Civil Society in Asia
eBook - ePub

Civil Society in Asia

In Search of Democracy and Development in Bangladesh

  1. 240 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

Civil Society in Asia

In Search of Democracy and Development in Bangladesh

About this book

In East and Southeast Asia, the creation of civil society is a crucial yet most difficult issue. Europeans have had the luxury of centuries in a slow-moving world characterised by weak governments in which the foundation institutions, norms and values of civil society could ferment and develop. Asia, however, faces this task when a nation's currency can devalue in seconds, destabilising its government, and when states have far more effective means of surveillance, suppression and terror. This book examines these issues and shows that a better understanding of civil society in the Asian context is central to promoting contemporary political, social and economic reform in Asia. It will appeal to students and teachers of politics, law and sociology because it provides new perspectives on how to understand civil society drawing on Asian examples, as well as indications for rethinking what civil society means in Asia. Individual chapters combine theoretical and empirical issues in a way which fills a major gap in the literature. Henceforth, works about 'civil society' will need to take more account of the Asian evidence and Asianists will need to have a clear idea of what civil society in Asia means.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Half Title
  3. Title Page
  4. Copyright Page
  5. Table of Contents
  6. List of Tables
  7. List of Contributors
  8. Acknowledgements
  9. 1 Civil Society in Asia
  10. 2 Problematizing European Theories of Civil Society
  11. 3 Non-Transformative Politics: Civil Society in Singapore
  12. 4 Thorns in the Flesh: Civil Society as Democratizing Agent in Malaysia
  13. 5 Civil Society and Political Reform in Malaysia
  14. 6 Civil Society and Democratization in Indonesia: The Transition Under President Wahid and Beyond
  15. 7 Thai Civil Society: Exploring a Diverse and Complex Landscape
  16. 8 Civil Society in the Philippines: Struggling for Sustainability
  17. 9 The Making of a Nascent Civil Society in China
  18. 10 The Taiwanese Business Association in the People’s Republic of China
  19. 11 The Transformation of Chinese Civil Associations in Taiwan, Hong Kong and South China
  20. 12 NGOs and Democratization in Taiwan: Their Interactive Roles in Building a Viable Civil Society
  21. 13 Unraveling Civil Society in South Korea: Old Discourses and New Visions
  22. 14 Civil Society in Japan
  23. Postscript: An Agenda for Further Research Wayne Hudson and David C. Schak
  24. Index