Democracy and Civil Society in Asia: Volume 1: Globalization, Democracy and Civil Society in Asia

Cover -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- List of Tables and Figure -- List of Abbreviations -- Notes on the Contributors -- 1 Introduction: Globalization, Democracy and Civil Society after the Financial Crisis of the 1990s -- 2 Discontents of Democracy: Elite Pluralism, Mystification and Rule of Big Capital -- 3 Globalization, Economic Restructuring and the Implications for Democracy in Developing Countries -- 4 Globalization, Economic Restructuring and the Democratic Implications -- 5 Nation Against Democracy: The Rise of Cultural Nationalism in Asia -- 6 Political Culture, Alternative Politics and Democracy in Greater China -- 7 From Victimized Communities to Movement Powers and Grassroots Democracy: The Case of the Assembly of the Poor -- 8 Grassroots Democracy and Community Empowerment: The Quest for Sustainable Poverty Reduction in Asia -- 9 Civil Society and Good Governance: A New Chapter in Thailand's Political Reform? -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T.