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Post-Politics and Civil Society in Asian Cities

Author : Sonia Lam-Knott
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1000692574
Total Pages : 253 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (6 download)

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Download or read book Post-Politics and Civil Society in Asian Cities written by Sonia Lam-Knott and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2019-10-23 with total page 253 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Bringing together an interdisciplinary group of scholars, Post-Politics and Civil Society in Asian Cities examines how the concept of ‘post-politics’ has manifested across a range of Asian cities, and the impact this has had on state-society relationships in processes of urban governance. This volume examines how the post-political framework—derived from the study of Western liberal democracies—applies to Asian cities. Appreciating that the region has undergone a distinctive trajectory of political development, and is currently governed under democratic or authoritarian regimes, the book articulates how post-political conditions have created obstacles or opportunities for civil society to assert its voice in urban governance. Chapters address the different ways in which Asian civil society groups strive to gain a stake in the development and management of cities, specifically by looking at their involvement in heritage and environmental governance, two inter-related components in discourses about establishing liveable cities for the future. By providing in-depth case studies examining the varying degrees to which post-political ideologies have been enacted in urban governance across Central, South, Southeast, and East Asia, this book offers a useful and timely resource for students and scholars interested in urban studies, political science, Asian studies, geography, and sociology.

The Politics of Civic Space in Asia

Author : Amrita Daniere
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1134040229
Total Pages : 256 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (34 download)

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Download or read book The Politics of Civic Space in Asia written by Amrita Daniere and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2008-09-25 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book explores how and why civic spaces are used by different communities in different cities of Asia in terms of their contribution to urban governance and public participation, and what role they play in the support or demise of communities.

Local Organizations and Urban Governance in East and Southeast Asia

Author : Benjamin L. Read
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1134006691
Total Pages : 204 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (34 download)

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Book Synopsis Local Organizations and Urban Governance in East and Southeast Asia by : Benjamin L. Read

Download or read book Local Organizations and Urban Governance in East and Southeast Asia written by Benjamin L. Read and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2009-06-02 with total page 204 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This edited collection brings together enterprising pieces of new research on the many forms of organization in East and Southeast Asia that are sponsored or mandated by government, but engage widespread participation at the grassroots level. Straddling the state-society divide, these organizations play important roles in society and politics, yet remain only dimly understood. This book shines a spotlight on this phenomenon, which speaks to fundamental questions about how such societies choose to organize themselves, how institutions of local governance change over time, and how individuals respond to and make use of the power of the state. The contributors investigate organizations ranging from volunteer-based organizations that partner with government in providing services for homeless children, to state-managed networks of neighborhood- or village-level associations that perform representative as well as administrative functions and seeks to answer a number of questions: When do the "vertical," top-down imperatives of the state stifle "horizontal" solidarities, and when might the two work in harmony? Are useful social and administrative purposes served by this type of fusion? Does it amplify or merely muffle citizens’ voices? What does it tell us about existing accounts of community, social capital, "synergy," "complementarity," "subsidiarity," and related concepts? Representing seven countries: China, Japan, Vietnam, Thailand, Indonesia, Taiwan, and Singapore this volume will be of interest to undergraduates, postgraduates and academics in Asian studies, political science, sociology, anthropology, development, history, nonprofit studies.

Routledge Handbook of Civil Society in Asia

Author : Akihiro Ogawa
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 135158734X
Total Pages : 783 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (515 download)

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Book Synopsis Routledge Handbook of Civil Society in Asia by : Akihiro Ogawa

Download or read book Routledge Handbook of Civil Society in Asia written by Akihiro Ogawa and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2017-09-27 with total page 783 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Routledge Handbook of Civil Society in Asia is an interdisciplinary resource, covering one of the most dynamically expanding sectors in contemporary Asia. Originally a product of Western thinking, civil society represents a particular set of relationships between the state and either society or the individual. Each culture, however, molds its own version of civil society, reflecting its most important values and traditions. This handbook provides a comprehensive survey of the directions and nuances of civil society, featuring contributions by leading specialists on Asian society from the fields of political science, sociology, anthropology, and other disciplines. Comprising thirty-five essays on critical topics and issues, it is divided into two main sections: Part I covers country specific reviews, including Japan, China, South Korea, India, and Singapore. Part II offers a series of thematic chapters, such as democratization, social enterprise, civic activism, and the media. As an analysis of Asian social, cultural, and political phenomena from the perspective of civil society in the post-World War IIera, this book will be useful to students and scholars of Asian Studies, Asian Politics, and Comparative Politics.

Authoritarianism and Civil Society in Asia

Author : Anthony J. Spires
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
ISBN 13 : 1000605493
Total Pages : 228 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (6 download)

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Download or read book Authoritarianism and Civil Society in Asia written by Anthony J. Spires and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2022-07-08 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book represents a pioneering interdisciplinary effort to analyze Asian civil society under authoritarianism, a regime type that is re-appearing or deepening after several decades of increased political liberalization. By organizing its approach into four main themes, this volume succinctly reveals the challenges facing civil society in authoritarian regimes, including: actions under political repression, transitions to democracy, uncivil society, political capture and legal control. It features in-depth analyses of a variety of Asian nations, from ‘hard’ authoritarian regimes, like China, to ‘electoral’ authoritarian regimes, like Cambodia, whilst also addressing countries experiencing democratic regression, such as the Philippines. By highlighting concrete responses and initiatives taken by civil society under authoritarianism, it advances the intellectual mandate of redefining Asia as a dynamic and interconnected formation and, moreover, as a space for the production of new theoretical insight. Contributing to our understanding of the tensions, dynamics, and potentialities that animate state-society relations in authoritarian regimes, this will be essential reading for students and scholars of civil society, authoritarianism, and Asian politics more generally.

Globalization, the City and Civil Society in Pacific Asia

Author : Mike Douglass
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1134151861
Total Pages : 380 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (341 download)

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Book Synopsis Globalization, the City and Civil Society in Pacific Asia by : Mike Douglass

Download or read book Globalization, the City and Civil Society in Pacific Asia written by Mike Douglass and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2007-10-29 with total page 380 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Globalization, the City and Civil Society in Pacific Asia presents a detailed examination of the underlying issues of urban life in the Far East. Leading authorities on globalization and politics in the region cover key themes of continuity and change: relationships between civil society and the production of urban spaces. Chapters focus on various types of ‘civic spaces’ that provide spaces for life that are autonomous from state and capital ten case studies explore a wide variety of contexts ranging from spaces where lower classes congregated in ancient Chinese cities to cyberspaces of the contemporary internet the history and role of civil society in social and political philosophies of societies in the Pacific Asia region tendencies and issues related to specific types of civic spaces in a given city. Several studies find that great stress has been placed on long-standing community and civic spaces common themes, patterns and issues as well as singularities of each particular context. In this way it can contribute to the broader (mostly Western) literature on society and space the future of cities in Pacific Asia from the perspective of civic space. Can civic spaces be routinely created rather than appropriated through civil society-state-economy struggles? Most research on globalization and civil society has focused on the West, this unique book brings together a tight analysis and a series of ten case studies on Pacific Asian countries. It also theorizes and empirically explores the relationships between civil society and the production of urban spaces.

Civil Society and Political Change in Asia

Author : Muthiah Alagappa
Publisher : Stanford University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780804750974
Total Pages : 556 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (59 download)

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Download or read book Civil Society and Political Change in Asia written by Muthiah Alagappa and published by Stanford University Press. This book was released on 2004 with total page 556 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A systematic investigation of the connection between civil society and political change in Asia - change toward open, participatory, and accountable politics. Its findings suggest that the link between a vibrant civil society and democracy is indeterminate: certain civil society organizations support democracy; thers could undermine it.

Civil Society and the State in Democratic East Asia

Author : David Chiavacci
Publisher : Amsterdam University Press
ISBN 13 : 9048551617
Total Pages : 320 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (485 download)

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Book Synopsis Civil Society and the State in Democratic East Asia by : David Chiavacci

Download or read book Civil Society and the State in Democratic East Asia written by David Chiavacci and published by Amsterdam University Press. This book was released on 2020-05-15 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume focuses on the new and diversifying interactions between civil society and the state in contemporary East Asia by including cases of entanglement and contention in the three fully consolidated democracies in the area: Japan, South Korea and Taiwan. The book argues that all three countries have reached a new era of post high-growth and mature democracy, leading to new social anxieties and increasing normative diversity, which have direct repercussions on the relationship between the state and civil society. It introduces a comparative perspective in identifying and discussing similarities and differences in East Asia based on in-depth case studies in the fields of environmental issues, national identities as well as neoliberalism and social inclusion that go beyond the classic dichotomy of state vs "liberal" civil society.

Cities in Motion

Author : Su Lin Lewis
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1316720756
Total Pages : 324 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (167 download)

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Download or read book Cities in Motion written by Su Lin Lewis and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2016-07-19 with total page 324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the 1920s and 1930s, the port-cities of Southeast Asia were staging grounds for diverse groups of ordinary citizens to experiment with modernity, as a rising Japan and American capitalism challenged the predominance of European empires after the First World War. Both migrants and locals played a pivotal role in shaping civic culture. Moving away from a nationalist reading of the period, Su Lin Lewis explores layers of cross-cultural interaction in various spheres: the urban built environment, civic associations, print media, education, popular culture and the emergence of the modern woman. While the book focuses on Penang, Rangoon and Bangkok - three cities born amidst British expansion to the region - it explores connected experiences across Asia and in Asian intellectual enclaves in Europe. Cosmopolitan sensibilities were severely tested in the era of post-colonial nationalism, but are undergoing a resurgence in Southeast Asia's civil society and creative class today.

Political Participation in Asia

Author : Eva Hansson
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1351622463
Total Pages : 216 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (516 download)

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Download or read book Political Participation in Asia written by Eva Hansson and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2017-10-16 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A combination of economic transformation, political transitions and changes in media have substantially, if incrementally, altered the terrain for political participation globally, particularly in Asia, home to several of the most dramatic such shifts over the past two decades. This book explores political participation in Asia and how democracy and authoritarianism function under neoliberal economic relations. It examines changes that coincide seemingly perversely with a participation explosion: with mass street protests and ‘occupations’, energetic online contention, movements of students and workers, mobilization for and against democracy and more. Organized thematically in three parts – political participation in a ‘post-democratic’ context, changes in the scope and character of political space and the policing of that space – this book analyzes economic, regime and media shifts and how they function in tandem and both within and across states. Closely integrated, comparative and theoretically driven, this book will be of interest to scholars and practitioners in the fields of civil society, contentious politics or social movements, democratization, political economy/development, media and communications, political geography, sociology, comparative politics and Asian politics.

Civil Society in Southeast Asia

Author : Lee Hock Guan
Publisher : Flipside Digital Content Company Inc.
ISBN 13 : 9814517429
Total Pages : 297 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (145 download)

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Download or read book Civil Society in Southeast Asia written by Lee Hock Guan and published by Flipside Digital Content Company Inc.. This book was released on 2003-08-01 with total page 297 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What is the relevance of civil society to people empowerment, effective governance, and deepening democracy? This book addresses this question by examining the activities and public participation of non-governmental organizations (NGOs) in the areas of religion, ethnicity, gender and the environment. Examples are taken from Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam. State regimes' attempts to co-opt the concept or reject it as alien to "e;Asian values"e; have apparently not turned out as expected. This is evident from the fact that many Southeast Asian citizens are inspired by the civil society concept and now engage in public discourse and participation. The experience of civil society in Southeast Asia shows that its impact -- or lack of impact -- on democratization and democracy depends on a variety of factors not only within civil society itself, but also within the state.

Southeast Asia and the Civil Society Gaze

Author : Gabi Waibel
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1134634293
Total Pages : 312 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (346 download)

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Download or read book Southeast Asia and the Civil Society Gaze written by Gabi Waibel and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-11-20 with total page 312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As developing countries with recent histories of isolation and extreme poverty, followed by restoration and reform, both Cambodia and Vietnam have seen new opportunities and demands for non-state actors to engage in and manage the effects of rapid socio-economic transformation. This book examines how in both countries, civil society actors and the state manage their relationship to one another in an environment that is continuously shaped and (re)constructed by changing legislation, collaboration and negotiation, advocacy and protest, and social control. Further, it explores the countries’ divergent experiences whilst also uncovering the underlying basis and drivers of civil society activity that are shared by Cambodia and Vietnam. Crucially, this book engages with the contested nature of civil society and how it is socially constructed through research and development activities, by looking at contemporary discourses and manifestations of civil society in the two countries, including national and community-level organisations, associations, and networks that operate in a variety of sectors, such as gender, the environment and health. Drawing on extensive fieldwork conducted in Cambodia and Vietnam, this book will be of huge interest to students and scholars of Southeast Asian studies, Southeast Asian politics, development studies and civil society.

Asian Cities in an Era of Decentralisation

Author : Michelle Ann Miller
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1134908695
Total Pages : 168 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (349 download)

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Download or read book Asian Cities in an Era of Decentralisation written by Michelle Ann Miller and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2016-03-16 with total page 168 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book critically engages with the idea of decentralization as empowering cities and their residents to act innovatively and creatively. The contributions thus highlight how the term ‘empowerment’ in the context of decentralization regimes masks a competing array of intentions and agendas. Who and what are ‘empowered’, given a ‘voice’ and allowed to ‘participate’ via the processes and structures of decentralization (and to what ends) are too frequently assumed in normative conversations about ‘bringing government closer to the people’ and ‘community driven development’. Creating an illusion of a shared language and common set of priorities therefore obscures more complex realities, particularly when there is a disconnect between the official goals of decentralization and civil society aspirations that reinforces politics of exclusion at the grassroots. Equally, official processes of decentralization can, and often are, accompanied by less visible processes of ‘recentralization’ through the reassertion of central state control over putatively autonomous jurisdictions. Through studies in six Asian countries (India, the Philippines, Indonesia, Bangladesh, Thailand and Japan) the essays in this book examine cases whereby a range of urban actors and institutions have been ‘empowered’ via decentralization, and how this realignment of local power relations impacts upon the dynamics of urban governance, albeit not always in socially progressive ways. This book was published as a special issue of Space and Polity.

The Dynamics of Social Capital and Civic Engagement in Asia

Author : Amrita Daniere
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1136456554
Total Pages : 299 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (364 download)

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Book Synopsis The Dynamics of Social Capital and Civic Engagement in Asia by : Amrita Daniere

Download or read book The Dynamics of Social Capital and Civic Engagement in Asia written by Amrita Daniere and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2012-02-13 with total page 299 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The purpose of this volume is to highlight the impacts on civic engagement of social capital, and its various component parts (trust, norms, networks and associations), in diverse parts of Asia. Addressing the pressing need for improved governance within the spatial, political and cultural realities in the rapidly transforming landscapes of Asia, the contributors to the book bring together interdisciplinary work that focuses on the ways in which civic engagement can link with social capital building. The goal of this volume is to inspire policy that recognizes that a vibrant society with access to rich stores of positive social capital requires civil society, alternate civilities and the state. The result is a dialogue on the interplay of social capital and civic engagement in socio-political contexts quite different from those found in the West. This book contributes to current discussions about the nature of social relations and their connection to politics and change and offers a unique lens into the validity of these important concepts in contemporary research across a variety of Asian settings. It will be of interest to social scientists across the board, especially those with an interest in Asia and Asian development.

Civil Life, Globalization and Political Change in Asia

Author : Robert P. Weller
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1134291094
Total Pages : 224 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (342 download)

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Download or read book Civil Life, Globalization and Political Change in Asia written by Robert P. Weller and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2004-08-02 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Academics and policy makers have grown increasingly interested in the ways that non-governmental organizations (NGOs) may encourage better governance, democratic politics, and perhaps ultimately a global civil society. In Civil Life, Globalization and Political Change in Asia, Robert Weller has brought together an international group of experts on the subject, whose chapters address these questions through a series of extensive case studies from East and Southeast Asia including Japan, China, South Korea, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Singapore, Indonesia and Vietnam.

Civil Society and the State in Democratic East Asia

Author : David Chiavacci
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9789463723930
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (239 download)

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Download or read book Civil Society and the State in Democratic East Asia written by David Chiavacci and published by . This book was released on 2020 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Civil Society and the State in Democratic East Asia: Between Entanglement and Contention in Post High Growth focuses on the new and diversifying interactions between civil society and the state in contemporary East Asia by including cases of entanglement and contention in the three fully consolidated democracies in the area: Japan, South Korea and Taiwan. The contributions to this book argue that all three countries have reached a new era of post high growth and mature democracy, leading to new social anxieties and increasing normative diversity, which have direct repercussions on the relationship between the state and civil society. It introduces a comparative perspective in identifying and discussing similarities and differences in East Asia based on in-depth case studies in the fields of environmental issues, national identities as well as neoliberalism and social inclusion that go beyond the classic dichotomy of state vs 'liberal' civil society.

Democracy and Civil Society in Asia

Author : Fahim Quadir
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 0230285910
Total Pages : 226 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (32 download)

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Download or read book Democracy and Civil Society in Asia written by Fahim Quadir and published by Springer. This book was released on 2004-03-18 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This collection explores the possibilities for expanding and consolidating existing democratic spaces in Asia, under the pressure of market reforms. It provides new insights into the prospects for democratic consolidations in the region. The book explores the ways of going beyond the official and elitist discourses on constitutional democracy and economic development. It analyzes the complex challenges of deepening poverty and highlights the obstacles to the empowerment of marginalized communities, including women and ethno-religious minorities. The authors of this volume suggest ways to engender development through grassroots democracy in the new millennium.