Political Participation in Asia : Defining and Deploying Political Space.
Hansson, Eva.
Political Participation in Asia : Defining and Deploying Political Space. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (231 pages) - Routledge Contemporary Asia Series . - Routledge Contemporary Asia Series .
Cover -- Half Title -- Series Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Figures -- Tables -- Acknowledgements -- Abbreviations -- Contributors -- Part 1 Post-democratic political participation -- Chapter 1 Conceptualizing political space and mobilization -- Conceptualizing political space and participation -- Towards a synthesis -- Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 2 Politics and businessification: The struggle for civil society -- Conceptualizing civil society -- The rise of post-democratic politics -- Making the business of the state the business of business -- The struggle for the organizations of civil society -- Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- Chapter 3 Post-democracy and political space: Lessons from the Korean experience -- Interrogating post-democracy -- Frustrations of Korean democratization -- Political space -- Confronting egalitarian politics -- A Korean Thermidor? -- Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- Part 2 Expanding and contesting political space -- Chapter 4 Moral discourse and China's evolving enterprise society -- The politico-economic agenda of marketization and the 1989 upheaval -- Moral discourse of China's evolving enterprise society -- The moral discourse of Confucian harmony and stability -- The securitization and monitoring of enterprise society lest moralism fail -- Concluding remarks -- Notes -- References -- Chapter 5 Reshaping political space and workers' mobilization in South Korea -- Four forms of workers' associational power -- Democratic transition and workers' struggles in 1987 -- Building associational power resources -- Globalization and workers' politics -- Mobilization from the margins -- Conclusion -- Note -- References -- Chapter 6 The new meaning of political participation in cyberspace: Social media and collective action in Vietnam's authoritarianism. The ascendency of social media -- Social media as a political arena -- The case of 6700 people for 6700 trees -- Response by the party-state -- The limits of social media for civil society activism -- Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- Chapter 7 Consumer space as political space: Liquid Islamism in Malaysia and Indonesia -- The politics of place-making in Depok, Indonesia -- The politics of place-making in Bangi, Malaysia -- Ethical consumption and liquid politics -- Spaces of liquid Islamism -- Notes -- References -- Part 3 The policing of political space -- Chapter 8 Political discourse on the Internet in China: A multifarious virtual space -- A multifarious virtual space -- Definitions and propositions -- The Internet in China: history and context -- Online activities -- Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- Chapter 9 When democracy is questioned: Competing democratic principles and struggles for democracy in Thailand -- Democracy and politics of morality -- Consent and coercion: Policing democratic movements in the name of 'happiness' -- Redefining democracy, reclaiming popular sovereignty and political space -- When citizens take to the street, democracy is redefined -- Notes -- References -- Chapter 10 Political space in refugee camps: Enabling and constraining conditions for refugee agency -- The refugee camp as political space -- Refugees and humanitarian aid in Bangladesh and Thailand -- The policing of political space in refugee camps -- Contesting and claiming political space: the case of the Thai camps -- Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- Chapter 11 Policing politics: Myanmar's military regime and protest spaces in transition -- Political spaces and policing of protests under military rule (1962-2011) -- The liberalization of the military regime and the opening of political space. Protest incidents: Mobilization and the reaction of the state -- Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- Chapter 12 Participation and space: Themes, patterns, and implications -- Does regime matter? -- Characterization of civil society? -- The topography of political space -- Implications -- References -- Index.
This book explores political participation in Asia and how democracy and authoritarianism function under neoliberal economic relations. It examines changes that coincide seemingly perversely with a participation explosion: with mass street protests and "occupations," energetic online contention, movements of students and workers, and more.
9781351622462
Political participation--Asia.
Electronic books.
JQ36.P655 2018
323/.042095
Political Participation in Asia : Defining and Deploying Political Space. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (231 pages) - Routledge Contemporary Asia Series . - Routledge Contemporary Asia Series .
Cover -- Half Title -- Series Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Figures -- Tables -- Acknowledgements -- Abbreviations -- Contributors -- Part 1 Post-democratic political participation -- Chapter 1 Conceptualizing political space and mobilization -- Conceptualizing political space and participation -- Towards a synthesis -- Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 2 Politics and businessification: The struggle for civil society -- Conceptualizing civil society -- The rise of post-democratic politics -- Making the business of the state the business of business -- The struggle for the organizations of civil society -- Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- Chapter 3 Post-democracy and political space: Lessons from the Korean experience -- Interrogating post-democracy -- Frustrations of Korean democratization -- Political space -- Confronting egalitarian politics -- A Korean Thermidor? -- Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- Part 2 Expanding and contesting political space -- Chapter 4 Moral discourse and China's evolving enterprise society -- The politico-economic agenda of marketization and the 1989 upheaval -- Moral discourse of China's evolving enterprise society -- The moral discourse of Confucian harmony and stability -- The securitization and monitoring of enterprise society lest moralism fail -- Concluding remarks -- Notes -- References -- Chapter 5 Reshaping political space and workers' mobilization in South Korea -- Four forms of workers' associational power -- Democratic transition and workers' struggles in 1987 -- Building associational power resources -- Globalization and workers' politics -- Mobilization from the margins -- Conclusion -- Note -- References -- Chapter 6 The new meaning of political participation in cyberspace: Social media and collective action in Vietnam's authoritarianism. The ascendency of social media -- Social media as a political arena -- The case of 6700 people for 6700 trees -- Response by the party-state -- The limits of social media for civil society activism -- Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- Chapter 7 Consumer space as political space: Liquid Islamism in Malaysia and Indonesia -- The politics of place-making in Depok, Indonesia -- The politics of place-making in Bangi, Malaysia -- Ethical consumption and liquid politics -- Spaces of liquid Islamism -- Notes -- References -- Part 3 The policing of political space -- Chapter 8 Political discourse on the Internet in China: A multifarious virtual space -- A multifarious virtual space -- Definitions and propositions -- The Internet in China: history and context -- Online activities -- Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- Chapter 9 When democracy is questioned: Competing democratic principles and struggles for democracy in Thailand -- Democracy and politics of morality -- Consent and coercion: Policing democratic movements in the name of 'happiness' -- Redefining democracy, reclaiming popular sovereignty and political space -- When citizens take to the street, democracy is redefined -- Notes -- References -- Chapter 10 Political space in refugee camps: Enabling and constraining conditions for refugee agency -- The refugee camp as political space -- Refugees and humanitarian aid in Bangladesh and Thailand -- The policing of political space in refugee camps -- Contesting and claiming political space: the case of the Thai camps -- Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- Chapter 11 Policing politics: Myanmar's military regime and protest spaces in transition -- Political spaces and policing of protests under military rule (1962-2011) -- The liberalization of the military regime and the opening of political space. Protest incidents: Mobilization and the reaction of the state -- Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- Chapter 12 Participation and space: Themes, patterns, and implications -- Does regime matter? -- Characterization of civil society? -- The topography of political space -- Implications -- References -- Index.
This book explores political participation in Asia and how democracy and authoritarianism function under neoliberal economic relations. It examines changes that coincide seemingly perversely with a participation explosion: with mass street protests and "occupations," energetic online contention, movements of students and workers, and more.
9781351622462
Political participation--Asia.
Electronic books.
JQ36.P655 2018
323/.042095