De La Salle University - Manila

Asia Pacific Social Science Review

Aims and Scope

The Asia-Pacific Social Science Review (APSSR) is an internationally refereed journal published biannually De La Salle University, Manila, Philippines. It aims to advance and deepen the study of social sciences in Asia and the Pacific. The APSSR provides a venue for social scientists, policymakers, and practitioners to articulate, ventilate, and argue key questions and concerns towards a better understanding of social science disciplines and their impact on broad development issues. It welcomes manuscripts relating to politics, economics, sociology, history, psychology, anthropology, geography, demography, social work, urban and rural studies, forensic science, and associated disciples. The APSSR encourages theoretical and methodological papers with an emphasis on comparative study and empirical research addressing development problems in Asia and Pacific contexts. It seeks to publish research arising from a broad variety of methodological traditions and those with multi- and inter-disciplinary focus.

Editor
Ferdinand D. Dagmang
De La Salle University
Manila, Philippines

Editorial Assistant

Joanne T. Castañares
De La Salle University
Manila, Philippines

International Advisory Board

Patricio N. Abinales
Kyoto University, Japan

Steven Angelides
Monash University, Australia

Kamarulzaman Askandar
Universiti Sains Malaysia

Roderic Broadhurst
Queensland University of Technology, Australia

Thawilwadee Bureekul
King Prajaddhipok Institute, Thailand
Chona T. Echavez
Xavier University, Philippines

Joaquin Gonzalez
Golden Gate University, U.S.A.

Hamim Ilyas
State University of Islam, Indonesia

Ponciano S. Intal
De La Salle University
Manila, Philippines

Philip Kelly
York University, Canada

Mary Racelis
Ateneo de Manila University, Philippines

Robert Salazar
Ritsumeikan Asia-Pacific University, Japan

Bilveer Singh
National University of Singapore

Pushpa Thambipillai
Universiti Brunei Darussalam, Brunei

Guidelines to Contributors

The Asia-Pacific Social Science Review (APSSR) publishes original articles that focus on or are relevant to Asian and Pacific affairs. It is a multidisciplinary and scholarly journal that encompasses the disciplines and sub- fields of political science, economics, geography, demography, sociology, anthropology, history and psychology. The APSSR is committed to theoretical rigor, methodological sophistication, and policy orientation. It allows both British and American English spelling, but there must be consistency within the individual article. Articles will be subjected to language editing.

The APSSR seeks research manuscripts (with an approximate length of 8,000 - 10,000 words); research notes, intended to capture shorter manuscripts containing valuable ideas and findings but limited in some aspects to qualify as a fully developed research article (length approx. 3,000 - 5,000 words); and book or film reviews (length approx. 800-2,000 words).

Manuscripts should be prepared according to the rules of the publication manual of the American Psychological Association. The submission of manuscript is to be accompanied by a brief bio-data of the author (150-200 words). It is understood that a manuscript submitted for APSSR's consideration should not have been published elsewhere nor should it be under review with any other publications. Articles that appear in APSSR are not necessarily representative of the views of the editors or the publisher. Responsibility for opinions expressed and for factual accuracy lies solely with the individual authors.

Authors are requested to submit manuscripts to apssr@dlsu.edu.ph or dagmangf@dlsu.edu.ph.

ASIA-PACIFIC SOCIAL SCIENCE REVIEW
Research and Publications Office
College of Liberal Arts
De La Salle University
2401 Taft Avenue, Manila 1004 Philippines
Telefax: (632) 524-0361