Varieties of Civil Society Across Asia (eBook, ePUB)

Redaktion: Ogawa, Akihiro; Spires, Anthony

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

This book explores civil societies with distinct characteristics in Asian countries and regions to redefine the dynamic and interconnected formation that is Asia.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Erscheinungstermin: 31. August 2024
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781040104972
• Artikelnr.: 72272601

Autorenporträt

Akihiro Ogawa is Professor of Japanese Studies at the University of Melbourne, Australia. Anthony J. Spires is Associate Professor at the Centre for Contemporary Chinese Studies at the University of Melbourne, Australia.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction. Varieties of Civil Society Across Asia Part I: Challenges 1.
Civic space and emergency powers in the time of the pandemic: The case of
Thailand 2. On the verge of an economic collapse and an uprising: Changing
character of Sri Lankan CSOs 3. Mobilizing for press freedom in Duterte's
Philippines: Conditions for success and its challenges Part II: Civic
Techniques 4. Win a victory without a battle": China's crackdown on civil
society in post-NSL Hong Kong 5. The shifting nature of transnational civil
society in China: What have we learned? 6. Domestic violence, sex abuse,
and civil society in Japan 7. Searching for self, searching for nation: New
Bloom and belonging in Taiwan 8. Low hanging fruit: Asian migrant
grassroots organizations and their views of the Global Compact on Migration
Part III: Governance 9. Conceptualizing the role of civil society in
Ganges-Brahmaputra basin governance 10. New forms of active citizen
participation to regenerate cities: Systematic analysis of co-city
literature and projects in Asia Part IV: New Societal Practices and
Reflexive Space 11. Civil society and poverty: Contextual challenges in
Cambodia 12. Japanese international NGOs in Asia: The reflexive outcomes of
regional activism 13. Civil society and the state in making a wartime
history: History of Japanese women repatriated from Manchuria