1st Edition

Varieties of Civil Society Across Asia

Edited By Akihiro Ogawa, Anthony Spires Copyright 2025
236 Pages 10 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

226 Pages 10 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

236 Pages 10 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

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... Read more

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.