Multidisciplinary Initiatives: Recent submissions
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Singaporean First: Challenging the Concept of Transnational Malay Masculinity
Published 2009-01-01This chapter calls into question ideas about the existence of a transnational Malay-Muslim identity by examining the ways in which Malay men understand and perform their masculinity vis-a-vis men in the neighbouring countries ...Open AccessBook chapter -
Travelling the Aspal Route: Grey Labour Migration through an Indonesian Border Town
Published 2011-01-01This chapter explores the state's role in semi-legal migration flows through Tanjung Pinang, the capital city of the province of Kepulauan Riau (the Riau Islands) in the borderlands between Indonesia, Singapore and Malaysia. ...Open AccessBook chapter -
Smuggling Cultures in the Indonesia-Singapore Borderlands
Published 2012-01-01In this chapter, we examine the unauthorised movement of goods across the border to and from Indonesia's Riau Islands from the perspective of the individuals who smuggle and consume them, and from the perspective of local ...Open AccessBook chapter -
Outsourcing Border Security: NGO Involvement in the Monitoring, Processing and Assistance of Indonesian Nationals Returning Illegally by Sea
Published 2013-01-01Since the signing of the United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime, the Straits of Malacca have been identified as a “hot spot” for whole range of maritime security threats, including human trafficking ...Open AccessArticle -
Developing a Movement? Aid-Based Mediated Diffusion as a Strategy to Promote Labour Activism in post-Tsunami Aceh
Published 2011-01-01In this article we examine the extent to which mediated diffusion through trade union development aid succeeded in helping to establish a labour movement in Aceh after the 2004 tsunami. The international labour movement ...Open AccessArticle