human rights. What effective message framing motivates individuals to defend human rights? Recent experiment-based framing studies show that personal frames are more successful than informational or motivational frames in increasing the advocacy activities of human rights organizations. This study tested the justice frame using the Philippine case of extrajudicial executions. Employing internet-based survey experiments, we tested the effects of the justice frame on consensus and action mobilizations as well as the three frames mentioned above. Our results showed that combining justice and the personal frame is more effective. We also examined emotions inflicted by framing. Our results reveal an association between empathy and anger as a reaction that connects exposure to personal frame and mobilization.","PeriodicalId":392598,"journal":{"name":"Asian Affairs: An American Review","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"128849622","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The evolution of women’s civil society organizations in the Deep South of Thailand","authors":"Anna Suwardi, P. Chambers","doi":"10.1080/00927678.2022.2132084","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/00927678.2022.2132084","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract Since violent conflict escalated in Thailand’s Deep South in 2004, women’s groups have contributed to addressing societal issues in the form of Civil Society Organizations (CSOs). However, women have also carried the burden of the prolonged impact of the conflict. By applying the theoretical approach of historical institutionalism at the macro level and the feminist analysis at the micro level, this study seeks to investigate the institutional evolution of women’s CSOs that gradually developed from 2004 to 2020. This study drew on empirical evidence from ten local CSOs working on women’s issues. It found significant factors that have contributed to the institutionalization of women’s CSOs as change agents for peacebuilding. These factors include historical legacy, critical juncture, path dependence, and the involvement of specific actors and events. This study argues that violent conflict in 2004 became a critical juncture that catalyzed the rise of women’s CSOs in terms of more proactive engagement in society. At the same time, women’s CSOs’ main agendas were gradually shifted from victims’ restoration projects to larger gender-based agendas of empowerment and peace initiatives. Over the past sixteen years, women’s CSOs have a path toward institutional change moving from informal to formal contributions to peacebuilding.","PeriodicalId":392598,"journal":{"name":"Asian Affairs: An American Review","volume":"7 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-12-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"117056570","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"How Phibun Returned to the Political Scene: Youth-led Rallies, Leaflets, and Petitions in 1947, 1948, and 2020","authors":"Katsuyuki Takahashi","doi":"10.1080/00927678.2022.2128244","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/00927678.2022.2128244","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract In recent rallies for democracy by Thai youth, protesters appreciated the 1932 overthrow of absolute monarchy by the People’s Party and the memory of anti-royalist Thai Prime Minister Phibun Songkram. On the other hand, since 2016, there have been royalist movements to wipe out all memory of him. Using Historical Institutionalism, this article traces the process of Phibun’s return as army commander following the 1947 coup, accession as Prime Minister (for the second time) in April 1948, and the evocative memory of People’s Party and Phibun in 2020 youth-led protests. The author paid particular attention to the meanings of rallies and leaflets. A closer look at Thai, Chinese, and English newspapers of the time reveals that many youth-led rallies were organized, and a great many leaflets were distributed. Youth-led rallying is still a common practice in Thai political activity today, and its origins are observed here.","PeriodicalId":392598,"journal":{"name":"Asian Affairs: An American Review","volume":"13 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-11-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"127246626","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Dynastic democracy: political families in Thailand","authors":"P. Chambers","doi":"10.1080/00927678.2022.2138221","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/00927678.2022.2138221","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":392598,"journal":{"name":"Asian Affairs: An American Review","volume":"50 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-11-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"129107837","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The Philippines’ responses to Chinese gray zone operations triggered by the 2021 passage of China’s New Coast Guard Law and the Whitsun Reef standoff","authors":"R. D. de Castro, P. Chambers","doi":"10.1080/00927678.2022.2121584","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/00927678.2022.2121584","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract This article scrutinizes the Philippines’ strong reactions to the Chinese gray zone operations in the South China Sea, particularly during the Whitsun Reef stand-off in March 2021. Despite the Duterte Administration’s appeasement policy toward China, these gray zone operations have remained unabated since 2016. They were exacerbated by the passage of the China Coast Guard (CCG) law in January 2021. Initially, Philippine officials downplayed these developments but eventually realized that China was gradually gaining control of the disputed waters in the South China Sea without firing a single shot. To counter these Chinese maritime gambits legitimized by the CCG law, the Philippines has lodged diplomatic protests, demonstrated its modest naval capabilities, and capitalized on the assurance of U.S. defense and security commitments to a long-time Southeast Asian ally. Through these measures, the Philippines stands up to China to subvert its intimidating gray zone operations that aim to render contending states helpless, submissive, and inactive.","PeriodicalId":392598,"journal":{"name":"Asian Affairs: An American Review","volume":"52 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-10-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"116299846","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Policy and the politics of COVID-19 communication responses: a comparative case study of two border provinces in Thailand","authors":"Chuthaporn Suntayakorn","doi":"10.1080/00927678.2022.2126674","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/00927678.2022.2126674","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract This article aims to explore the policy interpretations of Thailand’s risk communication policy formulation and implementation process, and its potential challenges during the COVID-19 pandemic by comparing the situations in two Thai border provinces: Tak (Thailand-Myanmar) and Nong Khai (Thailand-Lao PDR). This research adopted a comparative case study design, analyzing policy documents and interviewing key policy stakeholders. It combined an interpretive policy framework with a ‘multiple streams/critical juncture’ to understand the perceptions and experiences of policy stakeholders and the interpretation of policy texts during a public health crisis. The findings demonstrate that these two similar cases have had different local health communication policy implementations. Indeed, the results showed the different policy operations and communication challenges in both areas, which included outdated bureaucratic routines and complex government communication mechanisms resulting in health communication response delays, cultural and language barriers, and problems with access to services caused by digital health disruptions. The health communication outcomes in the two provinces also reflected the impact of both Thai border health politics and the international politics between Thailand and its neighboring countries on health communication operations and the interpretations of all policy agents.","PeriodicalId":392598,"journal":{"name":"Asian Affairs: An American Review","volume":"40 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-10-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"115525845","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The Genesis of Baloch Nationalism: Politics and Ethnicity in Pakistan, 1947–1977","authors":"K. Gopalan","doi":"10.1080/00927678.2022.2110676","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/00927678.2022.2110676","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":392598,"journal":{"name":"Asian Affairs: An American Review","volume":"61 6","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-07-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"133238935","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Estimating the multilevel coattail effect during the 2019 Indonesian election","authors":"T. Effendi","doi":"10.1080/00927678.2022.2091909","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/00927678.2022.2091909","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract The 2019 Indonesian general election provides an interesting platform to study coattail effects considering the fact that the presidential elections were held concurrently with the three levels of the legislative offices including the national, provincial, as well as regency and city. Moreover, the multi-party system practiced in the country allows the influence of the party’s position on several aspects of the coalition including the origin, old and new members, as well as new parties. Therefore, this study estimates the presidential coattail effect on the 2019 election by analyzing the relationship between presidential candidates and party vote share at three tiers of legislative elections. It also indicates the different effects of each party at every level of the legislative election with a decreasing trend from national to provincial, regency and city. The results showed several critical points which include (1) the presidential coattail effect occurs differently for parties at each level of the legislative election but most of them experienced decreasing trend from upper to lower level, (2) incumbency is not a guarantee that the coattail effect occurs equally among all members of the incumbent coalition, (3) origin party in the incumbent and competing coalitions experienced different level of effect, (4) party’s history or track records in the coalition might influence the coattail effect, and (5) the presidential coattail effect is critical for the new party to gain support, specifically when it has no prominent figures.","PeriodicalId":392598,"journal":{"name":"Asian Affairs: An American Review","volume":"7 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-06-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"122345238","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The tale of the two Sultanates, Oman and Brunei: Foreign policy and bilateral relations","authors":"G. Hassan, Ahmed Hamad Al Rabaani, M. Nejjari","doi":"10.1080/00927678.2022.2089523","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/00927678.2022.2089523","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract Oman and Brunei are two countries with a long history of sultanic regimes. A sultanate is a kingdom ruled by a Muslim monarch. Because of these two countries’ geopolitical and geostrategic locations, they are very important in global affairs. At the same time, although situated in the highly tense regions of the Middle East and Southeast Asia respectively, Oman and Brunei are generally quite stable. They have recently become involved in China’s global economic project, the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI). Using a theory of small states, this article applies a qualitative research methodology focusing mainly on foreign policy analysis in a comprehensive analytical framework. The study uses face-to-face and by-correspondence interviews with government officials from both sultanates. It investigates whether the domestic determinants of small states’ foreign policy directly affect the bilateral relations between the two sultanates. The main finding of this study is that Oman and Brunei have greatly benefited through the establishment of a satisfactory bilateral relationship based mainly on four pillars from the list of determinants of small states’ foreign policy: historical connectivity, an Islamic monarchical dynastic system of governance, a state rentier economy, and shared foreign policy principles.","PeriodicalId":392598,"journal":{"name":"Asian Affairs: An American Review","volume":"5 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-06-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"122618404","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Construing Indonesia’s maritime diplomatic strategies against Vietnam’s illegal, unreported, and unregulated fishing in the North Natuna Sea","authors":"Darwis, Bama Andika Putra","doi":"10.1080/00927678.2022.2089524","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/00927678.2022.2089524","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract The bilateral relations between Indonesia and Vietnam have long been problematic due to the unresolved maritime borders surrounding the North Natuna Sea. Despite having a long history of cooperation in multilateral forums such as ASEAN (Association of Southeast Asian Nations), the increasing occurrence of IUUF (illegal, unreported, and unregulated fishing) in the North Natuna Sea continues to raise concerns in Jakarta about vessels of different countries, including Vietnamese-flagged vessels. Taking an example, this study evaluates the maritime diplomatic strategies of the President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) administration against the encroachment of Vietnam fishing boats which entered Indonesian waters in the North Natuna Sea between 2020-2021 with reference to the response of 1) Indonesia’s navy; (2) the Indonesian Maritime Security Agency, and (3) Indonesian Police or Ministry of Marine Affairs and Fisheries. Although there have been hundreds of incidents, five analytical cases were evaluated in this paper based upon their maritime diplomatic properties to understand Indonesia’s contemporary strategy toward such encroachments. Using Le Mière’s five framework points, the study argues that Indonesia’s maritime diplomatic strategies against Vietnam’s IUUF exhibited 1) a kinetic effect; 2) consistency; 3) message explicitness; 4) reactive diplomacy; and 5) lack of power balance among stakeholders.","PeriodicalId":392598,"journal":{"name":"Asian Affairs: An American Review","volume":"49 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-06-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"129099323","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}