This interdisciplinary book offers a new analysis of the concepts, spaces, and practices of activism that emerge under diverse authoritarian modes of governance in Asia.
Demonstrating the limitations of existing conceptual approaches in accounting for activism in Asia, the book also offers new understandings of authoritarian governance practices and how these shape state-civil society relations. In conjunction with its tripartite theoretical framework, the book presents regional knowledge from an array of countries in Asia, with empirically rich contributions from both scholars and activists.
Through in-depth case studies, the book offers new scholarly insights that highlight the ways in which activism emerges and is contested across Asia. As such, it will be of interest to students and scholars of Asian politics, law, and sociology.
Author(s): Amy Barrow, Sara Fuller
Series: Politics in Asia
Publisher: Routledge
Year: 2022
Language: English
Pages: 241
City: London
Cover
Half Title
Series Page
Title Page
Copyright Page
Table of Contents
List of figures
List of tables
List of contributors
Acknowledgements
Introduction: Framing activism and authoritarian governance in Asia
Part 1 Concepts of activism in Asia
Chapter 1 Social movements amidst backsliding
Chapter 2 Communication practices in Vietnamese non-government organisations as civic actions
Chapter 3 Shifting boundaries of development and activism: The case of Sombath Somphone
Chapter 4 Citizen science as an alternative form of environmental contention in China: The case of Zero Waste Alliance
Part 2 Spaces of activism in Asia
Chapter 5 Asserting citizenship, claiming space: Activism and repression in majoritarian India
Chapter 6 Beyond the courtroom: Lawyer activism and resistance in Hong Kong
Chapter 7 The Constitutional Court and civic activism in polarised Thailand since 2014: Turning back time?
Chapter 8 Transnational advocacy against China’s atrocities in Xinjiang
Chapter 9 Challenging digital authoritarianism: Milk Tea Alliance and transnational solidarity
Part 3 Practices of activism in Asia
Chapter 10 A “leaderless but leader-full” movement: Social mobilisation in the 2019 Hong Kong protests
Chapter 11 Activist films: How grassroots activists shape the construction of national identity
Chapter 12 Flirting with gender purrspectives: Contemporary women’s activist comics in the Philippines
Chapter 13 Investigating the activist potentials of “gay manga” in Japan and the Philippines
Conclusion: Reflecting on activism and authoritarian governance in Asia
Index
