Civil society and political change in Asia: expanding and contracting democratic space

✍ Scribed by Alagappa, Muthiah

• Publisher: Stanford University Press
• Year: 2004
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 552
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

Civil society and political change : an analytical framework / Muthiah Alagappa -- Indonesia : transformation of civil society and democratic breakthrough / Edward Aspinall -- The Philippines : fractious civil society and competing visions of democracy / Jennifer C. Franco -- South Korea : confrontational legacy and democratic contributions / Sunhyuk Kim -- Taiwan : no civil society, no democracy / Yun Fan -- India : expanding and contracting democratic space / Amitabh Behar and Aseem Prakash -- Japan : social capital without advocacy / Robert Pekkanen -- Malaysia : construction of counterhegemonic narratives and agendas / Meredith L. Weiss -- Sri Lanka : ethnic domination, violence, and illiberal democracy / Neil Devotta -- Singapore : engagement and autonomy within the political status quo / Suzaina Kadir -- Pakistan : civil society in the service of an authoritarian state / Aqil Shah -- Burma : civil society skirting regime rules / Kyaw Yin Hlaing -- China : the limits of civil society in a late Leninist state / Mary E. Gallagher -- The nonstate public sphere in Asia : dynamic growth, institutionalization lag / Muthiah Alagappa -- Civil society and democratic change : indeterminate connection, transforming relations / Muthiah Alagappa.

✦ Table of Contents

Civil society and political change : an analytical framework / Muthiah Alagappa --
Indonesia : transformation of civil society and democratic breakthrough / Edward Aspinall --
The Philippines : fractious civil society and competing visions of democracy / Jennifer C. Franco --
South Korea : confrontational legacy and democratic contributions / Sunhyuk Kim --
Taiwan : no civil society, no democracy / Yun Fan --
India : expanding and contracting democratic space / Amitabh Behar and Aseem Prakash --
Japan : social capital without advocacy / Robert Pekkanen --
Malaysia : construction of counterhegemonic narratives and agendas / Meredith L. Weiss --
Sri Lanka : ethnic domination, violence, and illiberal democracy / Neil Devotta --
Singapore : engagement and autonomy within the political status quo / Suzaina Kadir --
Pakistan : civil society in the service of an authoritarian state / Aqil Shah --
Burma : civil society skirting regime rules / Kyaw Yin Hlaing --
China : the limits of civil society in a late Leninist state / Mary E. Gallagher --
The nonstate public sphere in Asia : dynamic growth, institutionalization lag / Muthiah Alagappa --
Civil society and democratic change : indeterminate connection, transforming relations / Muthiah Alagappa.

✦ Subjects

Bürgerliche Gesellschaft;Changement politique;Civil society--Asia;Démocratie;Démocratisation--Asie;Démocratisation politique;Democratization--Asia;Demokratisierung;Mouvements sociaux--Asie;Non-governmental organizations--Asia;Organisations non gouvernementales--Asie;Social movements--Asia;SOCIAL SCIENCE--Essays;Société civile;Société civile--Asie;Non-governmental organizations;Social movements;Civil society;Democratization;Electronic books;Civil society -- Asia;Democratization -- Asia;Non-govern