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Pacific Affairs is a peer-reviewed, independent, and interdisciplinary scholarly journal focusing on important current political, economic and social issues throughout Asia and the Pacific. Each issue contains approximately five new articles and 40-50 book reviews. Published continuously as a quarterly since 1928 under the same name, it is the oldest English-language journal with a focus on Asia and the Pacific. It enjoys an international reputation based on the high quality of articles, and its extensive book reviews section.

Publisher: Pacific Affairs, a division of the University of British Columbia

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Volume 85, Number 1, March 2012
OPENING THE BLACK BOX OF MIGRATION

Articles

Opening the Black Box of Migration: Brokers, the Organization of Transnational Mobility and the Changing Political Economy in Asia
pp. 7-19(13)
Authors: Lindquist, Johan; Xiang, Biao; Yeoh, Brenda S.A.

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How the Box Became Black: Brokers and the Creation of the Free Migrant
pp. 21-45(25)
Author: McKeown, Adam

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Open Access Predatory Princes and Princely Peddlers: The State and International Labour Migration Intermediaries in China
pp. 47-68(22)
Author: Xiang, Biao

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The Elementary School Teacher, the Thug and his Grandmother: Informal Brokers and Transnational Migration from Indonesia
pp. 69-89(21)
Author: Lindquist, Johan

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From Client to Matchmaker: Social Capital in the Making of Commercial Matchmaking Agents in Malaysia
pp. 91-115(25)
Authors: Chee, Heng Leng; Yeoh, Brenda S.A.; Vu, Thi Kieu Dung

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Safe Migration, Dilettante Brokers and the Appropriation of Legality: Lao-Thai “Trafficking” in the Context of Regulating Labour Migration
pp. 117-136(20)
Author: Molland, Sverre

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Organizing Student Mobility: Education Agents and Student Migration to New Zealand
pp. 137-160(24)
Author: Collins, Francis Leo

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Review Essay

Identifying Patterns in the Accumulation and Exercise of Power in post-New Order Indonesia
pp. 161-168(8)
Author: Buehler, Michael

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Deng Xiaoping: At the Centre of post-1949 China?
pp. 169-174(6)
Author: Weigelin-Schwiedrzik, Susanne

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Book Reviews

Handbook of Asian Education: A Cultural Perspective
pp. 175-177(3)
Author: Hayhoe, Ruth

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Free Content Remaking Area Studies: Teaching and Learning Across Asia and the Pacific
pp. 177-178(2)
Author: Cheek, Timothy

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East Asia's New Democracies: Deepening, Reversal, NonLiberal Alternatives. Politics in Asia series.
pp. 179-180(2)
Author: Pei, Minxin

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Gender Equality, Citizenship and Human Rights: Controversies and Challenges in China and the Nordic Countries. Routledge Research in Comparative Politics, 32
pp. 180-182(3)
Author: Woodman, Sophia

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Free Content The Chinese People at War: Human Suffering and Social Transformation, 1937-1945. New Approaches to Asian History.
pp. 182-184(3)
Author: Mitter, Rana

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Arming the Chinese: The Western Armaments Trade in Warlord China, 1920-1928.
pp. 184-186(3)
Author: Marten, Kimberly

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Behind the Gate: Inventing Students in Beijing. Studies of the Weatherhead East Asian Institute, Columbia University.
pp. 186-187(2)
Author: Jianli, Huang

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Free Content Passage to Manhood: Youth Migration, Heroin, and AIDS in Southwest China. By Shao-hua Liu.
pp. 188-189(2)
Author: Wellens, Koen

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Local Religion in North China in the Twentieth Century: The Structure and Organization of Community Rituals and Beliefs. Handbook of Oriental Studies. Section 4, China; v. 22.
pp. 190-193(4)
Author: Szonyi, Michael

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Ritual Alliances of the Putian Plain. Vol. 1, Historical Introduction to the Return of the Gods. Handbook of Oriental Studies. Section 4, China; v. 23/1.
pp. 190-193(4)
Author: Szonyi, Michael

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Ritual Alliances of the Putian Plain. Vol. 2, A Survey of Village Temples and Ritual Activities. Handbook of Oriental Studies. Section 4, China; v. 23/2.
pp. 190-193(4)
Author: Szonyi, Michael

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Becoming Taiwan: From Colonialism to Democracy. Studia Formosiana, v. 6.
pp. 193-194(2)
Author: Phillips, Steven

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Herdsman to Statesman: The Autobiography of Jamsrangiin Sambuu of Mongolia.
pp. 195-196(2)
Author: Morozova, Irina

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Religious Revival in the Tibetan Borderlands: The Premi of Southwest China. Studies on Ethnic Groups in China.
pp. 196-198(3)
Author: Liu, Shao-hua

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Japan and Africa: Globalization and Foreign Aid in the 21st Century. Routledge Contemporary Asia Series, 24.
pp. 198-200(3)
Author: Ampiah, Kweku

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Free Content Over There: Living with the U.S. Military Empire from World War Two to the Present.
pp. 201-203(3)
Author: Green, Michael Cullen

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Changing Power Relations in Northeast Asia: Implications for Relations Between Japan and South Korea. European Institute of Japanese Studies East Asian Economics and Business Series, v. 11.
pp. 203-205(3)
Author: Bedeski, Robert

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American Diplomacy and Strategy Toward Korea and Northeast Asia, 1882-1950 and After: Perception of Polarity and US Commitment to a Periphery
pp. 205-206(2)
Author: Matray, James I.

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Free Content Lost in Transition: Youth, Work, and Instability in Postindustrial Japan.
pp. 207-208(2)
Author: O'Day, Robin

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Free Content Shamans, Nostalgias, and the IMF: South Korean Popular Religion in Motion.
pp. 209-211(3)
Author: Thomas, James

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Primitive Selves: Koreana in the Japanese Colonial Gaze, 1910-1945. Colonialisms, 5.
pp. 211-214(4)
Author: Kwon, Nayoung Aimee

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Free Content Into the Light: An Anthology of Literature by Koreans in Japan.
pp. 214-216(3)
Author: Treat, John Whittier

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In Search of Korean Traditional Opera: Discourses of Ch'anggŭk.
pp. 216-218(3)
Author: Clark, Jocelyn C.

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Korea's Online Gaming Empire.
pp. 218-220(3)
Author: Yoon, Kyong Won

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Human Rights Discourse in North Korea: PostColonial, Marxist and Confucian Perspectives. Routledge Advances in Korean Studies, 21.
pp. 220-222(3)
Author: Myers, B.R.

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North Korean Foreign Policy: Security Dilemma and Succession.
pp. 222-223(2)
Author: Lankov, Andrei

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Nation, Diaspora, Trans-Nation: Reflections from India.
pp. 223-225(3)
Author: Qureshi, Kaveri

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India and Pakistan: Continued Conflict or Cooperation?
pp. 225-227(3)
Author: Ahmed, Ishtiaq

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Free Content Mohajir Militancy in Pakistan: Violence and Transformation in the Karachi Conflict. Routledge Contemporary South Asia Series, 29.
pp. 227-229(3)
Author: Nelson, Matthew J.

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Ordering Power: Contentious Politics and Authoritarian Leviathans in Southeast Asia.
pp. 229-231(3)
Author: Hadiz, Vedi R.

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Free Content Tradition, Revolution, and Market Economy in a North Vietnamese Village, 1925-2006.
pp. 231-233(3)
Author: Barslund, Mikkel

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Human Rights in the Prevention and Punishment of Terrorism: Commonwealth Approaches: The United Kingdom, Canada, Australia and New Zealand.
pp. 233-235(3)
Author: Flower, Scott

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Child, Nation, Race and Empire: Child Rescue Discourse, England, Canada and Australia, 1850-1915. Studies in Imperialism.
pp. 235-237(3)
Author: Neff, Charlotte

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Free Content Indigenous Identity and Resistance: Researching the Diversity of Knowledge.
pp. 237-239(3)
Author: van Meijl, Toon

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Racing the Sunrise: Reinforcing America's Pacific Outposts, 1941-1942.
pp. 239-241(3)
Author: Farley, James Oelke

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Free Content Climate Change and Small Island States: Power, Knowledge and the South Pacific.
pp. 241-243(3)
Author: Lazrus, Heather

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Twelve Days at Nuku Hiva: Russian Encounters and Mutiny in the South Pacific.
pp. 243-245(3)
Author: Mawyer, Alexander

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Black Yanks in the Pacific: Race in the Making of American Military Empire After World War II.
pp. 245-246(2)
Author: Brazinsky, Gregg Andrew

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Identity and Development: Tongan Culture, Agriculture and the Perenniality of the Gift.
pp. 247-248(2)
Author: Galliot, Sébastien

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Victory in Defeat: The Wake Island Defenders in Captivity, 1941-1945
pp. 249-250(2)
Author: McQuarrie, Peter

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Repositioning the MissionarY: Rewriting the Histories of Colonialism, Native Catholicism, and Indigeneity in Guam. Pacific Islands Monograph Series, no. 24.
pp. 251-252(2)
Author: Armstrong, Karen V.

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Light Intervention: Lessons from Bougainville. Perspectives Series.
pp. 252-254(3)
Author: Ogan, Eugene

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