ABSTRACT
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.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part 1|56 pages
Concepts of activism in Asia
chapter 4|13 pages
Citizen science as an alternative form of environmental contention in China
part 2|74 pages
Spaces of activism in Asia
chapter 5|15 pages
Asserting citizenship, claiming space
chapter 7|14 pages
The Constitutional Court and civic activism in polarised Thailand since 2014
chapter 9|13 pages
Challenging digital authoritarianism
part 3|74 pages
Practices of activism in Asia