Civil Life, Globalization and Political Change in Asia Organizing between Family and State
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Robert P. Weller is Professor of Anthropology at Boston University, USA<p>"Robert Weller's collection of essays on globalization and civil life in Asia is certainly timely and is likely to receive attention from a wide range of scholars, activists, and government agencies interested in understanding better how Asia's much-heralded economic growth has become reflected in politics...the book makes some significant contributions to understanding how civil life is developing in countries as diverse as Viet Nam, Taiwan, and Indonesia." <strong>-- James H. Spencer, <em>Globalizations</em>, March 2008, Vol. 5, No. 1</strong></p>
Academics and policy makers have grown increasingly interested in the ways that non-governmental organizations (NGOs) may encourage better governance, democratic politics, and perhaps ultimately a global civil society. In Civil Life,Globalization and Political Change in Asia, Robert Weller has brought together an international group of experts on the subject, whose chapters address these questions through a series of extensive case studies from East and Southeast Asia including Japan, China, South Korea, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Singapore, Indonesia and Vietnam.
Acknowledgements 1. Introduction: Civil Institutions and the State 2. Development of NGOs under a Post-Totalitarian Regime: The Case of China 3. NGOs, the State, and Democracy under Globalization: The Case of Taiwan 4. Friends and Critics of the State: The Case of Hong Kong 5. Civil Associations and Autonomy under Three Regimes: The Boundaries of State and Society in Hong Kong, Taiwan, and China 6. From State-Centric to Negotiated Governance: NGOs as Policy Entrepreneurs in South Korea 7. The Development of NGO Activities in Japan: A New Civil Culture and Institutionalization in Civic Action 8. The State, Local Associations, and Alternate Civilities in Rural Northern Vietnam 9. Non-Government Organizations and Democratic Transition in Indonesia 10. Constrained NGOs and Arrested Democratization in Singapore Index Notes on Contributors