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Local organizations and urban governance in East and Southeast Asia [
Presents pieces of research on the many forms of organization in East and Southeast Asia that are sponsored or mandated by government, but engage widespread participation at the grassroots level. This book is suitable for undergraduates, postgraduates and academics in Asian studies, political science, sociology, anthropology, and development
1. State-linked associational life : illuminating blind spots of existing paradigms -- 2. Japan's neighborhood associations : membership without advocacy -- 3. Swaying between state and community : the role of RT/RW in post-Suharto Indonesia -- 4. The mutual colonization of state and civil society organizations in Vietnam -- 5. Municipal governments and the role of cooperative community groups in Thailand -- 6. The multiple uses of local networks : state cultivation of neighborhood social capital in China and Taiwan -- 7. The sign of the cross : vertical and horizontal tensions in Vietnamese church-state relations -- 8. State shaping of community-level politics : residents' committees in Singapore
edited by Benjamin L Read with Robert Pekkanen
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Includes bibliographical references and index