Working Paper Series
Working Paper Series
Welcome to the digital repository of the Department of Sociology and Anthropology, which houses an array of open-access working papers spanning sociology, anthropology, and related fields. This collection features contributions from colleagues, students, visiting scholars, and seminar speakers. Our primary objective is to foster a space for meaningful academic dialogue and gather invaluable feedback from our readers.
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Central to our initiative is the commitment to nurturing substantial academic exchanges that transcend the disciplinary boundaries. These working papers encapsulate a spectrum of ideas, reflections, and research discoveries, standing as a testament to the intellectual vitality of our community. Adhering to open-access principles, all papers are freely downloadable. In the spirit of academic integrity, we kindly request that you include appropriate citations when integrating content from these working papers into your publications.
We extend a warm invitation for you to explore, engage with, and contribute to the intellectual wealth embodied by our working paper series. Your insights and feedback are integral in shaping the ongoing narrative of academic exploration. Together, let us embark on a collective journey of knowledge-sharing to advance research boundaries.
Ethnic Outmarriage Age in Singapore: The Influence of Traditional Socio-cultural Organization
Hassan, Riaz and Benjamin, Geoffrey
1972
Urban Involution: The Social Structure of Southeast Asian Towns
Evers, Hans-Dieter
23-26 February 1972
Social Ecology- A Multi-dimensional Approach
Cohen, Erik
1973
Trade Union Leaders in Singapore
Heyzer, Noeleen and Sim, Wee Gek
1972
The Political Course of Singapore
Chen, Peter S. J.
12 May 1972
National Identity and Nation Building in Southeast Asia
Chang, Heng-Chee and Evers, Hans-Dieter
1972
Indonesian and Chinese Status Differences in Urban Java
Weldon, Peter
1973
Austroasiatic Subgroupings and Prehistory in the Malay Peninsula
Benjamin, Geoffrey
2-6 January 1973
Job Satisfaction Among Higher Non-Expatriate Civil Servants in Hong Kong
Wong, Aline K.
1972
Modernization in Singapore: Changing Values and the Individual
Chen, Peter S. J.
16-17 June 1972
An Outline of Temiar Grammar
Benjamin, Geoffrey
2-6 January 1973
Social Stratification in Singapore
Chen, Peter S. J.
Jan-73
Housing and Satisfaction With Environment in Singapore
Weldon, Peter, Western, John S. & Tan, Tsu Huang
1973
Penghulu di Minangkabau (Penghulu as Traditional Elite in Minangkabau)
Naim, Mochtar
1973
A Comparative Examination of Systems of Kinship and Marriage in Fiji
Walter, Michael A.H.B.
1973
Specialization and Involvement: The Modernizing Role of Doctors in Malaysia and Indonesia
Evers, Hans-Dieter and Regan, Daniel
1973
Kampung Eurasians in Singapore
Blake, Myrna L.
1973
"Industrialization and the Family Type: An Overview"
Kuo, Eddie C.K.
1974
"Changing Patterns of Minangkabau Land Ownership"
Evers, Hans-Dieter
1974
The Role of Professionals in Social and Political change
Evers, Hans-Dieter
1974
Prehistory and Ethnology in Southeast Asia: Some New Ideas
Benjamin, Geoffrey
1974
Voluntary Migration in Indonesia
Naim, Mochtar
1974
Walking on Flowers in Singapore: A Hindu Festival Cycle
Babb, Lawrence A.
1974
Indigenous Religious Systems of the Malay Peninsula
Benjamin, Geoffrey
1974
Women as a Minority Group in Singapore
Wong, Aline K.
1974
Co-operation in East Fiji: A New Traditionalism
Walter, Michael A.H.B.
1974
The Continuous Family Revolution in China- Ideology and Changing Family Patterns
Wong, Aline K.
1974
Some Social Concomitants of Interethnic Marriage in Singapore
Kuo, Eddie C. K. and Hassan, Riaz
1974
Symptoms and Syndromes of the Developmental Process in Singapore
Hassan, Riaz
1974
Studies on Social Stratification in Southeast Asia
Hans-Dieter and Hassan, Riaz
1974
Changes and Continuity in Singapore's Industrial Relation System
Pang, Eng Fong and Kay, Thelma
1974
Field Theory as a Conceptual Framework for Divorce Study
Kuo, Eddie C.K.
1974
The Gardening Game
Walter, Michael A.H.B.
1975
Organization and its socio-cultural setting: A Case study of structural compensation in an Atomistic Society
Deyo, Frederic C.
1975
Chinese Secret Societies in Ipoh Town 1945-1969
Mak, Lau-Fong
1975
A Preliminary Account of "Buddhism" in Singapore
Wee, Vivienne
1975
The Cultural Logic of Singapore's 'Multiracialism'
Benjamin, Geoffrey
1975
Elites and Nation Development in Singapore
Chen, Peter S. J.
1975
Social and Psychological Implications of High Population Density
Hassan, Riaz
1975
Planning and Land-Use in Singapore
Fonseca, Rory
1975
Thaipusam in Singapore: Religious Individualism in a Hierarchical Culture
Babb, Lawrence A.
1976
Asian Values in a Modernizing Society: A sociological perspective
Chen, Peter S. J.
1976
A sociolinguistic profile of Singapore
Kuo, Eddie C.K.
1976
On Transitional Society
Walter, Michael A.H.B.
1976
Sociological Approaches to the Study of Language and Literacy in Southeast Asia
Clammer, John R.
1976
Ecological Distribution of Social Pathology in Singapore
Chen, Peter S. J.
1977
Educational and Occupational Attainment of Singapore's Chinese Women and Men
Chiew, Seen-Kong
1977
Population Policy and Social Science Research on Population in Singapore
Chen, Peter S. J.
1977
An Island Community in Singapore: A Characterization of A Marginal Society in Singapore
Walter, Michael A.H.B. and Hassan, Riaz
1977
Second World First: The Study of Film and the Use of Film in Social Studies
Cooper, Robert G.
1978
Ethnicity and Fertility: The Case of Singapore
Chen, Peter S. J.
1979
A Case for Low-rise High Density Living in Singapore
Lim, William S.W.
1979
Towards an Information Society: Changing occupational Structure in Singapore
Kuo, Eddie C.K. and Chen, Huey-tsyh
1985
Between Isthmus and Islands: Reflections on Malayan Paleo-Sociology
Benjamin, Geoffrey
1986
Is There A Dependency Paradigm
Khondker, Habibul Haque
1986
Reading Foucault as a Conservative
Chua, Beng Huat
1986
Ethnicity, Inequality and Higher Education in Peninsular Malaysa: The Sociological Implications
Selvaratnam, Viswanathan
1987
Buddhism, Confucianism and the Secular State in Singapore
Ling, Trevor O.
1987
The Social Alignment Patterns of the Chinese in 19th Century Penang
Mak, Lau-Fong
1987
Durkeim Reconsidered: A Critique of Primitive Structuralism
Chun, Allen J.
1987
Process and Structure in Temiar Social Organization
Benjamin, Geoffrey
1987
Confucianism and the Chinese Family in Singapore: Continuities and Changes
Kuo, Eddie C.K.
1987
Facets of Musical Activities in Singapore
Takizawa, Tatsuko
1987
Notes on the deep sociology of religion
Benjamin, Geoffrey
1987
The World According to Wallerstein
Khondker, Habibul Haque
1987
Grammar and Polity: The Cultural and Political Background to Standard Malay
Benjamin, Geoffrey
1988
Limits to Vocationally-Oriented Education in the 3rd world
Selvaratnam, Viswanathan
1988
What does "Chinese" mean? An Exploratory Essay
Wee, Vivienne
1988
The Unseen Presence: A Theory of the Nation State and its Mystifications
Benjamin, Geoffrey
1988
Perceptions and Boundaries: Problematics in the Assimilation of the Chinese in Thailand
Tong, Chee Kiong
1988
Public Housing Policies Compared: U.S., Socialist Countries and Singapore
Chua, Beng Huat
1988
Language Management in a multilingual state: The Case of Planning in Singapore
Kuo, Eddie C.K. and Jernudd, Bjorn H.
1988
The Making of a New Nation: Cultural Construction and National Identity in Singapore
Chua, Beng Huat and Kuo, Eddie C.K.
1991
Policing Domestic Disturbances: A Research Review of Police Responses
Choi, Alfred
1991
Studying the City in the New International Division of Labour
Ho, Kong Chong
1991
Critical Theory and the pre-Fascist Social Thought
Stauth, George
1991
A Methodological Critique of Marx's Theory of Surplus Value
Zhang, Xin-Xiang
1991
Class and Noise Tolerance: Some Ruminations
Lee, Siew Peng
1991
Stratification of Maori Society in the 19th Century
Lian, Kwee Fee
1992
Some Problems of Indigenization
Alatas, Syed Farid
1992
Crime and Control: A Neo-Rational Choice Approach
Zhang, Xin-Xiang
1993
What to Celebrate in the United Nations Yeaer of the Indigenous Peoples?
Waterson, Roxana
1993
Education as a Vehicle for Social Stratificational Change: The Case of Singapore
Zhang, Xin-Xiang
1993
Statist Democracy and the Limits of Civil Society in Malaysia
Jesudason, James V.
1993
Nouns That Sail Through History: Reified Categories and Their Transcendence in Marx's Social Theory
Aguilar Jr., Filomeno V.
1994
The Post-Colonial State: The Dual Functions in the Public Sphere
Alatas, Syed Farid
1994
That Imagined Space: Nostalgia for the Kampung in Singapore
Chua, Beng Huat
1994
Globalization Theory: A Critical Appraisal
Khondker, Habibul Haque
1994
Social Transformation and the Problem of Social Coherence
Kwok, Kian Woon
1994
Culture, Multiracialism and National Identity in Singapore
Chua, Beng Huat
1995
Disciplining Differences: Race in Singapore
Purushotam, Nirmala
1995
Singapore: New Configuration of A Socially Stratified Culture
Chua, Beng Huat and Tan, Joo Ean
1995
Shiftwork, Job Satisfaction and Turnover Propensity: Nurses in a Singapore Hospital
Straughan, Paulin T. and Tan, Ern Ser
1996
Competing Paradigms and Conflicting Theories in the studies of the Development of Asian NICS
Khondker, Habibul Haque
1996
Rationalisation and Re-enchantment in Malaysia: Temiar Religion 1964-1995
Benjamin, Geoffrey
1996
Negotiating Coloniality and Tradition: The Identity of Indigenous Inhabitants in Hong Kong
Chan, Selina Ching
1996
Affixes, Austronesian and Iconicity in Malay
Benjamin, Geoffrey
1997
Hybridity, Ethnicity and Food in Singapore
Chua, Beng Huat and Rajah, Anandah
1996
The Social Contradictions of the Normal Family: Challenges to the Ideology
Straughan, Paulin T.
1999
The Nation-State and the Limits to Globalization in Southeast Asia
Tong, Chee Kiong and Lian, Kwen Fen
1999
Experiencing Sacred Spaces: The Negotiation of Authenticity by Tourists and Worshippers
Chia, Hwee Kim Karen
1999
Consuming the Nation: National Day Parades in Singapore
Leong, Wai Teng
1999
What is a Tourist?: Tourists and Other Spirits in the Manggaraian World
Erb, Maribeth
1999
Teaching Classical Sociological Theory in Singapore: The Context of Eurocentrism
Alatas, Syed Farid and Sinha, Vineeta
1999
Local Responses to Globalisation- The Case of Singapore
Menkhoff, Thomas and Wirtz, Jochen
1999
China: An Unintended Transformation of Class Stratification
Chang, Johannes Han-Yin
1999
"Antivoyages- Reflections on women travellers' writings".
Ravi, Srilata
1999
Space, Meaning and A "Neighbourhood" Charismatic Fundamentalist Church
Goh, Pei Siong Daniel
1999
The Asian Economic Crisis and Migrant Workers: The Case of Bangladeshi Workers in Singapore
Md. Mizanur Rahman
1999
Taiwan's Present/Singapore's Past Mediated by Hokkien Language
Chua, Beng Huat
2000
'Asian Values' as Reverse Orientalism: The case of Singapore
Hill, Michael
2000
Epistemic Cultures: Towards a New Sociology on Knowledge
Evers, Hans-Dieter
2000
A Toraja Pilfrimage: The Life of Fritz Basiang
Waterson, Roxana
2000
Children's Right and Children's Labour
Bourdillon, Michael
2000
Ethnic Entrpreneurship: Towards and Ecological Perspective
Mattar, Yasser
2000
'Intelligent Island Discipline: Notes on Culture, Governance and Subjectivity'
Lim, Alwyn
2000
'The Mystery of the Postcolonial Woman'
Chin, Woon-Ping
2001
Differential Educational Attainment and its impact on Social Stratification: A Symbolic Interactionist Perspective
Chang, Johannes Han-Yin
2002
Why "You can't go home": The Legacy of Law and Indonesian Public Administration
Hoadley, Mason C.
2002
Models of Health Care Rationing
Schmidt, Volker H.
2003
Organ Transplantation in Singapore: History, Problems and Policies
Schmidt, Volker H. and Lim, Chee Han
2003
Tribal Signifiers and Intersubjectivity in a General Theory of Group Identity
Thompson, Eric C.
2004
(Re)Thinking the Categories of Halal and Haram: Notes on Islamic Food Rules in Singapore
Abdullah, Noorman
2004
Multiple Modernities or Varieties of Modernity?
Schmidt, Volker H.
2004
Globalization to Glocalization: Evolution of A Sociological Concept
Khondker, Habibul Haque
2004
Ideology and Utopia In the Thought of Syed Shaykh Al-Hady
Alatas, Syed Farid
2005
Olfaction and the Present of Self
Low, Kelvin E.Y.
2005
Deathscapes of the Malay Martial Artists
Farrer, Douglas
2005
Exploring Constructions of the 'Drug Problem' in Historical and Contemporary Singapore
Abdullah, Noorman
2005
Hegemony, Dominance and Resistance in Singapore: Pulau Ubin as a Case Study
Lim, Bee Fong Lisa
2005
Varieties of Social Policy: East Asian Welfare Capitalism in Comparative Perspective
Schmidt, Volker H.
2005
Olfactive Frames of Remembering: Notes on the Smells of Memories
Low, Kelvin E.Y.
2007
A New Religious Movement in Singapore: Syncretism and Variation in the Sai Baba Movement
Pereira, Shane Nicolas
2007
Explaining the Enduring Comprehensive Developmental State in Singapore: A Class Relations Perspective
Pereira, Alexius A.
2007
Social Networks and Labour Market Outcomes in the Meritocracy
Chua, Vincent
2007
Rave Encounters and the Meaningfulness of ATS Use: Realms of 'Alternative' Possibilities in Singapore
Abdullah, Noorman
2007
Conditions for Progressive Research Programs in 'Qualitative' Sociology
Lee, Justin
2007
Globalization and "The Politics of the governed": Redefining governance in liberalized India
Sahoo, Sarbeswar
2007
Meandering Beyond the Single Case in Urban Studies
Ho, Kong Chong
2008
Days of the Week: Intra-family Childcare Time Distribution
Wei-Jun Jean Yeung
2009
Conceptualizing Global Modernity. A Tentative Sketch
Schmidt, Volker H.
2012
Educating Global Citizens
Schmidt, Volker H. and Tiffany Jordan Chuang May
2013
Protests and Political Society in China and India
Nair, Manjusha
2013