Dr Lian Kwen Fee

Lian Kwen Fee is Professor of Sociology. He has previously held positions in Victoria University of Wellington and at the National University of Singapore where he was Head of Sociology. His research background is in political and historical sociology. He is currently working on two book projects, ‘International Migration in the Middle East and Asia: Politics of Exclusion’ and ‘Landscapes of Brunei’.

EDUCATION

Race and State
Ethnic Identity and Citizenship
Multiculturalism
Migration

Scopus Publications

Tamil migrants in colonial Malaya 1930s–1950s
Kwen Fee Lian and Ganapathy Narayanan
South Asian Diaspora, ISSN: 19438192, eISSN: 19438184, Pages: 1-14, Published: 2 January 2018


Race, reintegration, and social capital in Singapore
Ganapathy Narayanan and Lian Kwen Fee
International Journal of Comparative and Applied Criminal Justice, ISSN: 01924036, eISSN: 21576475, Pages: 1-23, Published: 2 January 2016


From workers to entrepreneurs: Development of bangladeshi migrant businesses in the Republic of Korea
Lian Kwen Fee and Md Mizanur Rahman
International Migration, ISSN: 00207985, eISSN: 14682435, Pages: 122-139, Published: April 2014


Recruiting migrant labour in Asia: Interplay between institutions and networks
Asian Migration Policy: South, Southeast and East Asia, Pages: 251-270, Published: 2012


Towards a Sociology of Migrant Remittances in Asia: Conceptual and Methodological Challenges
Md Mizanur Rahman and Lian Kwen Fee
Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, ISSN: 1369183X, eISSN: 14699451, Pages: 689-706, Published: April 2012


The Development of Migrant Entrepreneurship in Japan: Case of Bangladeshis
Md Mizanur Rahman and Kwen Fee Lian
Journal of International Migration and Integration, ISSN: 14883473, Pages: 253-274, Published: August 2011


Race, class and politics in peninsular Malaysia: The general election of 2008
Lian Kwen Fee and Jayanath Appudurai
Asian Studies Review, ISSN: 10357823, eISSN: 14678403, Pages: 63-82, Published: March 2011


Is there a social policy in Singapore?
Social Sciences in Asia, ISSN: 15672794, Pages: 21-43, Published: 2008


Social policy issues in a post-industrial society
Social Sciences in Asia, ISSN: 15672794, Pages: 1-19, Published: 2008


International labour recruitment: Channelling bangladeshi labour to east and South-East Asia
Asia-Pacific Population Journal, ISSN: 0259238X, eISSN: 15644278, Pages: 85-107, Published: April 2006


Bangladeshi migrant workers in singapore: The view from inside
Asia-Pacific Population Journal, ISSN: 0259238X, eISSN: 15644278, Pages: 63-88, Published: April 2005


Chinese enterprise in colonial Malaya: The case of Eu Tong Sen
Lian Kwen Fee and Koh Keng We
Journal of Southeast Asian Studies, ISSN: 00224634, eISSN: 14740680, Pages: 415-432, Published: 2004


The political and economic marginalisation of Tamils in Malaysia
Lian Kwen Fee
Asian Studies Review, ISSN: 10357823, eISSN: 14678403, Pages: 309-329, Published: September 2002


In search of a history of singapore?
Lian Kwen Fee
Asian Journal of Social Science, ISSN: 15684849, eISSN: 15685314, Pages: 93-106, Published: 1 January 1992


Ethnic groups across national boundaries in mainland Southeast Asia
Lian Kwen Fee
Asian Journal of Social Science, ISSN: 15684849, eISSN: 15685314, Issue: 1-2, Pages: 206-207, Published: 1 January 1991


The sociopolitical process of identity formation in an ethnic community: The Chinese in New Zealand
Kwen Fee Lian
Ethnic and Racial Studies, ISSN: 01419870, eISSN: 14664356, Pages: 506-532, Published: November 1988


Identity in minority group relations
Kwen Fee Lian
Ethnic and Racial Studies, ISSN: 01419870, eISSN: 14664356, Pages: 42-52, Published: January 1982

RECENT PUBLICATIONS

Tamil Migrants in colonial Malaya 1930s – 1950s’ (forthcoming in Journal of South Asian Diaspora)

(co-authored) ‘Race, reintegration and social capital in Singapore’, International Journal of Comparative and Applied Criminal Justice (2016)

(contributing editor) (2016) ‘International Migration in Southeast Asia: Continuities and Discontinuities’, Singapore: IAS and Springer.

(contributing editor) (2016) ‘Multiculturalism, Migration, and the Politics of Identity in Singapore’, Singapore: IAS and Springer.

(co-author) (1995) ‘The Politics of Nation Building and Citizenship in Singapore’, London: Routledge.