Transnational Activism in Asia

Problems of Power and Democracy
Herausgeber: Piper, Nicola; Uhlin, Anders

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book provides new perspectives on transnational activism with a specific regional focus on Asia. By offering an innovative approach, its theoretical chapters and empirical case studies examine macro as well as micro aspects of power and how cross-border activities of civil society groups are related to problems of democracy.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd (Sales)
• Seitenzahl: 212
• Erscheinungstermin: 27. Februar 2009
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 12mm
• Gewicht: 308g
• ISBN-13: 9780415543583
• ISBN-10: 0415543584
• Artikelnr.: 26683029

Autorenporträt

Nicola Piper is Research Fellow at the Australian National University in Canberra. Anders Uhlin is Associate Professor of Political Science at University College, Stockholm.

Inhaltsangabe

1. New Perspectives on Transnational Activism 2. State Power and
Transnational Activism 3. Governance Regimes and the Politics of Discursive
Representation 4. Transnational Activism, Institutions, and Global
Democratization 5. World Citizenship and Transnational Activism 6.
Transnational Activism and Electronic Communication: Cyber-Rainbow-Warriors
in Action 7. Putting Transnational Activism in its Place: HIV/AIDS in the
Indonesia-Malaysia-Singapore Growth Triangle and Beyond 8. Transnational
Activism by Malaysians: Foci, Tradeoffs, and Implications 9. Transnational
Activism and the Pursuit of Democratization in Indonesia: National,
Regional and Global Networks 10. 'Democratization' in Taiwan and Its
Discontents: Transnational Activism as a Critique