Civil Life, Globalization and Political Change in Asia : Organizing Between Family and State

Academics and policy makers have grown increasingly interested in the ways that non-governmental organizations (NGOs) may encourage better governance, democratic politics, and perhaps ultimately a global civil society. In Civil Life, Globalization and Political Change in Asia, Robert Weller has brought together an international group of experts on the subject, whose chapters address these questions through a series of extensive case studies from East and Southeast Asia including Japan, China, South Korea, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Singapore, Indonesia and Vietnam. Written by a team of international experts in the field, the chapters in this book question whether, and how NGOs actually lead to democratization, and discuss the ways NGOs relate to broader global forces.