Transnational Civil Society in Asia: The Potential of Grassroots Regionalization

ISBN-13: 9780367627119 / Angielski / Twarda / 2021 / 226 str.

Simon Avenell; Akihiro Ogawa

Opis

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.

Spis treści

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