Transnational civil society in Asia : the potential of grassroots regionalization
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Transnational civil society in Asia : the potential of grassroots regionalization
(Routledge contemporary Asia series, 76)
Routledge, 2022
- : hbk
Available at 5 libraries
  Aomori
  Iwate
  Miyagi
  Akita
  Yamagata
  Fukushima
  Ibaraki
  Tochigi
  Gunma
  Saitama
  Chiba
  Tokyo
  Kanagawa
  Niigata
  Toyama
  Ishikawa
  Fukui
  Yamanashi
  Nagano
  Gifu
  Shizuoka
  Aichi
  Mie
  Shiga
  Kyoto
  Osaka
  Hyogo
  Nara
  Wakayama
  Tottori
  Shimane
  Okayama
  Hiroshima
  Yamaguchi
  Tokushima
  Kagawa
  Ehime
  Kochi
  Fukuoka
  Saga
  Nagasaki
  Kumamoto
  Oita
  Miyazaki
  Kagoshima
  Okinawa
  Korea
  China
  Thailand
  United Kingdom
  Germany
  Switzerland
  France
  Belgium
  Netherlands
  Sweden
  Norway
  United States of America
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Includes bibliographical references and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
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.
The contributors conceive of transnational civil society networks as constructive vehicles for both informing and persuading governments and businesses to adopt, modify, or abandon certain policies or positions. This volume investigates the role of such networks through a range of interdisciplinary approaches, bringing together case studies on Asian transnationalism from South, Southeast, and Northeast Asia across four key themes: local transformations and connections, diaspora politics, cross-regional initiatives and networks, and global actors and influences. Chapters demonstrate how transnational civil society is connecting people in local communities across Asia, in parallel to ongoing tensions between nation-states and civil society. By highlighting the grassroots regionalization emerging from ever-intensifying information exchange between civil society actors across borders - as well as concrete transnational initiatives uniting actors across Asia - the volume advances the intellectual mandate of redefining 'Asia' as a dynamic and interconnected formation.
Transnational Civil Society in Asia will appeal to students and scholars of international relations, politics and Asian studies more broadly.
Table of Contents
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
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