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Migrant placemaking as a response to governing through mobility-making: An ethnic enclave and a digital community in South Korea

IF 1.8 3区社会学

Asia Pacific Viewpoint Pub Date : 2024-10-10 DOI: 10.1111/apv.12427

HaeRan Shin, Cassandra Gutierrez

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Germany's evolving role in global affairs: Positioning as a middle power in the Indo-Pacific region

IF 1.8 3区社会学

Asia Pacific Viewpoint Pub Date : 2024-10-10 DOI: 10.1111/apv.12425

Jens-Uwe Wunderlich, Chih-Mei Luo

{"title":"Germany's evolving role in global affairs: Positioning as a middle power in the Indo-Pacific region","authors":"Jens-Uwe Wunderlich, Chih-Mei Luo","doi":"10.1111/apv.12425","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/apv.12425","url":null,"abstract":"In 2020 Germany released its Indo-Pacific guidelines in response to global shifts and escalating Sino-US rivalries in the region. This article scrutinises Germany's ambitions and stance in the Indo-Pacific, utilising the middle power concept as an analytical tool. It argues that Germany's Indo-Pacific strategy is broadly in line with its wider foreign policy approach rather than marking a radical shift. Divided into three sections, the article explores middle power theories, Germany's foreign policy approach and Germany's Indo-Pacific tilt. Assessing Germany's progress in the Indo-Pacific, the paper employs a middle power framework based on capabilities, identity and engagement. We argue that Germany seems intent on positioning itself as a civilian middle power, evident in its deeply engrained norms determining identity and guiding engagement. The article uses a qualitative approach, drawing from primary material such as official statements of German policymakers and policy documents, supplemented by secondary sources covering the literature on middle power dynamics, the Indo-Pacific region and Germany's foreign policy. Employing thematic documentary analysis, the paper identifies recurring patterns and trends in Germany's evolving role in the Indo-Pacific.","PeriodicalId":46928,"journal":{"name":"Asia Pacific Viewpoint","volume":"65 3","pages":"416-429"},"PeriodicalIF":1.8,"publicationDate":"2024-10-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/apv.12425","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142762162","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Beyond environmental determinism? Analysing studies on environmental migration in the Greater Mekong Subregion and the Ganges-Brahmaputra Delta Region

IF 1.8 3区社会学

Asia Pacific Viewpoint Pub Date : 2024-09-30 DOI: 10.1111/apv.12426

Mucahid Mustafa Bayrak, Yi-Ya Hsu, Li-San Hung

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Vakumuni vuku ni vanua (gathering the wisdom of the land): An Indigenous fieldwork research methodology in Fiji

IF 1.8 3区社会学

Asia Pacific Viewpoint Pub Date : 2024-09-01 DOI: 10.1111/apv.12424

Maiono Jekope Ramala, Diane Ruwhiu

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Macaology: A construct of a socio-psychological self-essentialist view of the world Macaology：社会心理学自我本质主义世界观的建构

IF 1.8 3区社会学

Asia Pacific Viewpoint Pub Date : 2024-08-09 DOI: 10.1111/apv.12419

Shiufai Wong, Cristina Osswald

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Spiritual and environmental well-being: Factors supporting adaptation of Pacific peoples during pandemic times

IF 1.8 3区社会学

Asia Pacific Viewpoint Pub Date : 2024-08-01 DOI: 10.1111/apv.12423

Regina Scheyvens, Apisalome Movono, Jessie Auckram, Leilani Faaiuaso

{"title":"Spiritual and environmental well-being: Factors supporting adaptation of Pacific peoples during pandemic times","authors":"Regina Scheyvens, Apisalome Movono, Jessie Auckram, Leilani Faaiuaso","doi":"10.1111/apv.12423","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/apv.12423","url":null,"abstract":"Most Western models of well-being focus only on social, mental, financial and physical well-being. Collecting data on how tourism-dependent communities in the South Pacific had adapted to the dramatic impacts of the pandemic, we became aware of the significance of spiritual and environmental dimensions of well-being. We also identified several Pacific well-being models that incorporate these dimensions. This article thus examines how COVID-19 lockdowns influenced the spiritual and environmental well-being of Pacific peoples living in tourism-dependent areas. It demonstrates that many people were able to adapt well despite dramatic changes in their financial situation and restrictions on their mobility. They often showed deep appreciation about having more time for religious practices and to care for others in their communities, and they enjoyed working more with nature, on the land or in the ocean, and looking after the environment. We conclude that if the tourism industry can rebuild in ways that support spiritual and environmental well-being, this could mean tourism will be appreciated more by resident communities as something which compliments – rather than competes with – their culture and way of life.","PeriodicalId":46928,"journal":{"name":"Asia Pacific Viewpoint","volume":"65 3","pages":"380-397"},"PeriodicalIF":1.8,"publicationDate":"2024-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/apv.12423","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142762293","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Who plans for women? Representation of power in planning for climate change adaptation in Bangladesh 谁为妇女做规划？孟加拉国气候变化适应规划中的权力代表

IF 1.8 3区社会学

Asia Pacific Viewpoint Pub Date : 2024-07-17 DOI: 10.1111/apv.12422

Debashish Sarker Dev, Elske van de Fliert, Karen McNamara

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Boom and bust: Variegated livelihood pathways among rural households in the banana boom in northern Laos

IF 1.8 3区社会学

Asia Pacific Viewpoint Pub Date : 2024-06-26 DOI: 10.1111/apv.12417

Soytavanh Mienmany, Peter Kanowski, Cecilie Friis, Lisa Robins, Hilary Smith

{"title":"Boom and bust: Variegated livelihood pathways among rural households in the banana boom in northern Laos","authors":"Soytavanh Mienmany, Peter Kanowski, Cecilie Friis, Lisa Robins, Hilary Smith","doi":"10.1111/apv.12417","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/apv.12417","url":null,"abstract":"Crop booms are a significant driver of change for both rural landscapes and smallholder livelihoods. Cavendish bananas have boomed in northern Laos and replaced maize, the previous boom crop, through land leasing contracts between farmers and Chinese companies. This study of two villages in Oudomxay Province explores rural households' participation in this banana boom and the conjunctures that shape variegated livelihood pathways and outcomes. Household participation in the banana boom depended on their assets (land and labour), livelihood context and social pressure. Household income in both villages generally improved, but differentially. The better-off, and those with a wider array of livelihood options, used income from bananas to move to primarily non-agricultural livelihoods, while many poorer households became dependent on wage labour in banana production, at the expense of their health. Women reported to be content to escape agricultural labour through land leasing; but many who contributed labour to banana production felt trapped in ongoing heavy labour, with attendant adverse impacts. These outcomes reflect how the conjunctures of different household, community and external elements, and crop boom-bust cycles, lead to differentiated (‘variegated’) household livelihood trajectories and outcomes for households and for men and women, and suggest points of policy intervention.","PeriodicalId":46928,"journal":{"name":"Asia Pacific Viewpoint","volume":"65 3","pages":"337-364"},"PeriodicalIF":1.8,"publicationDate":"2024-06-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/apv.12417","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142762775","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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A heterotopic reading of heritage: The Village of Our Lady in Ka Ho, Macau 遗产的异托邦解读：澳门嘉湖圣母村

IF 1.8 3区社会学

Asia Pacific Viewpoint Pub Date : 2024-06-18 DOI: 10.1111/apv.12416

Xi Ye

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The implications of farmer-to-farmer learning and local knowledge networks for food security in Solomon Islands and beyond 农民之间的学习和地方知识网络对所罗门群岛及其他地区粮食安全的影响

IF 1.8 3区社会学

Asia Pacific Viewpoint Pub Date : 2024-06-11 DOI: 10.1111/apv.12418

Deborah Hill, Barbara Pamphilon

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