Vol. 7 No. 2 (2025): Journal of Asian Social Science Research

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This issue of JASSR Vol. 7, No. 2 (2025) is about how authority, legitimacy, and vulnerability are negotiated in contemporary Asian societies. It examines the everyday sites where people decide who should be trusted, whose voice counts, how institutions gain or lose credibility, and how communities respond to uncertainty, inequality, and moral conflict. The articles approach these questions through diverse cases: mosque imams and online extremism in Pakistan, Islamic iconization and political memory in Madura, divorced women’s experiences in Bangladesh, Indonesia’s role in ASEAN gender mainstreaming, food safety-net delivery in Bangladesh, and apology diplomacy in Philippine tourism. Taken together, the issue shows that contemporary Asia is shaped not only by states, markets, and formal institutions, but also by lived struggles over trust, care, recognition, religious authority, gender justice, welfare, and public accountability.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.15575/jassr.v7i2
Published: 2025-12-22

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