Routledge Studies on Civil Society in Asia

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1. Prospects for the Professions in China

   Edited by William P Alford, William Kirby, Kenneth Winston

   Series: Routledge Studies on Civil Society in Asia

   Professionals are a growing group in China and increasingly make their presence felt in governance and civil society. At the same time, however, professionals in the West are under increasing pressure from commercialism or scepticism about their ability to rise above self-interest. This book...

   Published September 30th 2010 by Routledge
2. (Un) Civil Society and Political Change in Indonesia

   A Contested Arena

   By Verena Beittinger-Lee

   Series: Routledge Studies on Civil Society in Asia

   (Un) Civil Society and Political Change in Indonesia provides critical analysis of Indonesia’s civil society and its impact on the country’s democratization efforts that does not only take the classical, pro-democratic actors of civil society into account but also portrays uncivil groups and their...

   Published October 14th 2009 by Routledge
3. Local Organizations and Urban Governance in East and Southeast Asia

   Straddling state and society

   Edited by Benjamin L. Read, Robert Pekkanen

   Series: Routledge Studies on Civil Society in Asia

   This edited collection brings together enterprising pieces of new research on the many forms of organization in East and Southeast Asia that are sponsored or mandated by government, but engage widespread participation at the grassroots level. Straddling the state-society divide, these organizations...

   Published May 25th 2009 by Routledge