Transnational Civil Society in Asia (eBook, ePUB)

The Potential of Grassroots Regionalization
Redaktion: Avenell, Simon; Ogawa, Akihiro

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

This edited volume addresses how transnational interactions among civil society actors in Asia and its sub-regions are helping to strengthen common democratic values and transform dominant processes of policymaking and corporate capitalism in the region.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 242
• Erscheinungstermin: 22. Juli 2021
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781000409901
• Artikelnr.: 61952059

Autorenporträt

Simon Avenell is a Professor at the Australian National University. He studies Japanese history, civil society, environmentalism, and transnationalism. He has published in leading journals, including The Journal of Japanese Studies and Environmental History. His most recent book is Transnational Japan in the Global Environmental Movement (2017). Akihiro Ogawa is Professor of Japanese Studies at the University of Melbourne's Asia Institute. His major research interest is in contemporary Japanese society, focusing on civil society.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction: Transnational Civil Society in Asia Part 1: 1. Translocal
Civil Society and Grassroots Resilience: A Case Study of the
Fukushima-Cairns Recuperation Initiative 2. The Hardest of Hard Cases:
Transnational Mobilization and Civil Society in China 3. Unethical
Politics: Japan's Nuclear Technology Export to Turkey and Transnational
Antinuclear Networks 4. Japanese Civil Society and Asian Transnationalism:
Bringing the Region In Part 2: 5. Freedom of Expression in Myanmar and
Transnational Civil Society 6. Dealing with Human Trafficking: Connecting
Civil Society in Singapore with Asia 7. Transnational Neoliberalism in
Asian Civil Society: Microfinance and poverty in Cambodia 8. Overseas
Filipino Workers as Transnational Constituents: Legislative Politics of
Divorce in the Philippines Part 3: 9. Diaspora to the Rescue: The Role of
Civil Society Groups in Helping Indians Stranded by the COVID-19 pandemic
10. Promoting Pluralism through Development: Transnational Initiatives of
the Aga Khan Development Network 11. Remote-controlled Domestic Politics?
Sri Lankan Migrant Workers and Diaspora as a New Form of Transnational
Civil Society 12. Conclusion: Romance and Tragedy in the Telling of
Transnational Asian Civil Society