Activism and Authoritarian Governance in Asia (eBook, PDF)

Redaktion: Barrow, Amy; Fuller, Sara

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

This interdisciplinary book offers a new analysis of the concepts, spaces and practices of activism that emerge under diverse authoritarian modes of governance in Asia.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 242
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. September 2022
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781000653663
• Artikelnr.: 65267365

Autorenporträt

Amy Barrow is Senior Lecturer at Macquarie Law School, member of the Centre for Agency, Values and Ethics, and co-leader of the Activism, Rights and Justice Research Stream in the Faculty of Arts, Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia. Sara Fuller is Associate Professor in the Discipline of Geography and Planning at Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia. Her research explores climate change, justice, and activism in the Asia Pacific region.

Inhaltsangabe

Part 1: Concepts of Activism in Asia 1. Social movements amidst
autocratization 2. Communication practices in Vietnamese non-government
organisations as civic actions 3. Shifting boundaries of development and
activism? The case of Sombath Somphone 4. Citizen science as an alternative
form of environmental contention in China: The case of Zero Waste Alliance
Part 2: Spaces of Activism in Asia 5. Asserting citizenship, claiming
space: Activism and repression in majoritarian India 6. Beyond the
courtroom: Lawyer activism and resistance in Hong Kong 7. The
Constitutional Court and civic activism in polarised Thailand since 2014:
Turning back time? 8. Transnational advocacy against China's atrocities in
Xinjiang 9. Challenging digital authoritarianism: Milk Tea Alliance and
transnational solidarity Part 3: Practices of Activism in Asia 10. A
"leaderless but leader-full" movement: Social mobilisation in the 2019 Hong
Kong protests 11. Activist films: How grassroots activists shape the
construction of national identity 12. Flirting with gender purrspectives:
Contemporary women's activist comics in the Philippines 13. Investigating
the activist potentials of "gay manga" in Japan and the Philippines