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Agricultural Liberalization and Diverging Modes of Farm Mobilization in Japan and Korea
How do you explain centralized farm mobilization in Japan and decentralized farm mobilization in Korea in response to agricultural liberalization...
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“Burmese Days” of Digitalization: From a Decade’s Dream of Myanmar’s Modern Journalistic Culture and Media System in the Making to a Press Freedom’s Nightmare of the Military Putsch in 2021
The military coup on February 1, 2021 interrupted the democratization process in Myanmar and thus a decade of relative opening of the country. This...
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Liberal Vestiges in an Illiberal Regime: The Case of Singapore
Singapore has been called a state that has “disavowed” liberalism. However, a number of liberals have emerged who see political freedoms as essential...
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The Massification of Higher Education and the Promise of Social Mobility
The massification of higher education is one of the most relevant educational phenomena of the last decades, especially in Latin America, where...
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Unearthing the Legacy: Contrasting Soviet Imprints on Early NGOs in Lithuania
Nongovernmental organizations (NGOs), operating through the initiative of people, are valuable resources in contemporary economies and have grown...
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The NGOization of Social Movements: Between Opportunities and Constraints
As women gained access to influence politics through formal official channels, social justice concerns of feminist activists started to be pursued...
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Small Acts With Big Impacts: Does Garbage Classification Improve Subjective Well-Being in Rural China?
Solid waste has surged in rural China, home to more than 540 million people. To preserve the environment, the Chinese government has piloted garbage...
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The role of non-state actors in promoting environmental justice: A comparative study of Kenya and South Africa
With academic and institutional interest in environmental justice growing, the forthcoming efforts in this field warrant thorough analysis of the...
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Traditions in (re)Negotiation: Geosocial Networking Apps and Intimate Relationships Among Men Seeking Men
Information and communication technologies have introduced profound changes to how individuals pursue sexual and romantic connections. One class of...
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Three Sociologists as National Leaders: Fernando Henrique Cardoso, Jože Pučnik and Bernardo Arévalo
Fernando Henrique Cardoso of Brazil and Bernardo Arévalo of Guatemala are PhD sociologists who served as presidents of their countries. Jože Pučnik...
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South Koreans’ Attitudes Toward North Korea and Reunification, 2003–2018
Shang E. Ha examines South Koreans’ attitudes toward North KoreaNorth Korea and the reunificationReunification, focusing on three survey questions...
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Exploring Relationships Between Nonprofit Participation and Political Participation in Asian Context
One essential role of nonprofits (NPOs) is to provide opportunities for people to participate in movements and resolve collective issues. This study...
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Development of Social Welfare Policies in the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) Countries: Globalization and Democracy
The study extends the debate on social spending in the develo** world by taking the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC)...
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Does Being Globalized Matter for Happiness in African Countries?
Nowadays globalization seems to be an irresistible phenomenon that affects all countries around the world, including developed and develo**...
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Transnational voting rights and policies in violent democracies: a global comparison
In recent decades more than one hundred countries have enfranchised their diasporas, allowing emigrants to vote from abroad. However, this widespread...
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Challenging Global Capitalism: Four Measures of Ecuador’s Citizens Revolution Inspiring Equitable and Sustainable Development Discourse
This article examines four measures that challenged global capitalism during Ecuador’s Citizens Revolution (2007–2017). These include debt...
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Social Mobility from a Gender Perspective: Dynamics of Mothers’ Roles in Daughters’ Labor Market Performance
This study empirically examines the roles that mothers play in daughters’ income across different birth cohorts. While existing studies mostly focus...
