vol. 16, no. 2 (2016)
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
Front Matter
Copyright Page
Editorial Board
Table of Contents
From the Editor
Romeo B. Lee
Research Article
French Travellers and Adventurers’ Retrospect of Idol Worship, Sanctity of the Ganga and Divinity of Cow
Sakul Kundra | Bhawna
Assembling Barbarity, Dirt, and Violence: A Provisional Note on Food and Social Analysis
Macario B. Lacbawan
Examining the Social Capital Measures Associated with Mental Health Among the Korean Adult Population
Harris Hyun-soo Kim
Youth Witnessing Violence in Thailand: The Cultural and Political Influences
Penchan Pradubmook-sherer | Moshe Sherer
Competing for Legitimacy: Agrarian Policy Legitimation in the People’s Republic of China from 1956 to 1983
Anthony Lawrence A. Borja
Migration Control in Malaysia: Shifting Toward Internal Enforcement
Choo Chin Low | Khairiah Salwa Mokhtar
Discipline: Social Science
Research Briefs
The Characteristics of Contract Farming for Farm Smallholder: The case of Thailand and Lao PDR
Supaporn Pouncgchompu | Kobayashi Hajime | Supawadee Chantanop
Political Representation for Javanese Women in the Affirmation Policy in Indonesia
Sofa Marwah
Development of Lesson Study Approach in Three Rural Elementary Schools of Taiwan
Shih-hsiung Liu
Gay Identity Construction of Ten Muslim Male Undergraduates in Penang, Malaysia: A Phenomenological Qualitative Study
Mark Stephan Felix
Book Reviews
End of Empire: 100 Days in 1945 that Changed Asia and the World
Rene R. Escalante
Back Matter
Guidelines To Contributors