{"title":"“Athra,” a maternal illness in the rural Punjabi-Pakistan, as a source of stigma","authors":"Rubeena Slamat, Piet Bracke, Melissa Ceuterick","doi":"10.1016/j.ajss.2023.05.002","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.ajss.2023.05.002","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>In the rural Punjab region in Pakistan, some women who experience pregnancy loss are believed to suffer from <em>athra</em>, which is considered a major cause of childlessness. Women with <em>athra</em> can have several miscarriages, and they are prone to stillbirth and neonatal death. This study presents results from ethnographic fieldwork in a rural, religiously diverse Christian–Muslim community in Punjab, Pakistan. The data were collected through in-depth interviews and focus group discussions with community members and women who had experienced <em>athra</em>. This study explores the perception of <em>athra</em> in this community, as well as the impact of a diagnosis of <em>athra</em> on the women affected. This study follows the model developed by Link and Phelan (2001) to explore the process through which <em>athra</em> is stigmatised. According to Link and Phelan (2001), stigma occurs when labelling, stereotyping, separation, status loss, and discrimination occur within an unequal power situation.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":45675,"journal":{"name":"Asian Journal of Social Science","volume":"51 3","pages":"Pages 198-207"},"PeriodicalIF":0.6,"publicationDate":"2023-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"41365196","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}
Lan Anh Hoang (Associate Professor in Development Studies)
{"title":"Harriet M. Phinney, Single Mothers and the State...s Embrace: Reproductive Agency in Vietnam, University of Washington Press, 2022, ISBN: 9780295749426, 236 pages","authors":"Lan Anh Hoang (Associate Professor in Development Studies)","doi":"10.1016/j.ajss.2023.03.016","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.ajss.2023.03.016","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":45675,"journal":{"name":"Asian Journal of Social Science","volume":"51 3","pages":"Page 214"},"PeriodicalIF":0.6,"publicationDate":"2023-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"42361163","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":"One master, many identities: Kung fu and history in the films about Ip Man","authors":"Chin-Pang Lei","doi":"10.1016/j.ajss.2023.02.003","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.ajss.2023.02.003","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Owing to the conflicting waves of nationalism in mainland China and localism in Hong Kong, the long-standing dispute over Hong Kong's identity has intensified over the past decade or so. The historical discourses presented in the films about the kung fu master Ip Man reflect this trend. Focusing on the <em>Ip Man</em> series, <em>Ip Man: The Final Fight</em>, and <em>The Grandmaster</em>, this article examines how they dramatise the life story of Ip Man and articulate identities from various historical perspectives. These films exemplify how the kung fu genre actively responds to the ideological landscape and socio-political climate of the prevailing society.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":45675,"journal":{"name":"Asian Journal of Social Science","volume":"51 3","pages":"Pages 155-161"},"PeriodicalIF":0.6,"publicationDate":"2023-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"44593257","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":"Jackson, P. A., & Bauman, B. (Eds.). (2022). Review of deities and divas: Queer ritual specialists in Myanmar, Thailand and beyond. NIAS. 311 pp","authors":"I.C. Johnson","doi":"10.1016/j.ajss.2023.03.011","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.ajss.2023.03.011","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":45675,"journal":{"name":"Asian Journal of Social Science","volume":"51 2","pages":"Page 132"},"PeriodicalIF":0.6,"publicationDate":"2023-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"47701894","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":"Raghunath, N. (2021). Shaping the futures of work: Proactive governance and millennials. McGill-Queen's Press-MQUP. 256 pases. ISBN: 978-0228008804","authors":"T. Willems","doi":"10.1016/j.ajss.2023.03.012","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.ajss.2023.03.012","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":45675,"journal":{"name":"Asian Journal of Social Science","volume":"51 2","pages":"Pages 133-134"},"PeriodicalIF":0.6,"publicationDate":"2023-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"41475103","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":"Globalization and state size in East Asia: How do international NGOs cushion the effect of trade?","authors":"X. Li","doi":"10.1016/j.ajss.2023.03.003","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.ajss.2023.03.003","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>How does globalization influence the size of the state? Many studies examine the effect of economic globalization or the impact of International NGOs (INGOs, hereafter) on state size but fail to acknowledge the interdependent and antagonistic associations between them. This paper addresses this gap by examining the interaction of trade and INGOs and identify how this interaction differs in democratic and nondemocratic countries. In drawing on panel data from 6 East Asian countries in the period 1971-2009, this paper finds that the negative impact of trade on state size can be alleviated by the engagement of INGOs, and INGOs’ effect is much stronger in democratic countries. In addition, health INGOs have a similar pro-state effect which is also stronger in democracies. This suggests that INGOs help cushion the negative consequences of trade by collaborating with domestic actors, which is more likely to occur in democratic settings.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":45675,"journal":{"name":"Asian Journal of Social Science","volume":"51 2","pages":"Pages 107-115"},"PeriodicalIF":0.6,"publicationDate":"2023-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"45198475","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":"Kristina Simion, (2021). Rule of law intermediaries. Brokering influence in Myanmar, Cambridge Studies in Law and Society. Cambridge University Press. ISBN: 9781108830867, 280 pages","authors":"E.L. Rhoads","doi":"10.1016/j.ajss.2023.03.013","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.ajss.2023.03.013","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":45675,"journal":{"name":"Asian Journal of Social Science","volume":"51 2","pages":"Pages 135-136"},"PeriodicalIF":0.6,"publicationDate":"2023-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"43574075","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":"Governance of social science research: Insights from Southeast Asia","authors":"D.S. Fussy","doi":"10.1016/j.ajss.2023.02.002","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.ajss.2023.02.002","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>This paper focuses on examining the governance mechanisms of social science research in Singapore and Vietnam, as selected cases in Southeast Asia. Documentary research, underpinned by a five-step analytical framework, was used to obtain relevant data and draw a comparative analysis. Both countries use similar mechanisms to manage and develop social science research. They integrate research into career policies and practices, establish national bodies to oversee the peer-review system, restrict access to and sharing of data, and use competitive funding in Singapore and mainly block funding in Vietnam. Some governance mechanisms are observed to have unintended consequences, including downplaying the role of domestic research and escalating precarious, individualistic and less creative working environment. The paper advances our understanding of the governance mechanisms of social science research in Singapore and Vietnam, which is crucial to inform the debate on the evolution of research systems in low- and middle-income countries.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":45675,"journal":{"name":"Asian Journal of Social Science","volume":"51 2","pages":"Pages 71-79"},"PeriodicalIF":0.6,"publicationDate":"2023-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"44346317","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":"Rise of the social?: Socialization of care and gendered social economy in South Korea","authors":"H. Lee","doi":"10.1016/j.ajss.2022.09.003","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.ajss.2022.09.003","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>This paper sheds light on the recent increase in social enterprises and cooperatives in the care services sector, in particular, in the context of socializing care from the family in South Korea. This paper pays attention to the dynamics between marketization and social protection and the emancipatory efforts to build rich market relationship. In this paper, first I explore the changes in the care regime and the development of the care labor market with a focus on Long Term Care Insurance for the elderly in South Korea. Then I review the care provision through Social and Solidarity Economy and various attempts to build rich market relations. Finally, I evaluate the range of efforts for socialization of care with gender perspective by using the framework which is derived from Fraser's (2013) scenario for emancipation.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":45675,"journal":{"name":"Asian Journal of Social Science","volume":"51 2","pages":"Pages 80-86"},"PeriodicalIF":0.6,"publicationDate":"2023-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"48730770","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":"India's internal migrants and the first wave of COVID-19: The invisibility of female migrants","authors":"K. Saldanha , C. D'Cunha , L. Kovick","doi":"10.1016/j.ajss.2023.02.001","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.ajss.2023.02.001","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>This article highlights the plight of India's internal migrants during the first wave of the coronavirus pandemic, when media images depicted scores of these migrants hustling to return home. Using literature and newspaper searches, the article describes background factors influencing the large flows of internal migrants and the complexities of accurately defining and studying them. The study spotlights the lack of attention paid to female migrants and how gender remains a neglected dimension of migration, even though the challenges faced by female migrants are far more acute during migration, postmigration, the pandemic lockdown, and the economic fallout likely to occur following the pandemic.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":45675,"journal":{"name":"Asian Journal of Social Science","volume":"51 2","pages":"Pages 116-122"},"PeriodicalIF":0.6,"publicationDate":"2023-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9986126/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"9714549","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}