Routledge Studies on Civil Society in Asia addresses the role of civil society, nonprofit, philanthropic, NGO, religious and other organizations in their social context both in individual countries and in comparative perspective across East, Southeast, and South Asia. Themes include defining the role and scope of civil society; relations between civil society and the state; NGOs in regional and country contexts; governance and accountability in civil society; civil society and religion; the political role of civil society; the role of foundations, religious philanthropy, and other philanthropic organizations; business, philanthropy and civil society; ethnography of particular civil society, NGO, community-based or other organizations; transnational civil society organizations in Asia; the legal regulation of civil society; self-regulation and accountability; Asian diasporas and civil society; and resources and fundraising for civil society.
The series is edited by Mark Sidel, Professor of Law and Faculty Scholar at the University of Iowa, who has served in program positions with the Ford Foundation in Beijing, Hanoi, Bangkok and New Delhi working on strengthening the nonprofit sector, philanthropy, and civil society and has consulted widely in the region.
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By Gabi Waibel, Judith Ehlert, Hart N. Feuer
October 12, 2017
As developing countries with recent histories of isolation and extreme poverty, followed by restoration and reform, both Cambodia and Vietnam have seen new opportunities and demands for non-state actors to engage in and manage the effects of rapid socio-economic transformation. This book examines ...
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By William P Alford, William Kirby, Kenneth Winston
May 31, 2013
Professionals are a growing group in China and increasingly make their presence felt in governance and civil society. At the same time, however, professionals in the West are under increasing pressure from commercialism or scepticism about their ability to rise above self-interest. This book ...
By Verena Beittinger-Lee
February 14, 2013
(Un) Civil Society and Political Change in Indonesia provides critical analysis of Indonesia’s civil society and its impact on the country’s democratization efforts that does not only take the classical, pro-democratic actors of civil society into account but also portrays uncivil groups and their ...
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By Benjamin L. Read, Robert Pekkanen
February 14, 2013
This edited collection brings together enterprising pieces of new research on the many forms of organization in East and Southeast Asia that are sponsored or mandated by government, but engage widespread participation at the grassroots level. Straddling the state-society divide, these organizations...