vol. 14, no. 2 (2014)
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
Elite Competition and Economic Reform in Cuba and Vietnam: A Comparative Study of Policy Legitimation
Anthony Lawrence A. Borja
Discipline: Economics
Examining the Global Financial Crisis from a Virtue Theory Lens
Aliza D. Racelis
Discipline: Economics
The Paradox of Immigration Politics: Revisiting the Dynamics of Philippine Nikkeijin Labor Migration
Ron Bridget Vilog
Discipline: Culture
Effects of Educational News Stories on the Beliefs of Taiwanese Teacher Education Students
Shih-hsiung Liu
Discipline: Education
Comparing the Child-Rearing Goals of Women in Taiwan and in its Marriage-based Immigrants’ Countries of Origin
Shou-lu Lee
Discipline: Culture
Lives in Fiction: Auto/Biographies as Theoretical Narratives
Dennis S. Erasga
Discipline: Literature
The Filipino Social Imagination in Regional Context
Niels Mulder
Discipline: Anthropology
Research Briefs
Climate Change Affects National Security
Raymond L. S. Wang
Discipline: Environment
The Next Order of Business: Transnational Entrepreneurship
Maria Francesca V. Torrente
Discipline: Business
Of Economic Bubbles and Economic Miracles: Notes and Reflections from a Non-Expert
Dennis V. Blanco
Discipline: Business
Master and Servant: Contradictory Roles of Migrant Filipina Domestic Workers
Mary Ann M. Bolante
Discipline: Society
Book Reviews
Exposing the Limits of Japanese Multiculturalism
Benjamin A. San Jose
Discipline: Culture
Back Matter
Guidelines to Contributors