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Volume 2 Number 2 July 2014

July
2014

Asia(ns) on the Move: Globalisation, Migration and Development

Brenda S.A. Yeoh
Department of Geography, National University of Singapore

International Higher Education Ambitions and Regional Migration Supports

K.C. Ho
Department of Sociology, National University of Singapore

The Would-be Migrant: Post-Socialist Primitive Accumulation, Potential Transnational Mobility,

and the Displacement of the Present in Northeast China
Xiang Biao
Centre for Migration, Policy and Society, University of Oxford, England

Establishing Social Justice Through Financial Inclusivity: Islamic Propagation by Islamic Savings
and Credit Cooperatives in Indonesia
Minako Sakai
School of Humanities and Social Sciences, The University of New South Wales, Australia

Beyond a Two-Level Game: Local Livelihood Issues and International Development

Institutions in the Mekong River Basin
Tun Myint
Department of Political Science, Carleton College, USA

Singapores Changing Demography, the Eldercare Predicament and Transnational Care Migration
Brenda S.A. Yeoh and Shirlena Huang
Department of Geography, National University of Singapore

Women Against Children: Early Childhood Education and the Domestic Community
in Post-Suharto Indonesia
Jan Newberry
Institute for Child and Youth Studies, University of Lethbridge, Canada

Research Article
Baby Ghosts: Child Spirits and Contemporary Conceptions of Childhood in Thailand
Megan Sinnott
Institute for Womens, Gender, and Sexuality Studies, Georgia State University, USA

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TRaNS: Trans Regional and National Studies of Southeast Asia

AIMS AND SCOPE OF TRaNS

TRaNS approaches the study of Southeast Asia by looking at the region as a place which is defined by its diverse
and rapidly-changing social context, and as a place which resists conventional ideas of borders and boundedness. TRaNS invites submissions covering political science, anthropology, sociology, history, geography, as well
as inter-disciplinary approaches. Studies of trans-national, trans-regional and comparative perspectives or case
studies spanning more than two countries of Southeast Asia and its neighbouring countries and regions are
particularly invited.

EDITORIAL BOARD
Co-Chairs
Yoon Hwan SHIN
Sogang University, South Korea

James C. SCOTT
Yale University, USA
Sang Kook LEE
Yonsei University, South Korea

Jiwon SUH
Sogang University, South Korea

Editorial Board
Executive Committee
Paul D. HUTCHCROFT
The Australian National University

Eric C. THOMPSON
National University of Singapore

Eric TAGLIACOZZO
Cornell University, USA

TRaNS approaches the study of Southeast Asia by looking at the region as a place which is defined
by its diverse and rapidly-changing social context, and as a place which resists conventional ideas
of borders and boundedness. TRaNS invites submissions covering political science, anthropology,
sociology, history, geography, as well as inter-disciplinary approaches. Studies of trans-national,
trans-regional and comparative perspectives or case studies spanning more than two countries of
Southeast Asia and its neighbouring countries and regions are particularly invited.

Please submit manuscripts using the online ScholarOne Manuscript Central website at
<http://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/trans>
Submitted manuscripts should not have been previously published elsewhere, nor should
they be under consideration by any other publisher.
If you have any questions regarding submitting a manuscript, please e-mail the Associate
Editor (journal@sogang.ac.kr).

TEXT AND MANUSCRIPT PREPARATION

Book Review Editor

Loh Kah SENG
Sogang University, South Korea

Advisory Board Members

Barbara Watson ANDAYA
University of Hawaii, USA
Michael AUNG-THWIN
University of Hawaii, USA
CHUA Beng Huat
National University of Singapore
Donald K. EMMERSON
Stanford University, USA
James J. FOX
The Australian National University
Kevin HEWISON
Murdoch University, Australia

AIMS AND SCOPE

SUBMISSIONS

Associate Editors
Lindsay R. LLOYD-SMITH
Sogang University, South Korea

Editorial Board Members

Mark BEESON
Murdoch University, Australia
Mary CALLAHAN
University of Washington, USA
Deirdre de la CRUZ
University of Michigan, USA
Howard DICK
University of Melbourne,
Australia
Penny EDWARDS
University of California,
Berkeley, USA
Sharmani Patricia GABRIEL
University of Malaya, Malaysia
Vedi R. HADIZ
Murdoch University,
Australia
Erik HARMS
Yale University, USA
Caroline HAU
Kyoto University, Japan
Michael HERZFELD
Harvard University, USA

NOTES FOR CONTRIBUTORS

Before a manuscript can be published it must conform to the style of TRaNS, a summary of the
key points of which is listed below. The comprehensive Notes of Contributors document can be
obtained from the Associate Editor (journal@sogang.ac.kr), or from: www.eastasia.kr/eng/journals/
International_Journal.aspx.
TRaNS uses UK English.
Manuscripts should be between 7000 and 9000 words, excluding captions to figures and
tables.
Manuscripts should be prepared in MS Word-compatible software.
Tables, charts, and graphs may be prepared using the word processors software facilities.
For initial submission for the peer review process, tables and low resolution figures may
be inserted within the body of the text, or placed on separate pages at the end of the
document.
Wherever possible use black and white or grey-scale charts, illustrations, and figures; the
inclusion of colour images will be charged to the author.
For the format of section headings please refer to recently published papers.
Footnotes may be used sparingly for important additional information and non-standard
sources of data referred to in the article.
Please do not use endnotes, either for additional information or references.

Vincent HOUBEN
Humboldt University, Germany
Caroline HUGHES
Murdoch University, Australia
KHOO Boo Teik
National Graduate Institute
for Policy Studies, Japan
Benedict F. KIERNAN
Yale University, USA
Victor T. KING
Universiti Brunei Darussalam,
Brunei
KYAW Yin Hlaing
City University of Hong Kong
Tun MYINT
Carleton College, USA
Rhacel PARRENAS
University of Southern California,
USA
Jonathan D. RIGG
National University of Singapore
John SIDEL
LSE, UK

Martin STUART-FOX
The University of Queensland,
Australia
Ratana TOSAKUL
Thammasat University, Thailand
Hung Cam THAI
Pomona College, USA
Andrew WALKER
The Australian National
University
Meredith WEISS
University of Albany, USA
Sarah WEISS
Yale University, USA
Thongchai WINICHAKUL
University of Wisconsin, USA
XIANG Biao
University of Oxford, UK
Henry Wai-chung YEUNG
National University of Singapore
Peter ZINOMAN
University of California Berkeley,
USA

Hal HILL
The Australian National
University

Anthony REID
The Australian National
University

HSIAO Hsin-Huang Michael

Academia Sinica, Taiwan

David STEINBERG
Georgetown University, USA

JOMO Kwame Sundaram

Department of Economic and
Social Affairs, United Nations

SUEHIRO Akira
University of Tokyo, Japan

Referencing
Please refer to recently published papers and follow the same referencing style.
Do not use bibliographic software (e.g Endnote or Refworks), but list the references as
normal text.
TRaNS uses a parenthetical in-text referencing style, based upon a simplified APA format.
List multiple in-text references in alphabetical order, separated by a semi-colon.
Multiple references of the same author should be listed in the bibliography in
chronological order, oldest first.
First and family names of all authors are required in the bibliography.

Paul KRATOSKA
National University of Singapore

WANG Gungwu
National University of
Singapore

Peer-review
TRaNS adheres to a double-blind peer review process. Submitted manuscripts will be anonymised
before being sent out to two, anonymous, reviewers.

R. William LIDDLE
Ohio State University, USA

ZHUANG Guotu
Xiamen University, China

Sponsoring Institution
TRaNS is published for the Institute for East Asian Studies, Sogang University, and supported by the SK SUPEX
fund of Sogang University, and the National Research Foundation of Korea.

Abstract
A concise abstract (200 words) is required on submission. Citing references in the abstract should
be avoided, but if essential write the author(s) names, year, and full title. Abbreviations should not
be included.
Keywords
Provide a maximum of six keywords, avoiding general and plural terms, and multiple concepts.

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Volume 2/2
Asia(ns) on the Move
Asia(ns) on the Move: Globalisation, Migration and Development
Brenda S.A. Yeoh
Department of Geography, National University of Singapore
International Higher Education Ambitions and Regional Migration
Supports
K.C. Ho
Department of Sociology, National University of Singapore
The Would-be Migrant: Post-Socialist Primitive Accumulation,
Potential Transnational Mobility, and the Displacement of the
Present in Northeast China
Xiang Biao
Centre for Migration, Policy and Society, University of Oxford, England
Establishing Social Justice Through Financial Inclusivity: Islamic
Propagation by Islamic Savings and Credit Cooperatives in
Indonesia
Minako Sakai
School of Humanities and Social Sciences, The University of
New South Wales, Australia
Beyond a Two-Level Game: Local Livelihood Issues and
International Development Institutions in the Mekong River Basin
Tun Myint
Department of Political Science, Carleton College, USA
Singapores Changing Demography, the Eldercare Predicament and
Transnational Care Migration
Brenda S.A. Yeoh and Shirlena Huang
Department of Geography, National University of Singapore
Women Against Children: Early Childhood Education and the
Domestic Community in Post-Suharto Indonesia
Jan Newberry
Institute for Child and Youth Studies, University of Lethbridge, Canada

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Research Article
Baby Ghosts: Child Spirits and Contemporary Conceptions of Childhood
in Thailand
Megan Sinnott
Institute for Womens, Gender, and Sexuality Studies, Georgia
State University, USA

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