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Book SynopsisCivil Society and the State in Democratic East Asia: Between Entanglement and Contention in Post High Growth focuses on the new and diversifying interactions between civil society and the state in contemporary East Asia by including cases of entanglement and contention in the three fully consolidated democracies in the area: Japan, South Korea and Taiwan. The contributions to this book argue that all three countries have reached a new era of post high growth and mature democracy, leading to new social anxieties and increasing normative diversity, which have direct repercussions on the relationship between the state and civil society. It introduces a comparative perspective in identifying and discussing similarities and differences in East Asia based on in-depth case studies in the fields of environmental issues, national identities as well as neoliberalism and social inclusion that go beyond the classic dichotomy of state vs ‘liberal’ civil society.
Trade Review"The book is a collection of chapters prepared by social scientists with expertise in the Eastern Asian matters, specializing mainly in sociology, comparative politics and civil society studies. The background of the authors enables to apply interdisciplinary lenses to analyze the civil society phenomenon in Eastern Asia. What is especially important and interesting, the book is written both by experts from outside the countries of interest and by specialists originating from these countries. The cultural knowledge from the inside of the states is of great value to the presented texts and the book as a whole."
- Iwona Nowakowska,
Voluntas: International Journal of Voluntary and Nonprofit Organizations (2021)
Table of Contents1. A New Era of Civil Society and State in East Asian Democracies - David Chiavacci & Simona A. Grano
I Environmental Issues
2. Interactions between Environmental Civil Society and the State during the Ma Ying-jeou and Tsai Ing-wen Administrations in Taiwan - Simona A. Grano
3. Working with and around Strong States: Environmental Networks in East Asia - Mary Alice Haddad
4. The Campaign for Nuclear Power in Japan before and after 2011: Between State, Market, and Civil Society - Tobias Weiss
II Identity Politics
5. The 'Pro-Establishment' Radical Right: Japan's Nativist Movement Reconsidered - Naoto Higuchi
6. The Religion-based Conservative Countermovement in Taiwan: The Origin, Tactics and Impacts - Ming-sho Ho
7. The Relationship between Mainstream and Movement Parties in Taiwan: The Case Studies of the New Power Party (NPP) and Green Party Taiwan-Social Democratic Party Alliance (GPT/SDP) - Tommy Kwan and Dafydd Fell
8. New Immigration, Civic Activism and Identity in Japan: Influencing the 'Strong' State - David Chiavacci
III Neoliberalism and Social Inclusion
9. Japanese NPOs and the State Re-examined: Reflections 18 Years On - Akihiro Ogawa
10. Changing Patterns of South Korean Social Movements, 1960s-2010s: Testimony, Fire-bombs, Lawsuit, and Candlelight - Jin-Wook Shin
11. Opening Up the Welfare State to 'Outsiders': Pro-Homeless Activism and Neoliberal Backlashes in Japan - Mahito Hayashi
12. Legal Mobilization and the Transformation of State-Society Relations in the Realm of Disability Policy - Celeste L. Arrington Index
