Postcolonial studies have increasingly drawn upon the spatial imaginaries of tropical islands and archipelagoes to develop border-crossing theories of the colonial encounter. Such theories aim to transcend the colonizing epistemologies of northern empires still hegemonic in the …
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This thesis examines the extent of the impact that the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) has on nationalism and regional identity. In this study, the nations of Indonesia and Singapore are analysed from the constructivist perspective. The Republic of Indonesia is th…
The study is designed to enhance an understanding of the accounting systems in Hong Kong, South Korea, Malaysia, Singapore, and Taiwan. The stable social structure, steady political progress, and rapid economic development in the five countries provide a fertile ground for the d…
This dissertation explores the performative manifestations of two familiar tropes, queer colonials and nativized boys, on the colonial and global-scapes of Singapore, Bali and the Asian diaspora. I focus on selected, representative theater and performance that are produced by or…
This thesis is a collection of three essays on industrial productivity growth in Asia. The first two essays analyze an unbalanced panel data set on 606 Chinese machinery factories in Guangdong province, from 1980 to 1991. We find rapid although volatile TFP growth in these facto…
This study investigates whether implicit government guarantees to the banking system contributed to the 1997 Southeast Asian financial crisis. In particular, I examine the banking systems in Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, South Korea, and Thailand. The presence of implicit depo…
Theories for the study of social welfare policy in a comparative context have developed primarily as the study of European, industrialized democracies. The question of whether this literature represents a general theoretical perspective or culture specific effects is a major foc…
The hypothesis underlying this study is that the content and style of the displays in self-designated national museums can afford valuable insights as to the concepts of national identity held by those institutions' authorities. Two related research questions were therefore addr…
This study asks why some states are less constrained than others by economic internationalization and capital mobility. It is argued here that the degree of state institutionalization conditions the sustainability of government influence over the economy and financial system. St…
The internet has been used to democratize public discourse in Malaysia and Singapore, two countries that lie in the under-studied zone between liberal democracies and closed authoritarian regimes. Several websites have emerged on the margins of the political system to engage in …
This dissertation examines the consequences of unique programs of nation-building on the (re)construction of ethnic and national identities in Indonesia, Malaysia, and Singapore. Unlike many current interpretations of nation building that emphasize the role of the state, I utili…
The goal of this study was to determine whether sensation seeking, cultural orientation and message stimulus influence the outcomes of fear appeal messages. This study was an effort to understand how the personality trait of sensation seeking, the cultural dimension of individua…
Chapter 1 addresses the following question: Is China diverting foreign direct investment from other Asian economies? Theoretically, a growing China can add to other countries' direct investment by creating more opportunities for production networking and by raising demand for ra…
A key concern of theological educators in offering online education has to do with spiritual formation. A related concern is the apparent lack of community online, which is considered an essential context for formation. This research explored how spiritual formation was demonstr…
This dissertation deals with the growth convergence in Southeast Asia that focuses on the five ASEAN countries and explores the possibility of measuring the underground economy in Indonesia. Through the similarity in the underlying distributions, the convergence conditions of th…
Transfers of sophisticated weaponry to developing countries have several consequences, one of which is the dependence of a recipient upon its suppliers. Dependence is defined as a structural situation characterized by a concentration of linkages in the absence of alternatives. I…
This dissertation examines intercountry differences in agricultural efficiency and productivity. In one approach, traditional Cobb-Douglas production functions are econometrically estimated with fixed and random effects models using panel data. These models are estimated with tr…
It is well-known in economic theory that economic growth is associated with the resources of labor and capital, and their efficient use. The combined effect of the latter is measured by Multifactor productivity (MFP) that plays a major role in growth. Reflecting the growth of ou…
This dissertation is a comparative historical analysis between Malaysia and Singapore on the relationship between capitalist development and authoritarianism. Both Malaysia and Singapore have recorded remarkable economic growths and rapid industrial development, but both these c…