vol. 9, no. 2 (2009)
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
Articles
Sacred Cloth and Development in Timor-Leste
Sara Niner
Discipline: Cultural Studies
Taiwanized “New Taiwanese”: The Effect of Taiwanization on the 2008 Presidential Election Campaign of Ma Ying-jeou
Malte Philipp Kaeding
Discipline: Political Studies
Degree of Social Distance between Japanese and Filipinos in Manila
Shiro Ito | Rachel Varona
Discipline: Social Science
Behavioral Sciences Department of De La Salle University, Manila
Dindo Palce Café
Discipline: Cultural Studies
Workers’ Remittances and its Impact on Rural Development in the Philippines
Alvin Ang
Discipline: Cultural Studies
The State of the Epistemology of the State
Jiah L. Sayson | Rhoderick John S. Abellanosa
Discipline: Philosophy, Political Philosophy
Book Reviews
Bilveer Singh on the "Taliban" of Southeast Asia
Salvador Santino F. Regilme
Discipline: Social Science
Challenges of Higher Education Institutions in the Asia Pacific Region
Melvin Jabar
Discipline: Education
Back Matter
About the Contributors