vol. 15, no. 2 (2015)
Asia-Pacific Social Science Review
Description
The Asia-Pacific Social Science Review (APSSR) is an internationally refereed journal published biannually (June and December) by De La Salle University, Manila, Philippines. It aims to be a leading venue for authors seeking to share their data and perspectives on compelling and emerging topics in the social sciences with, and to create an impact, on the region’s communities of academics, researchers, students, civil society, policy makers, and development specialists, among others. Topics related to or with implications for the region that are pursued employing sound methodologies and comparative, and inter, multi, and transdisciplinary approaches are of particular interest. The APSSR is listed in the Elsevier’s Scopus, the ASEAN Citation Index, and EBSCO. The Review has both printed and online (http://ejournals.ph) editions, and a Facebook Page at https://www.facebook.com/DLSUAPSSR/. The Review is an awardee of the Journal Challenge Grant of the Philippine Commission of Higher Education (CHED).
Table of contents
Open Access Subscription Access
Preliminary Pages
Editorial Board
From the Editor
Romeo B. Lee
Articles
Discourse, Identity and International Development Cooperation: China, Africa and FOCAC
Daniel Lemus Delgado
Economic Determinants of Communal Conflict: Evidence from Indonesia
Edgar Demetrio Tovar-García | Indra Prasetya Adi Nugroho
What Drives Households to Divert Loans? A Village Level Study
Tanmoyee Banerjee | Malabika Roy | Ajitava Raychaudhuri | Chandralekha Ghosh
Culture, Structure, and Co-Ethnic Relations of Indonesians Migrant Entrepreneurship in Taiwan
Paulus Rudolf Yuniarto
Experiences of Coming Out in Japan: Negotiating “Perceived Homophobia”
Kotona Motoyam
Socioeconomic Disparities in Physical Activity Participation: An Exploratory Study Using Malay Sample
Yong Kang Cheah
Reconciliation as Free-Floating Signification: Reconciliation after 2014 Coup in Thailand
Siwach Sripokangkul
Research Briefs
Ethics of Thai Politicians
Wariya Chinwanno
All That is Holy Profaned? The Disenchantment of Romantic Love Under Global Capitalism
Yellowbelle Duaqui
National Identity and Social Resilience in the Case of South Korea
Pál Koudela
On the Transmission of Tacit Skills in Science: Notes on and Observations of Japanese Doctoral Science Research Training Laboratories
Marcus Antonius Ynalvez | Yoshinori Kamo | Noriko Hara | Ruby Ynalvez
Book Reviews
Zhao Baisheng. (2003).A Theory of Auto/ Biography. Beijing: Peking University Press. 272 pp. CNY18.00.
Sun Jianguang | Wang Chengjun
Back Matter
Guidelines to Contributors