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Professor Chua Beng HuatBSc (Acadia), MA, PhD (York, Canada) Chua Beng Huat received his PhD from York University, Canada. He is currently Professor in the Department of Sociology and the Asia Research Institute, National University of Singapore. He has held visiting professorships at universities in US, Malaysia, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Germany and Australia, including the Inaugural Distinguished Visiting Scholar Fellowship at Carolina Asia Centre, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. His publications include Communitarian Ideology and Democracy in Singapore (Routledge, 1995) and Political Legitimacy and Housing: Stakeholding in Singapore (Routledge, 1997). He has edited Singapore Studies II: Critical Survey of the Humanities and Social Sciences (Singapore University Press, 1999), Consumption in Asia: Lifestyles and Identities (Routledge, 2000), Communitarian Politics in Asia (RoutledgeCurzon). His most recent book is Life is Not Complete without Shopping (Singapore University Press, 2003). He is currently founding co-executive editor of the journalInter-Asia Cultural Studies (London: Routledge). Department of Sociology, National University of Singapore, 10 Kent Ridge Crescent, Singapore 0511. Tel: (65) 6874-3833, Fax: (65) 6777-9579, Email: soccbh@nus.edu.sg |
