Globalization, the City and Civil Society in Pacific Asia: The Social Production

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Most research on globalization and civil society has focused on the West; this is the first book to bring together a tight analysis of Pacific Asian countries. It also theorizes and empirically explores the relationships between civil society and the production of urban spaces.

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Globalization, the City and Civil Society in Pacific Asia presents a detailed examination of the underlying issues of urban life in the Far East. Leading authorities on globalization and politics in the region cover key themes of continuity and change: relationships between civil society and the production of urban spaces. Chapters focus on various types of 'civic spaces' that provide spaces for life that are autonomous from state and capital ten case studies explore a wide variety of contexts ranging from spaces where lower classes congregated in ancient Chinese cities to cyberspaces of the contemporary internet the history and role of civil society in social and political philosophies of societies in the Pacific Asia region tendencies and issues related to specific types of civic spaces in a given city. Several studies find that great stress has been placed on long-standing community and civic spaces common themes, patterns and issues as well as singularities of each particular context. In this way it can contribute to the broader (mostly Western) literature on society and space the future of cities in Pacific Asia from the perspective of civic space.Can civic spaces be routinely created rather than appropriated through civil society-state-economy struggles? Most research on globalization and civil society has focused on the West, this unique book brings together a tight analysis and a series of ten case studies on Pacific Asian countries. It also theorizes and empirically explores the relationships between civil society and the production of urban spaces.

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Author Biography

Mike Douglass is Professor of Urban and Regional Planning and the Director of the Globalization Research Center at the University of Hawaii, USA. K.C. Ho is Professor of Sociology at the National University of Singapore. Giok Ling Ooi is Professor at the National Institute of Education at Nanyang Technological University, Singapore. She is also Adjunct Professorial Fellow at the Institute of Policy Studies.

Table of Contents

1. Globalization, the City and Civil Society in Pacific Asia 2. Civil Society for Itself and in the Public Sphere 3. Governing Cities 4. State-Society Relations, the City and Civic Space 5. Chinese Public Space 6. Mosques as a Type of Civic Space in Turbulent Times 7. Civic Space and Integration in Chinese Peri-Urban Villages 8. The Pavement as Civic Space 9. Changing Community Relations and Emerging Civic Spaces in Shanghai 10. From Street Corners to Plaza 11. Transient Civic Spaces in Jakarta Demopolis 12. Creating New Civic Realms in a Global City-State 13. Bangkok's Sanam Luang (The Royal Ground) 14. International Meetings and Dissent

Details ISBN0415599598 Publisher Taylor & Francis Ltd Year 2010 ISBN-10 0415599598 ISBN-13 9780415599597 Format Paperback Publication Date 2010-07-30 Short Title GLOBALIZATION THE CITY & CIVIL Language English Media Book Imprint Routledge Subtitle The Social Production of Civic Spaces Place of Publication London Country of Publication United Kingdom Edited by K.C. Ho DEWEY 306.2 Series Rethinking Globalizations Pages 294 UK Release Date 2010-07-30 AU Release Date 2010-07-30 NZ Release Date 2010-07-30 Author Giok Ling Ooi Illustrations 11 Tables, black and white; 13 Line drawings, black and white; 31 Halftones, black and white; 44 Illustrations, black and white Alternative 9780415397896 Audience Tertiary & Higher Education We've got this

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