Title: Local organizations and urban governance in East and Southeast Asia : straddling state and society /
Authors: Read, Benjamin Lelan.; Pekkanen, Robert
Publisher: Routledge,
Year: 2009
Subjects: Local government East Asia.; Local government Southeast Asia.; Political participation East Asia.; Political participation Southeast Asia.; Community organization East Asia.; Community organization Southeast Asia.; East Asia Politics and government; Southeast Asia Politics and government
Contents: State-linked associational life : illuminating blind spots of existing paradigms / Benjamin L. Read -- Japan's neighborhood associations : membership without advocacy / Robert Pekkanen -- Swaying between state and community : the role of RT/RW in post-Suharto Indonesia / Aiko Kurasawa -- The mutual colonization of state and civil society organizations in Vietnam / Joseph Hannah -- Municipal governments and the role of cooperative community groups in Thailand / Chandra Mahakanjana -- The multiple uses of local networks : state cultivation of neighborhood social capital in China and Taiwan / Benjamin L. Read -- The sign of the cross : vertical and horizontal tensions in Vietnamese church-state relations / Lan T. Chu -- State shaping of community-level politics : residents' committees in Singapore / Ooi Giok Ling.