{"title":"Translators and gospelers: The roles of western missionaries in China during the late Ming and early Qing Dynasties from the perspective of cultural capital","authors":"Yafeng. Li, Shengbing. Gao","doi":"10.1016/j.ajss.2025.100201","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.ajss.2025.100201","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Christian culture, primarily shaped by adherents of Christianity, forms the core of Christian civilization. This religious culture was introduced to China through various channels, including language, Western missionaries, and translated texts. Over time, it has accumulated religious cultural capital, ultimately establishing the authority of Christian culture within China. During the late Ming and early Qing Dynasties, Western missionaries played a crucial role in the spread of Western civilization into China and Chinese civilization to the West, especially in spreading Christian religious culture in China. Based on the theory of cultural capital by Bourdieu, this paper discusses the preaching activities of Christian religious culture of Western missionaries during the late Ming and early Qing Dynasties, revealing the mission of Western missionaries as translators. On this basis, the article shows that how preaching strategies of Western missionaries as gospelers, were influenced by social field, clerisy, and symbolic capital. Furthermore, it finds that there is a strong correlation between translation and society, with both mutually influencing each other. Therefore, this article argues that Western missionaries in China, whether as translators or gospelers, is a reflection of the pursuit of religious authority and the capital competition for religious power in the religious field during the late Ming and early Qing Dynasties.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":45675,"journal":{"name":"Asian Journal of Social Science","volume":"53 3","pages":"Article 100201"},"PeriodicalIF":1.0,"publicationDate":"2025-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144241728","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Regional dynamics and political praxis: A case study of the CPI (M) in Kerala","authors":"Balu Sunilraj , Aashti Salman","doi":"10.1016/j.ajss.2025.100205","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.ajss.2025.100205","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>This article scrutinises the distinct political methods employed by the CPI(M) within the Malabar and Cochin-Travancore regions of Kerala, underlining the influence of regional dynamics in CPI(M)’s political praxis. Through a comprehensive comparative analysis, the research elucidates 2 principal findings: Firstly, the character of party-society affiliations exhibits considerable variation across the regions, incorporating both transactional (distributive) and nontransactional aspects that resist reductive vertical categorisation. Secondly, the CPI(M)'s political interaction with caste operates under fundamentally disparate logics within each region. In Cochin-Travancore, it is deemed an operational imperative, leading to negotiations with caste organisations, whereas the socio-political history of Malabar renders such negotiations superfluous.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":45675,"journal":{"name":"Asian Journal of Social Science","volume":"53 3","pages":"Article 100205"},"PeriodicalIF":1.0,"publicationDate":"2025-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144517174","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Moving forward against the odds: Intersectional stigma and identity management among female probationers in China","authors":"Caiyun Yang, Yuqian Song, Yueqi Ming","doi":"10.1016/j.ajss.2025.100206","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.ajss.2025.100206","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Although female probationers face not only stigmatization from their criminal experiences but also pressure from gender role expectations, their experience of intersectional stigma is often overlooked. Aiming to enrich the research in this area, this study used a qualitative approach to examine the intersectional stigma experienced by female probationers and their identity management strategies through the lens of intersectionality theory. The study involved collecting and analyzing interview data from 31 female probationers and three community correction social workers in City A, China. The findings indicate that female probationers experienced intersectional stigma in three forms: public stigma, self-stigma, and courtesy stigma. These women coped with stigma by using identity management strategies that involved combating stigma with the family and rebuilding self-identity. China’s unique family culture played a dual role in deepening and alleviating stigma.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":45675,"journal":{"name":"Asian Journal of Social Science","volume":"53 3","pages":"Article 100206"},"PeriodicalIF":1.0,"publicationDate":"2025-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144595909","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Educational inequality and residents’ social trust in China: The role of inequality of opportunity","authors":"J. Yang , L. Zhang , J. Zhu","doi":"10.1016/j.ajss.2025.100202","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.ajss.2025.100202","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>The impact of educational inequality on social trust is a crucial yet often overlooked issue in social science research. We use the China General Social Survey (CGSS) dataset from 2010 to 2015 to construct city-level indices for both inequality of outcome and inequality of opportunity, and match them with micro data to explore the impact of educational inequality on residents’ social trust. The findings reveal significant disparities in educational development across cities. In each city, inequality of outcome, measured by the Theil index, ranges from 0.02 to 0.15, while educational attainments caused by inequality of opportunity account for 15% to 52% of the overall differences in educational outcome. Inequality of opportunity, rather than inequality of outcome, is found to undermine the social trust of residents. This effect is pronounced among disadvantaged individuals characterized by lower income, less education or a rural hukou. The results remain robust after conducting a series of robustness checks. Mechanism analysis further suggests that self-perceived economic situations and changes in social status serve as significant pathways through which inequality of opportunity affects social trust.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":45675,"journal":{"name":"Asian Journal of Social Science","volume":"53 3","pages":"Article 100202"},"PeriodicalIF":1.0,"publicationDate":"2025-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144366633","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Massacre in the clouds: An American atrocity and the erasure of history (2024), by Kim A. Wagner","authors":"Lena Obermaier","doi":"10.1016/j.ajss.2025.100204","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.ajss.2025.100204","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":45675,"journal":{"name":"Asian Journal of Social Science","volume":"53 3","pages":"Article 100204"},"PeriodicalIF":1.0,"publicationDate":"2025-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144481289","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Jianmei Liu, Chinese Thirdspace: The Paradox of Chinese Moderate Politics, 1946-2020. New York: Columbia University Press, 2025","authors":"Carlos Rojas","doi":"10.1016/j.ajss.2025.100203","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.ajss.2025.100203","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":45675,"journal":{"name":"Asian Journal of Social Science","volume":"53 3","pages":"Article 100203"},"PeriodicalIF":1.0,"publicationDate":"2025-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144550036","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Vineeta Sinha, Narayanan Ganapathy, Pooja Nair, Daniel P. S. Goh
{"title":"Gendered dynamics and emotional well-being in the “aftermath” of the pandemic","authors":"Vineeta Sinha, Narayanan Ganapathy, Pooja Nair, Daniel P. S. Goh","doi":"10.1016/j.ajss.2025.100209","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ajss.2025.100209","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":45675,"journal":{"name":"Asian Journal of Social Science","volume":"53 3","pages":"100209-100209"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-08-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147922101","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The politics of the sharing economy: Evidence from Uber in South Korea","authors":"Jung Wook Son , Dong-Joon Jung","doi":"10.1016/j.ajss.2025.100200","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.ajss.2025.100200","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>This study explores factors influencing legislative initiatives in the sharing economy, focusing on the interaction between traditional industry power and legislators' policy incentives. We identify four politician types: (a) constituency-centered legislators from districts with strong traditional groups, (b) constituency-centered legislators from districts with weak traditional groups, (c) party-centered legislators from districts with strong traditional groups, and (d) party-centered legislators from districts with weak traditional groups. Analyzing Uber’s operations in Seoul, South Korea, from 2012 to 2016 reveals the impact of legislators’ constituency-centered initiatives driven by strong traditional groups on regulatory outcomes concerning Uber. In contrast, legislators in the other three categories adopted a position of deliberate nonaction regarding Uber-related regulations, perceiving Uber’s early market entry as not beneficial to the general public. Our findings contribute to bridging the gap in existing literature by highlighting the significance of the supply side of policymaking in the sharing economy.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":45675,"journal":{"name":"Asian Journal of Social Science","volume":"53 2","pages":"Article 100200"},"PeriodicalIF":1.0,"publicationDate":"2025-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144137883","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Lamchek, Jayson S. (2018) Human Rights-Compliant Counterterrorism Myth-making and Reality in the Philippines and Indonesia. Cambridge University Press. 250 pages. ISBN: 978-1108-49-233-1","authors":"George B. Radics","doi":"10.1016/j.ajss.2025.100199","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.ajss.2025.100199","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":45675,"journal":{"name":"Asian Journal of Social Science","volume":"53 2","pages":"Article 100199"},"PeriodicalIF":1.0,"publicationDate":"2025-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143931396","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}