Welcome to\u00a0the\u00a0digital 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.<\/p>\n
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.<\/p>\n
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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.<\/p>\n «<\/a>\n 1<\/a>\n 2<\/a>\n 3<\/a>\n 4<\/a>\n 5<\/a>\n 6<\/a>\n »<\/a>\n\tEthnic Outmarriage Age in Singapore: The Influence of Traditional Socio-cultural Organization<\/a>
\n<\/strong>Hassan, Riaz and Benjamin, Geoffrey
\n1972\n\tUrban Involution: The Social Structure of Southeast Asian Towns<\/a>
\n<\/strong>Evers, Hans-Dieter
\n23-26 February 1972\n\tSocial Ecology- A Multi-dimensional Approach<\/a>
\n<\/strong>Cohen, Erik
\n1973\n\tTrade Union Leaders in Singapore<\/a>
\n<\/strong>Heyzer, Noeleen and Sim, Wee Gek
\n1972\n\tThe Political Course of Singapore<\/a>
\n<\/strong>Chen, Peter S. J.\u00a0
\n12 May 1972\n\tNational Identity and Nation Building in Southeast Asia<\/a>
\n<\/strong>Chang, Heng-Chee and Evers, Hans-Dieter
\n1972\n\tIndonesian and Chinese Status Differences in Urban Java<\/a>
\n<\/strong>Weldon, Peter
\n1973\n\tAustroasiatic Subgroupings and Prehistory in the Malay Peninsula<\/a>
\n<\/strong>Benjamin, Geoffrey
\n2-6 January 1973\n\tJob Satisfaction Among Higher Non-Expatriate Civil Servants in Hong Kong<\/a>
\n<\/strong>Wong, Aline K.
\n1972\n\tModernization in Singapore: Changing Values and the Individual<\/a>
\n<\/strong>Chen, Peter S. J.
\n16-17 June 1972\n\tAn Outline of Temiar Grammar<\/a>
\n<\/strong>Benjamin, Geoffrey
\n2-6 January 1973\n\tSocial Stratification in Singapore<\/a>
\n<\/strong>Chen, Peter S. J.
\nJan-73\n\tHousing and Satisfaction With Environment in Singapore<\/a>
\n<\/strong>Weldon, Peter, Western, John S. & Tan, Tsu Huang
\n1973\n\tPenghulu di Minangkabau (Penghulu as Traditional Elite in Minangkabau)<\/a>
\n<\/strong>Naim, Mochtar
\n1973\n\tA Comparative Examination of Systems of Kinship and Marriage in Fiji<\/a>
\n<\/strong>Walter, Michael A.H.B.
\n1973\n\tSpecialization and Involvement: The Modernizing Role of Doctors in Malaysia and Indonesia<\/a>
\n<\/strong>Evers, Hans-Dieter and Regan, Daniel
\n1973\n\tKampung Eurasians in Singapore<\/a>
\n<\/strong>Blake, Myrna L.
\n1973\n\tThe Forgotten and the Rejected Community- A Sociological Study of Chinese Secret Societies in Singapore and West Malaysia<\/a>
\n<\/strong>Mak, Lau-Fong
\n1973\n\tSoutheast Asian Urban Sociology- A Review and A Selected Bibliography<\/a>
\n<\/strong>Cohen, Erik
\n1973\n\tGroup Cohesion and Productivity Among Dockworkers- A study of stevedores in Singapore<\/a>
\n<\/strong>Kay, Thelma
\n1973\n\t“Industrialization and the Family Type: An Overview”<\/a>
\n<\/strong>Kuo, Eddie C.K.
\n1974\n\t“Changing Patterns of Minangkabau Land Ownership”<\/a>
\n<\/strong>Evers, Hans-Dieter
\n1974\n\tSocial and Psychological aspects of Fertility: Findings from Family Planning Research in Singapore<\/a>
\n<\/strong>Chen, Peter S. J.
\n1974\n\tThe Role of Professionals in Social and Political change<\/a>
\n<\/strong>Evers, Hans-Dieter
\n1974\n\tPrehistory and Ethnology in Southeast Asia: Some New Ideas<\/a>
\n<\/strong>Benjamin, Geoffrey
\n1974\n\tVoluntary Migration in Indonesia<\/a>
\n<\/strong>Naim, Mochtar
\n1974\n\tWalking on Flowers in Singapore: A Hindu Festival Cycle<\/a>
\n<\/strong>Babb, Lawrence A.\u00a0
\n1974\n\tIndigenous Religious Systems of the Malay Peninsula<\/a>
\n<\/strong>Benjamin, Geoffrey
\n1974\n\tWomen as a Minority Group in Singapore<\/a>
\n<\/strong>Wong, Aline K.
\n1974\n\tCo-operation in East Fiji: A New Traditionalism<\/a>
\n<\/strong>Walter, Michael A.H.B.
\n1974\n\tThe Continuous Family Revolution in China- Ideology and Changing Family Patterns<\/a>
\n<\/strong>Wong, Aline K.
\n1974\n\tSome Social Concomitants of Interethnic Marriage in Singapore<\/a>
\n<\/strong>Kuo, Eddie C. K. and Hassan, Riaz
\n1974\n\tSymptoms and Syndromes of the Developmental Process in Singapore<\/a>
\n<\/strong>Hassan, Riaz
\n1974\n\tStudies on Social Stratification in Southeast Asia<\/a>
\n<\/strong>Hans-Dieter and Hassan, Riaz
\n1974\n\tChanges and Continuity in Singapore’s Industrial Relation System<\/a>
\n<\/strong>Pang, Eng Fong and Kay, Thelma
\n1974\u00a0\n\tField Theory as a Conceptual Framework for Divorce Study<\/a>
\n<\/strong>Kuo, Eddie C.K.
\n1974\n\tInternational Tourism and Intercultural Communication: The Case of Japanese Tourists in Singapore<\/a>
\n<\/strong>Hassan, Riaz
\n1974\n\tTowards a Dialectic Anthropology- A comment on Prof. M. Freedman’s Paper, Social and Cultural Anthropology<\/a>
\n<\/strong>Hassan, Riaz
\n1974\u00a0\n\tUrbanization and Urban Conflict in Southeast Asia<\/a>
\n<\/strong>Evers, Hans-Dieter
\n1974\n\tThe Gardening Game<\/a>
\n<\/strong>Walter, Michael A.H.B.
\n1975\n\tOrganization and its socio-cultural setting: A Case study of structural compensation in an Atomistic Society
\n<\/strong>Deyo, Frederic C.\u00a0
\n1975\u00a0\n\tChinese Secret Societies in Ipoh Town 1945-1969<\/a>
\n<\/strong>Mak, Lau-Fong
\n1975\n\tA Preliminary Account of “Buddhism” in Singapore<\/a>
\n<\/strong>Wee, Vivienne
\n1975\n\tThe Cultural Logic of Singapore’s ‘Multiracialism’<\/a>
\n<\/strong>Benjamin, Geoffrey
\n1975\u00a0\n\tSocial Class and Primordial Loyalty in Rural India- An Approach to the Study of Indian Untouchables<\/a>
\n<\/strong>Kulke, Eckehard
\n1975\n\tElites and Nation Development in Singapore<\/a>
\n<\/strong>Chen, Peter S. J.\u00a0
\n1975\n\tSocial and Psychological Implications of High Population Density<\/a>
\n<\/strong>Hassan, Riaz
\n1975\u00a0\n\tPlanning and Land-Use in Singapore<\/a>
\n<\/strong>Fonseca, Rory
\n1975\n\tThaipusam in Singapore: Religious Individualism in a Hierarchical Culture<\/a>
\n<\/strong>Babb, Lawrence A. \u00a0
\n1976\n\tGrowth, Transition and the Urban Environment: A Reference Frame for Singapore<\/a>
\n<\/strong>Fonseca, Rory
\n1976\n\tAsian Values in a Modernizing Society: A sociological perspective<\/a>\u00a0
\n<\/strong>Chen, Peter S. J.\u00a0
\n1976\n\tA sociolinguistic profile of Singapore<\/a>
\n<\/strong>Kuo, Eddie C.K.
\n1976\n\tOn Transitional Society<\/a>
\n<\/strong>Walter, Michael A.H.B.
\n1976\n\tMarital Status, Job Orientation and Work Commitment Among Semi-skilled Female Workers in Singapore<\/a>\u00a0
\n<\/strong>Deyo, Frederic C.\u00a0
\n1976\n\tDecision Making and Supervisory Authority in Cross Cultural Perspective: An Exploratory Study of Chinese and Western Management Practices in Singapore<\/a>
\n<\/strong>Deyo, Frederic C.\u00a0
\n1976\n\tSociological Approaches to the Study of Language and Literacy in Southeast Asia<\/a>
\n<\/strong>Clammer, John R.\u00a0
\n1976\n\tEcological Distribution of Social Pathology in Singapore<\/a>
\n<\/strong>Chen, Peter S. J.\u00a0
\n1977\n\tThe Value of Children and the Household Economy: A review of current VOC studies in the Developing World<\/a>
\n<\/strong>Wong, Aline K.\u00a0
\n1977\n\tEducational and Occupational Attainment of Singapore’s Chinese Women and Men<\/a>
\n<\/strong>Chiew, Seen-Kong
\n1977\n\tPopulation Policy and Social Science Research on Population in Singapore<\/a>
\n<\/strong>Chen, Peter S. J.\u00a0\u00a0
\n1977\n\tAn Island Community in Singapore: A Characterization of A Marginal Society in Singapor<\/a>e
\n<\/strong>Walter, Michael A.H.B. and Hassan, Riaz
\n1977\n\tSecond World First: The Study of Film and the Use of Film in Social Studies<\/a>
\n<\/strong>Cooper, Robert G.
\n1978\n\tEthnicity and Fertility: The Case of Singapore<\/a>
\n<\/strong>Chen, Peter S. J.\u00a0
\n1979\n\tUrban Planning and High Density Living: Some Reflections on their Interrelationship<\/a>
\n<\/strong>Vente, Rolf E.
\n1979\n\tA Case for Low-rise High Density Living in Singapore<\/a>
\n<\/strong>Lim, William S.W.
\n1979\n\tSubcommunal Participation and Leadership Cohesiveness of the Chinese in 19th Century Singapore\u00a0<\/a>
\n<\/strong>Mak, Lau-Fong
\n1984\n\tTowards an Information Society: Changing occupational Structure in Singapore<\/a>
\n<\/strong>Kuo, Eddie C.K. and Chen, Huey-tsyh
\n1985\n\tIndustrial Workers and Class Formation: A Study of Chinese Industrial Workers in North China, 1900-1937<\/a>
\n<\/strong>Ko, Yiu Chung
\n1986\n\tBetween Isthmus and Islands: Reflections on Malayan Paleo-Sociology<\/a>
\n<\/strong>Benjamin, Geoffrey
\n1986\n\tIs There A Dependency Paradigm<\/a>
\n<\/strong>Khondker, Habibul Haque
\n1986\n\tThe Locality and Non-Locality Organizing Principles: A Technical Report on the Taxonomy of Chinese Voluntary Association in the 19th-Century Straits Settlements<\/a>
\n<\/strong>Mak, Lau-Fong
\n1986\n\tReading Foucault as a Conservative<\/a>
\n<\/strong>Chua, Beng Huat
\n1986\n\tMaterial Dependence and Symbolic Independence: Constructions of Melayu Ethnicity in Riau Islands, Indonesia<\/a>
\n<\/strong>Wee, Vivienne
\n1986\n\tFamine Response: The 1984-85 Ethiopian Famine<\/a>
\n<\/strong>Khondker, Habibul Haque
\n1986\n\tConceptions of Kinship and Kinship in Classical Chou China<\/a>
\n<\/strong>Chun, Allen J.\u00a0
\n1986\n\tEthnicity, Inequality and Higher Education in Peninsular Malaysa: The Sociological Implications<\/a>\u00a0
\n<\/strong>Selvaratnam, Viswanathan
\n1987\n\tBuddhism, Confucianism and the Secular State in Singapore<\/a>
\n<\/strong>Ling, Trevor O.\u00a0
\n1987\n\tThe Social Alignment Patterns of the Chinese in 19th Century Penang<\/a>
\n<\/strong>Mak, Lau-Fong
\n1987\n\tDurkeim Reconsidered: A Critique of Primitive Structuralism<\/a>
\n<\/strong>Chun, Allen J.\u00a0
\n1987\n\t Process and Structure in Temiar Social Organization<\/a>
\n<\/strong>Benjamin, Geoffrey
\n1987\n\tConfucianism and the Chinese Family in Singapore: Continuities and Changes<\/a>
\n<\/strong>Kuo, Eddie C.K.
\n1987\n\t Facets of Musical Activities in Singapore<\/a>
\n<\/strong>Takizawa, Tatsuko
\n1987\n\t Notes on the deep sociology of religion<\/a>
\n<\/strong>Benjamin, Geoffrey\u00a0
\n1987\n\t The World According to Wallerstein<\/a>
\n<\/strong>Khondker, Habibul Haque
\n1987\n\t Solidarity Models: A Sociological Framework for Comparative Criminal Organization<\/a>\u00a0
\n<\/strong>Mak, Lau-Fong
\n1988\n\tGrammar and Polity: The Cultural and Political Background to Standard Malay<\/a>
\n<\/strong>Benjamin, Geoffrey\u00a0\u00a0
\n1988\n\t Limits to Vocationally-Oriented Education in the 3rd world<\/a>
\n<\/strong>Selvaratnam, Viswanathan
\n1988\n\tWhat does “Chinese” mean? An Exploratory Essay\u00a0<\/a>
\n<\/strong>Wee, Vivienne
\n1988\n\tThe Unseen Presence: A Theory of the Nation State and its Mystifications<\/a>
\n<\/strong>Benjamin, Geoffrey\u00a0\u00a0
\n1988\n\tPerceptions and Boundaries: Problematics in the Assimilation of the Chinese in Thailand<\/a>\u00a0
\n<\/strong>Tong, Chee Kiong
\n1988\n\tTowards a Political Economy of the Sojourning Experience: The Chinese in 19th Century Malaya<\/a>
\n<\/strong>Chun, Allen J.\u00a0
\n1988\n\tPublic Housing Policies Compared: U.S., Socialist Countries and Singapore<\/a>
\n<\/strong>Chua, Beng Huat
\n1988\n\tLanguage Management in a multilingual state: The Case of Planning in Singapore<\/a>\u00a0
\n<\/strong>Kuo, Eddie C.K. and Jernudd, Bjorn H.\u00a0
\n1988\n\tThe Community Study: A Discussion of the Method with Modifications for the Research in Singapore<\/a>
\n<\/strong>Ho, Kong Chong
\n1988\n\t Employing Organizations and the Dynamics of Social Mobility in Singapore: An Analytical Framework and Empirical Analysis<\/a>
\n<\/strong>Tan, Ern Ser
\n1988\n\tSingapore Traditional Chinese Voluntary Associations: Convergence vs Divergence<\/a>
\n<\/strong>Mak, Lau-Fong
\n1989\n\tCentripetal Authority, Differentiated Network: The Social Organization of Chinese Firms in Singapore<\/a>
\n<\/strong>Tong, Chee Kiong
\n1989\n\tEthnicity, Polity and Economy: A Case Study of Mandarin Trade and the Chinese Connection<\/a>
\n<\/strong>Kuo, Eddie C.K.
\n1990\n\tFashion Shopping: Programs, Stages and Audience<\/a>
\n<\/strong>Chua, Beng Huat
\n1990\n\tRevolution in Spiritless Times: An Essay on the Inquiries of Michel Foucault on the Iranian Revolution<\/a>
\n<\/strong>Stauth, George
\n1991\n\tThe Making of a New Nation: Cultural Construction and National Identity in Singapore<\/a>
\n<\/strong>Chua, Beng Huat and Kuo, Eddie C.K.
\n1991\n\tPolicing Domestic Disturbances: A Research Review of Police Responses<\/a>
\n<\/strong>Choi, Alfred
\n1991\n\tSome notes on “Temple’-building and Image Worship in Indian Religion, in Historical Perspective<\/a>
\n<\/strong>Sinha, Vineeta
\n1991\n\tStudying the City in the New International Division of Labour<\/a>
\n<\/strong>Ho, Kong Chong
\n1991\n\tCritical Theory and the pre-Fascist Social Thought<\/a>
\n<\/strong>Stauth, George
\n1991\n\tA Methodological Critique of Marx’s Theory of Surplus Value<\/a>
\n<\/strong>Zhang, Xin-Xiang
\n1991\n\tClass and Noise Tolerance: Some Ruminations<\/a>
\n<\/strong>Lee, Siew Peng\u00a0
\n1991\n\tScreening for Early Detection of Cervical Cancer: The Relationship between Social Integration and Preventive Health Behavior<\/a>
\n<\/strong>Straughan, Paulin T.
\n1991\n\tStratification of Maori Society in the 19th Century<\/a>
\n<\/strong>Lian, Kwee Fee
\n1992\n\tConfucianism as a Political Discourse in Singapore: The Case of an Incomplete Revitalization Movement<\/a>
\n<\/strong>Kuo, Eddie C.K.
\n1992\n\tSome Problems of Indigenization<\/a>
\n<\/strong>Alatas, Syed Farid
\n1992\n\tCrime and Control: A Neo-Rational Choice Approach<\/a>
\n<\/strong>Zhang, Xin-Xiang
\n1993\n\tTheorising the Dynamics of Industrial Relations and Trade Unionism: Lessons from the Singapore case<\/a>
\n<\/strong>Tan, Ern Ser
\n1993\n\tWhat to Celebrate in the United Nations Yeaer of the Indigenous Peoples?<\/a>
\n<\/strong>Waterson, Roxana
\n1993\n\t Education as a Vehicle for Social Stratificational Change: The Case of Singapore<\/a>
\n<\/strong>Zhang, Xin-Xiang
\n1993\n\tStatist Democracy and the Limits of Civil Society in Malaysia<\/a>
\n<\/strong>Jesudason, James V.
\n1993\n\tNouns That Sail Through History: Reified Categories and Their Transcendence in Marx’s Social Theory<\/a>
\n<\/strong>Aguilar Jr., Filomeno V.\u00a0
\n1994\n\tThe Post-Colonial State: The Dual Functions in the Public Sphere<\/a>
\n<\/strong>Alatas, Syed Farid
\n1994\n\tThat Imagined Space: Nostalgia for the Kampung in Singapore\u00a0<\/a>
\n<\/strong>Chua, Beng Huat
\n1994\n\tGlobalization Theory: A Critical Appraisal<\/a>
\n<\/strong>Khondker, Habibul Haque
\n1994\n\t Social Transformation and the Problem of Social Coherence<\/a>
\n<\/strong>Kwok, Kian Woon
\n1994\n\tCulture, Multiracialism and National Identity in Singapore
\n<\/strong>Chua, Beng Huat
\n1995\n\tDisciplining Differences: Race in Singapore
\n<\/strong>Purushotam, Nirmala
\n1995\n\t Singapore: New Configuration of A Socially Stratified Culture
\n<\/strong>Chua, Beng Huat and Tan, Joo Ean
\n1995\n\t Shiftwork, Job Satisfaction and Turnover Propensity: Nurses in a Singapore Hospital<\/a>
\n<\/strong>Straughan, Paulin T. and Tan, Ern Ser
\n1996\n\tCompeting Paradigms and Conflicting Theories in the studies of the Development of Asian NICS<\/a>
\n<\/strong>Khondker, Habibul Haque
\n1996\n\t Rationalisation and Re-enchantment in Malaysia: Temiar Religion 1964-1995<\/a>
\n<\/strong>Benjamin, Geoffrey
\n1996\n\t Negotiating Coloniality and Tradition: The Identity of Indigenous Inhabitants in Hong Kong<\/a>