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This book represents a pioneering interdisciplinary effort to analyse Asian civil society under authoritarianism, a regime type that is re-appearing or deepening after several decades of increased political liberalisation.
List of contents
Introduction: Civil Society in Asia: Challenging and Navigating the Boundaries of Authoritarianism, Part 1: Actions under Political Repression, 1. A ‘Leader-Full’ Movement under Authoritarianism: Mobilization Networks in Hong Kong’s Anti-Extradition Movement, 2. The Gravitational Pull between Liberalism and Authoritarianism in Thailand’s Colour-Coded Politics: Civil Society in a Binary Star System, 3. Philippine Civil Society and Democratic Regression under Duterte: Connivance, Resistance, and Legacies of Elite Co-optation in the Context of a Weak State, 4. Authoritarian Neoliberalism and Resistance of the Anti-Nuclear Movement in Turkey, 5. Before and After Hell’s Interval: Sri Lankan Civil Society Under Near-Authoritarian Regimes, Part 2: Transitions to Democracy, 6. Relevance in a State of flux: Civil Society and Environmental Protection in Kazakhstan, 7. Challenges for Myanmar’s Civil Society: Depoliticization and Yangon’s Urban Development under the NLD Government, 8. Backsliding to Authoritarianism in Japan? State and Civil Responses to Experiences of Japanese Women Repatriated from Manchuria, Part 3: Uncivil Society, 9. North Korean Civil (and Uncivil) Society in South Korea, 10. Uncivil Society: Religious Organizations, Mobocracy and Authoritarianism in Asia, Part 4: Political Capture and Legal Control, 11. Governing the Limits of Civil Society in Cambodia and Myanmar, 12. Built on Shifting Sands: INGOs and Their Survival in China, 13. Can Mass Organizations Help Strengthen Authoritarian Power in Rural Vietnam?
Summary
This book represents a pioneering interdisciplinary effort to analyse Asian civil society under authoritarianism, a regime type that is re-appearing or deepening after several decades of increased political liberalisation.
