Changing Marriage Patterns in Southeast Asia：Economic and Socio-Cultural Dimensions

Jones (Asia Research Institute, National U. of Singapore), Hull (Australian Demographic and Social Research Institute, Australian National U.) and Mohamad (Asia Research Institute, National U. of Singapore) present the work of demographers, sociologists, and anthropologists qualitatively and quantitatively documenting changing patterns of marriage and partnerships and their relationship to socioeconomic changes in the Southeast Asian countries of Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, and Singapore. Annotation c2012 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Gavin W. Jones is Professor and the Research Leader for the Asia Research Institute at the National University of Singapore. He most recently co-edited Ultra-low Fertility in Pacific Asia: Trends, Causes and Policy Issues, also published by Routledge.

Terence H. Hull holds joint appointments with the Australian Demographic and Social Research Institute and the National Centre for Epidemiology and Population Health, at the Australian National University, where he is J.C. Caldwell chair.

Maznah Mohamad is currently Visiting Senior Research Fellow with the Asia Research Institute and the Department of Malay Studies at the National University of Singapore. Her previous publications include Feminism and the Women’s Movement in Malaysia and The Malay Handloom Weavers.