Table of Contents

Introduction: Civil Society in Asia: Challenging and Navigating the Boundaries of Authoritarianism, Part 1: Actions under Political Repression, 1. A ‘Leader-Full’ Movement under Authoritarianism: Mobilization Networks in Hong Kong’s Anti-Extradition Movement, 2. The Gravitational Pull between Liberalism and Authoritarianism in Thailand’s Colour-Coded Politics: Civil Society in a Binary Star System, 3. Philippine Civil Society and Democratic Regression under Duterte: Connivance, Resistance, and Legacies of Elite Co-optation in the Context of a Weak State, 4. Authoritarian Neoliberalism and Resistance of the Anti-Nuclear Movement in Turkey, 5. Before and After Hell’s Interval: Sri Lankan Civil Society Under Near-Authoritarian Regimes, Part 2: Transitions to Democracy, 6. Relevance in a State of flux: Civil Society and Environmental Protection in Kazakhstan, 7. Challenges for Myanmar’s Civil Society: Depoliticization and Yangon’s Urban Development under the NLD Government, 8. Backsliding to Authoritarianism in Japan? State and Civil Responses to Experiences of Japanese Women Repatriated from Manchuria, Part 3: Uncivil Society, 9. North Korean Civil (and Uncivil) Society in South Korea, 10. Uncivil Society: Religious Organizations, Mobocracy and Authoritarianism in Asia, Part 4: Political Capture and Legal Control, 11. Governing the Limits of Civil Society in Cambodia and Myanmar, 12. Built on Shifting Sands: INGOs and Their Survival in China, 13. Can Mass Organizations Help Strengthen Authoritarian Power in Rural Vietnam?

About the Author

Akihiro Ogawa is Professor of Japanese Studies at The University of Melbourne, Australia.


Anthony J. Spires is Senior Lecturer and Deputy Director of the Centre for Contemporary Chinese Studies at The University of Melbourne, Australia.