 | Globalization and Civil Society in East Asian Space Subjects: Area Studies; Politics & International Relations; Social Sciences; Asian Politics; Political Behavior and Participation; Asian Studies; Government; Sociology & Social Policy; Governance; Social Movements; Political Sociology; Race & Ethnic Studies; Asian Studies (General); This book critically examines the impact of globalization, changing power dynamics, migration, and evolving rights regimes on regional order, discourse of national governance, state and society relations, and the development of civil society in East Asia. Providing a textured, critical reading of East Asia as an economically, socially, and politically dynamic region, the book also presents the region as one shaped simultaneously by progressive as well as regressive pulls. Attentive to prevailing issues as well as to states' and civil societies' responses to them, it focuses on changing societies and politics in East Asia, particularly on shifting notions of citizenship, nationhood, and peoplehood. The contributions feature new and timely conclusions drawn from multidisciplinary fields including law, public policy, sociology, Asian Studies, gender, sexuality and ethnic studies, and includes direct testimonies from citizens of East and Southeast Asian. Globalization and Civil Society in East Asian Space will appeal to students and scholars of sociology, political science and Asian studies more broadly. Chiharu Takenaka is former Professor of International Politics at Graduate School of Law and Politics, Rikkyo University, Tokyo, Japan. Khatharya Um is Associate Dean of Social Sciences, and Associate Professor of Asian American and Asian Diaspora Studies at the University of California, Berkeley, USA. |
