Transnational Activism in Asia: Problems of Power and Democracy - Brossura

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ISBN 10: 0415543584 ISBN 13: 9780415543583

Casa editrice: Routledge, 2009

Riassunto

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.

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L'autore:

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

Contenuti:

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

Su questa edizione

• Editore: Routledge
• Data di pubblicazione: 2009
• ISBN 10: 0415543584
• ISBN 13: 9780415543583
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero edizione: 1
• Numero di pagine: 216
• Redattore: Piper Nicola