Curriculum Vitae Jonathan D. London Present Appointments Assistant Professor of Sociology, City University of Hong Kong, January 2008- Programme Leader, MSc Development Studies, City University of Hong Kong, June 2012- Academic Qualifications Ph.D. (Sociology), University of Wisconsin-Madison, 2004 M.S. (Sociology), University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1996 Graduate certificate (Peace Research), University of Oslo 1991 Participation in Professional Organizations American Sociological Association (since 1995) Association of Asian Studies (since 2001) International Sociological Association (since 2011) Previous and External Appointments United Nations Development Program, Project on Essential Services, September 2012-present United Nations, Contributing author (two papers), Viet Nam Human Development Report, 2010-11 United Nations & Like-Minded Donors, Consultant, Viet Nam s Development Challenges, 2009-2010 UNICEF Viet Nam, Mid-term Poverty Assessment for the Socialist Republic of Viet Nam, 2009. UNICEF Viet Nam, Food Prices and Vulnerability, Viet Nam, 2008. UNICEF Viet Nam, Strategy document for UNICEF in a Middle-Income Viet Nam, 2008. United Nations Development Program, Viet Nam, Consultant, health sector reform, 2006-2007 Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology, Nanyang Technological University (Singapore), 2004-2007 National HIV/AIDs Behavioral Change Communication Strategy, Viet Nam, Consultant. 2005 Lecturer, Department of Sociology, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 2004 Lecturer, Industrial Relations Research Institute, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 2002 Research Assistant, World Affairs and Global Economy, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 2001-2002 1
Books & Monographs PUBLICATIONS, MANUSCRIPTS, AND TECHNICAL REPORTS London, Jonathan D. ed. Forthcoming (2013) Politics in Contemporary Viet Nam: Party, State, and Authority Relations. New York and London, Palgrave Macmillan. London, Jonathan D. ed. 2011. Education in Viet Nam. Singapore: ISEAS Press. London, Jonathan D. Welfare Regimes in Time: Institutions, Inequality, and Wellbeing in Viet Nam, Book manuscript. Prospectus and draft chapters available upon request. Book Chapters London, Jonathan. 2013. Social Policies in Transition: The Welfare Regimes in Viet Nam and China Compared. In Besharov, Douglas et al. ed. Chinese Social Policy in a Time of Transition. Oxford. Oxford University Press. London. Jonathan D. 2011. 1989: A Year with Johan Galtung. In Experiments with Peace: a Book Celebrating Peace at Johan Galtung's 80th Anniversary. Oxford/Nairobi, Pambazuka.Press London, Jonathan. 2011. Education in Viet Nam: Historical Roots, Recent Trends. In Jonathan London ed. Education in Viet Nam. Singapore. ISEAS Press. (56 pp.) London, Jonathan. 2011. Historical Welfare Regimes and Education in Viet Nam. In Jonathan London ed. Education in Viet Nam. Singapore. ISEAS Press. (53 pp.) London, Jonathan D. 2010. Reassertions of the State in Viet Nam s Health Sector. In M. Ramesh ed. Bringing the Public Back into Public Services. London. Routledge. London, Jonathan D. 2010. Governance and the Governance of Higher Education in Vietnam. in Ka Ho Mok ed. The Search for New Governance of Higher Education in Asia. New York Palgrave. London. Jonathan D. 2010. Viet Nam and the Making of Market Leninism. In William Case ed. Contemporary Authoritarianism in Southeast Asia: Structures, Institutions, and Agency. London. Routledge. Pham Thanh Nghi and Jonathan London. 2010. The Higher Education Reform Agenda: A Vision for 2020. In Reforming Higher Education in Vietnam: Challenges and Priorities. Grant Harmon, Martin Hayden, and Pham Thanh Nghi ed. Heidelberg-London-New York. Springer. London. Jonathan D. London, Jonathan. 2007. Education in Viet Nam s Market Transition in Gerald Postiglione and Jason Tan eds. Schooling in East Asia. Greenwood Press. London, Jonathan D. 2004. Rethinking Viet Nam s Mass Education and Health Systems, in Duncan McCargo ed. Rethinking Viet Nam, London: Routledge-Curzon. London, Jonathan D. 2003. Grounding Discussions of Global Labor Challenges in Developing Countries, In L. Hartman, D.G. Arnold, R. Wokutch, Eds, Rising Above Sweatshops: Innovative Management Approaches to Global Labor Challenges. New York: Greenwood Press. 2
Journal Articles Malesky, Edmund and Jonathan London 2014. Reviewing the Political Economy of Development in China and Vietnam. Annual Review of Political Science, 16. London, Jonathan D. Forthcoming (Accepted for publication, projected to appear in 2013). The Promises and Perils of Hospital Autonomy: Reform by Decree in Vietnam. Social Science and Medicine. London, Jonathan D. Forthcoming. (Accepted for publication, projected to appear in 2013). Welfare Regimes in China and Viet Nam. Journal of Contemporary Asia. London, Jonathan D. 2010. Globalization & the Governance of Education in Viet Nam. Asia-Pacific Journal of Education. Vol. 30, No. 4, December 2010 London, Jonathan D. 2009. Viet Nam & the Making of Market Leninism, The Pacific Review, Vol. 22 No. 3 July 2009: 373 397. London, Jonathan, D. 2008. Health Care and the Logics of Market-Leninism: Reassertions of the State in Viet Nam s Health Sector. Policy & Society. Volume 27, Issue 2. London, Jonathan D. 2005. Viet Nam: Education in a Socialist Periphery. Asia Pacific Journal of Education, Vol. 26, No. 1, May 2006, pp. 1 20. London, Jonathan D. 2003. Viet Nam s Mass Education and Health Systems: A Regimes Perspective. American Asian Review, Vol. 21 (June). Working papers and papers under review London, Jonathan D. Historical Welfare Regimes (Unpublished working paper, September 27, 2011). Available at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=1934541 To be submitted for publication in 2013. London, Jonathan D. Market-Leninism Available at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=1934540. London, Jonathan D. Education, Health, and Institutional Responsibilities in Viet Nam's Welfare Regime. Unpublished working paper, November 1, 2010. Available at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=1934531 Under revision for submission to Journal of Human Development. London, Jonathan D. Organizational Interests and Public Needs: Decentralization and Service Delivery in Viet Nam (Unpublished working paper, September 1, 2011). Available at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=1934609. Under revision for submission to Policy & Society. London, Jonathan D. Viet Nam, Authoritarianism, and Comparative Politics. Introductory chapter for forthcoming volume on Politics in Viet Nam). (Available upon request) London, Jonathan D. Authoritarianism in Viet Nam. Introductory essay for a collection addressing the captioned theme; submitted to Journal of Critical Asian Studies. 3
Book Reviews, short-communications, alternative media London, Jonathan 2013. Viet Nam: Rethinking the State. For Journal of Southeast Asian Studies. London, Jonathan. 2010. Representing Child Poverty in Viet Nam. A Video documentary. Screened at conference on Paths to Reflexive Sociology, Porto, Potrugal, December 11, 2009. London, Jonathan D. 2008. Rejoinder to Gregory Clark s review of Giovanni Arrighi s Adam Smith in Beijing (2007, Verso). Chronicle of Higher Education, Washington: Apr 11, 2008. Vol. 54, Iss. 31; pg. B.22 London, Jonathan D. 2006. Beyond Hanoi, Book review, Journal of Southeast Asian Journal of Social Science.34:4, pp. 640-643. Technical Reports (from Consultancies) London, Jonathan D. 2012-2013 The Political Economy of Social Mobilization. For UNDP. London, Jonathan D. Balancing Means with Ends: Institutional Responsibilities for the Provision and Payment for Education and Health Services. Technical report for United Nations, Viet Nam s Viet Nam Human Development Report: Completed July-November 2010, 82 pp. London, Jonathan D. Aligning Organizational Interests with Public Needs: Service Delivery Challenges in Viet Nam s Education and Health Sectors. Technical report for United Nations, Viet Nam s Viet Nam Human Development Report. Completed July-November 2010, 27 pp. Van Arkadie, Brian, Jonathan D. London, Pham Thi Lan Huong, Tran Thi Hanh, Khuat Thi Hai Oanh, Do Nam Thang, and Dang Kim Khoi. Co-author and Social Issues and Governance Leader of Joint Country Analysis: Development Challenges in a Middle-income Viet Nam. Prepared with Completed: December 2009-July 2010. 236 Pages. London, Jonathan D. Child Poverty in Viet Nam Mid-Term Review. UNICEF 2008. Sole author. London, Jonathan D. Food Prices and Vulnerability in Viet Nam. UNICEF 2008. Sole author, later revised a published with Paul van Ufford, Unicef Viet Nam (Document available upon request). London, Jonathan D.UNICEF in a Middle-Income Viet Nam. UNICEF 2008. Analysis for UNICEF and Government of Viet Nam long-term planning project. For internal use. London, Jonathan D., Decentralization and financial autonomy in Viet Nam s Health System. UNDP, 2006-2007. With Institute of Health Strategy and Policy, Socialist Republic of Viet Nam. Higher Education in Viet Nam. UNDP. 2006. With Pham Thanh Nghi for the UNDP and Viet Nam National Academy of Social Sciences. Audience Segmentation Study for HIV/AIDS Prevention. June 2004-October 2005. With Action for Development, For National Behavioral Change Communication Strategy. Government of the Socialist Republic of Viet Nam/ World Bank. Infrastructure in Viet Nam. Contributing research for consultancy to World Bank, 1998-1999. 4
Doctoral Dissertation London, Jonathan D. 2004. Social Provision and the Transformation of a Socialist State: Mass Education and Health Provision in Viet Nam, 1975-2000, Department of Sociology, University of Wisconsin-Madison. SELECTED SCHOLARLY PRESENTATIONS London, Jonathan D. Market-Leninism. Annual Meetings of the Society for the Advancement of Socioeconomics (SASE). June 28-30/2012, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge MA. London, Jonathan D. "Welfare amid Insecurity: Welfare in Viet Nam s Informal Economy, International Conference on Social Security in the Informal Sector. MISEREOR Viet Nam Academy for Social Sciences, 28-29 March 2012, Hanoi. London, Jonathan D. Livelihoods and Wellbeing in Viet Nam: Implications for Industrial Relations and Corporate Social Responsibility :. Conference on Corporate Social Responsibility in the Context of International Integration. MISEREOR Viet Nam Academy of Social Sciences, 8-9 March 2012, Hanoi London, Jonathan D. Decentralization and decision space in Viet Nam's public hospitals: An empirical study of hospital autonomization. International Conference: Health System Reform in Asia. December 9 to 11, University of Hong Kong. London, Jonathan D. Organizational Interests and Public Needs: Decentralization and Service Delivery in Viet Nam International Conference on Decentralization and its Discontents: Recalibrating Public Service Delivery in Asia, Centre for Governance and Citizenship 17-18 November, 2011, Hong Kong Institute of Education London, Jonathan D. Historical Welfare Regimes. 8th EASP International Conference. Social Policy in East Asia and Beyond: Rethinking Social Policy Strategies in Times of Uncertainty. 30th 31st August 2011, The Hong Kong Institute of Education London, Jonathan. 2011. Historical Welfare Regimes. Presented at the Annual Conference of the International Sociological Association s Research Cluster 19. Seoul Korea. August 25-27 2011. London, Jonathan. 2011. Citizenship and Welfare under Market-Leninism. Presented at conference Governance and Citizenship in Asia: Paradigms and Practices.18 to 19 March 2011, Hong Kong Institute of Education, Hong Kong SAR. London, Jonathan. 2010. Market-Leninism. Paper presented at international conference, Authoritarianism in East Asia: Viet Nam, China, North Korea. June 29 - July 1, 2010, Jonathan London convener. City University of Hong Kong. London, Jonathan. 2010. Market Leninist Welfare Regimes: Viet Nam and China Compared. Paper presented at international conference, Authoritarianism in East Asia: Viet Nam, China, North Korea. June 29 - July 1, 2010, Jonathan London convener. City University of Hong Kong. London, Jonathan D. Wellbeing, Poverty Reduction, and Social Protection: Strategic Challenges Facing Viet Nam: 2011-2020, United Nations, Viet Nam. 26 March, 2010. Melia Hotel. Hanoi. London, Jonathan D. Institutional Reform and Governance Requirements: Strategic Challenges Facing Viet Nam: 2011-2020, United Nations, Viet Nam. 26 March, 2010. Melia Hotel. Hanoi. 5
London. Jonathan D. Welfare Regimes in China and Viet Nam Compared. Conference on Asian Social Protection in Comparative Perspective. 7-9 January, 2009 - National University of Singapore Singapore. London. Jonathan D. Welfare Regimes in China and Viet Nam s Market Transitions. 5th Annual Conference on East Asian Social Policy. 3-4 November 2008 - National Taiwan University, Taipei. London, Jonathan D. Viet Nam and the Making of Market Leninism. New forms of Authoritarianism in Southeast Asia. City University of Hong Kong. May 2008. London, Jonathan D. Welfare Regimes in the Wake of State Socialism. Annual meetings of the American Sociological Association. Boston MA, 31/7-4/8/08. London, Jonathan D. Education, Institutions, and Social Class in Viet Nam. Paper presented at Viet Nam update. 30 Nov. 2007. Research School for Pacific and Asian Studies. Australian National University. London, Jonathan D. Can Inverse Privatization Steer the Way in Viet Nam s Health Sector? National University of Singapore. September 30. London, Jonathan D. The Political Sociology of Health Sector Decentralization in Viet Nam. Paper presented at the Annual Meetings of the American Sociological Association. New York. August 2007. London, Jonathan D. The Welfare Regime in Viet Nam: What It Is and How it Came To Be. Paper presented at conference on Laws, Governance, and Institutions. Nanyang Technological University, Singapore. August 2007. London, Jonathan D. and Institute of Human Studies. Higher Education in Viet Nam: Strategies for Governance Reform and International Integration. United Nations Development Program Round Table on 20 years of Doi Moi. Ha Noi, Viet Nam. May 2006 London, Jonathan D. 2006. Fiscal Decentralization in Viet Nam s Health Sector: Addressing or Exacerbating Inequalities? Presented at the annual meetings of the Association of Asian Studies. San Francisco California. April 3 2006. London, Jonathan D. 2005. Các Nhóm Đối Tượng ( Target groups ), Presentation in Vietnamese to the General Department of HIV/AIDS prevention, Socialist Republic of Viet Nam, Hà Nội, Sept. 18, 2005. London, Jonathan D. 2004. Globalization, the WTO, and U.S. Hegemony: The Case of Agriculture, presented at the annual meeting of the American Sociological Association, San Francisco CA. London, Jonathan D. Sociology in the United States (Xã hội học ở Mỹ). Presented at the Institute of Sociology, Viet Nam Academy of Social Science, Ha Noi August 2004. London, Jonathan D. 2002. Between Human Capital and Social Consent: Inequality in Viet Nam s Education and Health Systems Compared. Presented at the annual meeting of the American Sociological Association, Chicago Ill. London, Jonathan D. 2002. Globalization and the Presumptive Irrelevance of the World System, Paper presented at the Fourth Annual Workshop on Globalization, 3-4 May 2002, University of Chicago. Merli, M. Giovanna and Jonathan D. London. 2002. Mortality in North Viet Nam Since 1945. Presented at meetings of Association for Asian Studies, 4-7. April, Washington D.C. 6
COURSES TAUGHT City University of Hong Kong (2008- ) Social Policy and Welfare Regimes in Asia Political Sociology Political Dynamics in Asia Poverty & the Politics of Aid Social Class & Inequality in Asia Institutions and Historical Change in Asia State and Development in East Asia The Political Economy of Viet Nam Nanyang Technological University (2004-2007) Power, Politics, and the State Social Class and Inequality Economy and Society Development and Social Change Social Problems in a Global Context Telling about Society: Comparing Genres of Social Analysis University of Wisconsin-Madison (2002-2004) Industrial Relations in Developing Countries (graduate level) Social Problems in a Global Context PhD STUDENT SUPERVISION Sajjad Ali Khan, International Financial Institutions and Poverty Reduction in the Tribal Regions of Pakistan PhD Thesis in Progress, City University of Hong Kong, 2010- Roger Huang, The Dynamics of Regime Change across multiple Institutional Orders: The Case of Myanmar. PhD Thesis in Progress, City University of Hong Kong, 2010- (Co-Chair) Nadira Lamrad, Corporate Social Responsibility in Viet Nam and China, in progress, co-supervisor PhD Thesis in Progress, City University of Hong Kong, 2010- (Co-Chair) Incoming PhD Student, Nguyễn Như Hà, project on essential services and accountability in Viet Nam. Academic Journals EDITORIAL SERVICES Asian Education and Development Studies, 2012- Asia Pacific Journal of Education, 2006- Higher Education, 2010- International Journal of Education, 2008- Journal of East Asian Studies, 2012 Journal of Contemporary Asia, 2011- Journal of Vietnamese Studies, 2009 Pacific Review, 2009- Social Forces, 2009 Social Science and Medicine, 2012- Sojourn, 2012- Publishers and Other Allen & Bacon/ Longman Publishers, 2006 McGraw Hill, 2004 Young Lives/University of Oxford, 2009 Journal of Sociology (Tâp chí Xã hội học) 7
ACADEMIC AND ADMINSTRATIVE SERVICES AND ACTIVITIES Programme Leader, Masters of Social Sciences in Development Studies, City University of Hong Kong. College Board, College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences, City University of Hong Kong, 2008- College Research Committee, College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences, City University of Hong Kong, 2009-, Deputy Chair, 2010- Programme Leader Bachelors of Social Science in Asian Studies. Department of Asian & International Studies, City University of Hong Kong, 2009-2011. - Overhauled and re-designed Bachelors of Social Science in Asian Studies University Task Force on Teaching and Learning Enhancement, City University of Hong Kong, 2010-2011 University Strategic Sub-committee on Globalization, City University of Hong Kong. 2008-2009 College Validation and Monitoring Committee, College of Humanities and Social Sciences, City University of Hong Kong, 2008-2010 Undergraduate Admissions Coordinator, Department of Asian & International Studies, City University of Hong Kong, 2008-2009, 2010-2011 Departmental Staffing Committee, Department of Asian and International Studies, City University of Hong Kong, 2009-2010, 2011-2012 Southeast Asia Research Center, Core Member, City University of Hong Kong, 2008- Department Management Committee, Division of Sociology, School of Humanities and Social Sciences, Nanyang Technological University, 2005-2007. Coordinator of Graduate Studies, Division of Sociology, School of Humanities and Social Sciences, Nanyang Technological University, 2005-2007. Coordinator, Viet Nam Studies Program, Nanyang Technological University, Summer 2007. 8
ACADEMIC RECOGNITIONS, GRANTS, AND AWARDS College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences, Faculty Start-up Grant, City University of Hong Kong. 2010. Ford Foundation, US$50,000. Decentralization in Viet Nam s Health Sector. Written for Viet Nam s Institute of Health Strategy and Policy for study of decentralization in Viet Nam s health sector. 2006. School for Humanities and Social Sciences Under $5,000 research grant, for research on health system in Viet Nam, Nanyang Technological University, 2005. Crowe Travel Scholarship, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 2002 Research Fellowship, Center for Southeast Asian Studies, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 2001 Southeast Asian Studies Doctoral Fellowship, Department of Political an Asian Studies, Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies, Australian National University, 2000-2001 Pass with Distinction, Ph.D. qualifying examination in Sociology of Economic Change, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1998 William J. Fulbright Scholarship, U.S. Department of Education, IEE, 1999-2000 Research Fellowship, Center for Southeast Asian Studies, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1998 McArthur Travel Award, Global Studies Program, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1997 Vietnamese Advanced Studies Institute (VASI) Fellowship, Language Study, 1997 Foreign Language Area Studies (FLAS) Fellowship, Vietnamese, 1996 and 1994, March 2007 Languages: Fluent in Vietnamese, native English speaker; presently studying Cantonese. Other education B.S. (Social Science), New College, Hofstra University, 1991 (Spring 1990 at Brandeis University.) International Honors Program/Universitat Witten/Herdecke (FRG) 1989.1990. Nine-month graduate-level academic tour of 20 countries on conflict and peace research themes, led by Johan Galtung. 1989-1990. Washington D.C. New York London Frankfurt Warsaw Moscow Tartu West Berlin East Berlin Witten Aachen Brussels Paris Geneva Rome Cairo Jerusalem Ramallah Ahmadabad Delhi Bangkok Ha Noi Chengdu Hong Kong Tokyo Honolulu New York. Knowledge exchange and community The Asian Century? Reflections on Asia and the World. Invited Presentation to the Pacific Economic Cooperation Youth Conference, Hong Kong Committee for Pacific Economic Cooperation (HKCPEC), 15 February 2012. City University of Hong Kong. 9
SELECTED MEDIA APPEARANCES Quoted in, Dozens detained, jailed in crackdown on Vietnam bloggers. Los Angeles Times, 12 Feb 2013 Quoted in War-nostalgia no cure for ailing Vietnam economy. Cat Barton AFP News Dec 23, 2012 Quoted in Vietnam Says China Must Avoid Trade Weapon in Maritime Spat, Bloomberg News - Dec 3, 2012 2:22 PM GMT+0800. < http://www.bloomberg.com/archive/news/2012-12-03/> South China Morning Post. Drama over Vietnam's PM a hopeful sign of change 20 Nov 2012 P. A15 South China Morning Post. Viet Nam must tame self-serving elites 29 Aug 2012. P. A15. South China Morning Post. On allegations of forced labor in Viet Nam. 12 Sept., 2011. P. A15 BBC, Vietnamese Service. 06:57 GMT -29 June, 2011 China calls on Viet Nam to Implements Agreement (TQ kêu gọi Việt Nam thực hiện 'đồng thuận.' South China Morning Post. Taking a Stand. (on Viet Nam-China maritime dispute) 18 June, 2011. P. A13. BBC, Vietnamese Service. 29 June, 2010. Interview with Jonathan London. Published on line at <http://www.bbc.co.uk/vietnamese/av/2010/06/100629_jonathan_london.shtml> In Vietnamese. Radio France International, Vietnamese Service. Interview, 28 June 2010. Comparing Authoritarian Regimes in Viet Nam and China. 16 Minutes. Published on line at <http://www.viet.rfi.fr/vietnam/20100628-so-sanh-hai-che-do-doc-doan-cua-viet-nam-va-trung-quoc>. In Vietnamese. Voice of America, Chinese Service. Interview, 19 July 2010. China-Viet Nam tensions in South China Sea. Published on-line at < http://www1.voanews.com/chinese/news/20100719-vietnam-watches- China-reactions-98734769.html> In English. Voice of America, Chinese Service, 23 March 2010. Vietnam Visa Restrictions in Hong Kong. <http://www1.voanews.com/chinese/news/asia/hk-lawmakers-urge-review-of-visa-restriction-on- Vietnam-20100323-88972972.html> In English. BBC, Vietnamese Service. Interview, 8 June 2010. The Communist Party of Viet Nam is Highly Successful. Published online at <http://www.bbc.co.uk/vietnamese/vietnam/ 2009/08/090806_vn_com_party.shtml> In Vietnamese. BBC, Vietnamese Service. 3 March 2007. Interview Requirements of Education Reform in Viet Nam. <http://www.bbc.co.uk/vietnamese/vietnam/story/2007/03/070320_vieteducation.shtml> In Vietnamese. 10
REFERENCES Dr. Jonathan Pincus, Ash Center for Democratic Governance and Innoviation, Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University/Fulbright Economics Teaching Programme, Ho Chi Minh City. jonathan_pincus@harvard.edu, +84 8 3932 5103 Professor Martin Painter, Chair Professor of Public Administration, Acting Dean, College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences, City University of Hong Kong. samartin@cityu.edu.hk, (852) 3442 8902 Professor Benedict J. Tria Kerkvliet. Professor Emeritus, Department of Political and Social Change, Research School for Pacific and Asian Studies, Australian National University. ben.kerkvliet@anu.edu.au Professor Erik Olin Wright. Past President (2012), American Sociological Association, Department of Sociology, University of Wisconsin-Madison. wright@ssc.wisc.edu, (608) 262-0068 Professor Brian VanArkadie, Visiting Professor, Johns Hopkins University, BRVanArkadie@aol.com Professor Kwok Kian Woon, Chair, Department of Sociology, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore. kwkwok@cityu.edu.hk 11