This interdisciplinary book offers a new analysis of the concepts, spaces and practices of activism that emerge under diverse authoritarian modes of governance in Asia.
This interdisciplinary book offers a new analysis of the concepts, spaces and practices of activism that emerge under diverse authoritarian modes of governance in Asia.
Amy Barrow is Senior Lecturer at Macquarie Law School, member of the Centre for Agency, Values and Ethics, and co-leader of the Activism, Rights and Justice Research Stream in the Faculty of Arts, Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia. Sara Fuller is Associate Professor in the Discipline of Geography and Planning at Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia. Her research explores climate change, justice, and activism in the Asia Pacific region.
Inhaltsangabe
Part 1: Concepts of Activism in Asia 1. Social movements amidst autocratization 2. Communication practices in Vietnamese non-government organisations as civic actions 3. Shifting boundaries of development and activism? The case of Sombath Somphone 4. Citizen science as an alternative form of environmental contention in China: The case of Zero Waste Alliance Part 2: Spaces of Activism in Asia 5. Asserting citizenship, claiming space: Activism and repression in majoritarian India 6. Beyond the courtroom: Lawyer activism and resistance in Hong Kong 7. The Constitutional Court and civic activism in polarised Thailand since 2014: Turning back time? 8. Transnational advocacy against China's atrocities in Xinjiang 9. Challenging digital authoritarianism: Milk Tea Alliance and transnational solidarity Part 3: Practices of Activism in Asia 10. A "leaderless but leader-full" movement: Social mobilisation in the 2019 Hong Kong protests 11. Activist films: How grassroots activists shape the construction of national identity 12. Flirting with gender purrspectives: Contemporary women's activist comics in the Philippines 13. Investigating the activist potentials of "gay manga" in Japan and the Philippines
Part 1: Concepts of Activism in Asia 1. Social movements amidst autocratization 2. Communication practices in Vietnamese non-government organisations as civic actions 3. Shifting boundaries of development and activism? The case of Sombath Somphone 4. Citizen science as an alternative form of environmental contention in China: The case of Zero Waste Alliance Part 2: Spaces of Activism in Asia 5. Asserting citizenship, claiming space: Activism and repression in majoritarian India 6. Beyond the courtroom: Lawyer activism and resistance in Hong Kong 7. The Constitutional Court and civic activism in polarised Thailand since 2014: Turning back time? 8. Transnational advocacy against China's atrocities in Xinjiang 9. Challenging digital authoritarianism: Milk Tea Alliance and transnational solidarity Part 3: Practices of Activism in Asia 10. A "leaderless but leader-full" movement: Social mobilisation in the 2019 Hong Kong protests 11. Activist films: How grassroots activists shape the construction of national identity 12. Flirting with gender purrspectives: Contemporary women's activist comics in the Philippines 13. Investigating the activist potentials of "gay manga" in Japan and the Philippines
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