1st Edition
Varieties of Civil Society Across Asia
This book explores civil societies with distinct characteristics in Asian countries and regions to redefine the dynamic and interconnected formation that is Asia.
This book documents how civil society organizations, such as charities and foundations, across Asia which have traditionally been observed to imitate or borrow the methods employed by Western nongovernmental organizations, have been developing distinctive relations with the state, inventing novel civic techniques. Furthermore, it highlights how such organizations have created a characteristic framework for governance and spaces for new social practices and reflections. Reflecting on the historical backgrounds, political systems, and cultural settings, each case study reveals the diverse and alternative approaches and solutions to various issues facing contemporary Asian society.
Studying the dynamism of Asia to highlight the emergence of new civil society practices this book will be a great interest to scholars and students of Asian Studies, Anthropology, Sociology & Political Science.
Introduction. Varieties of Civil Society Across Asia
Akihiro Ogawa and Anthony J. Spires
Part I: Challenges
1. Civic space and emergency powers in the time of the pandemic: The case of Thailand
Rawin Leelapatana
2. On the verge of an economic collapse and an uprising: Changing character of Sri Lankan CSOs
Udan Fernando, Jude Fernando, and Bodh Maathura
3. Mobilizing for press freedom in Duterte’s Philippines: Conditions for success and its challenges
David Lozada
Part II: Civic Techniques
4. Win a victory without a battle”: China’s crackdown on civil society in post-NSL Hong Kong
Yan-ho Lai
5. The shifting nature of transnational civil society in China: What have we learned?
Stephen Noakes
6. Domestic violence, sex abuse, and civil society in Japan
Machiko Osawa and Jeff Kingston
7. Searching for self, searching for nation: New Bloom and belonging in Taiwan
Bonnie Jin and Ian Rowen
8. Low hanging fruit: Asian migrant grassroots organizations and their views of the Global Compact on Migration
Jorge V. Tigno
Part III: Governance
9. Conceptualizing the role of civil society in Ganges-Brahmaputra basin governance
M. Anwar Hossen
10. New forms of active citizen participation to regenerate cities: Systematic analysis of co-city literature and projects in Asia
Herlin Chien
Part IV: New Societal Practices and Reflexive Space
11. Civil society and poverty: Contextual challenges in Cambodia
Ruth Phillips, Geri Mason, and Deanna Davy
12. Japanese international NGOs in Asia: The reflexive outcomes of regional activism
Simon Avenell
13. Civil society and the state in making a wartime history: History of Japanese women repatriated from Manchuria
Mayuko Itoh
Biography
Akihiro Ogawa is Professor of Japanese Studies at the University of Melbourne, Australia.
Anthony J. Spires is Associate Professor and Deputy Director of the Centre for Contemporary Chinese Studies at the University of Melbourne, Australia.
