Middle Class, Civil Society and Democracy in Asia
In: Routledge Contemporary Asia Ser
Cover -- Half title -- Title page -- Copyright page -- Table of contents -- List of illustrations -- Notes on contributors -- Acknowledgments -- Part I: Overview -- 1 Comparing the tripartite links of middle class, civil society and democratization in Asia: positive, dubious and negative -- Part II: The positive links in Taiwan and South Korea -- 2 The tripartite links of middle class, civil society and democracy in Taiwan: 1980-2016 -- 3 Democracy and institution building through civil societyactivism in Taiwan: the case of the Judicial Reform Foundation -- 4 The tripartite links of middle class, civil society and democratization in South Korea -- Part III: The dubious links in the Philippines and Indonesia -- 5 The middle-class-led Left movement in civil society's role in the Philippines' democratization process -- 6 Coalition politics and the contested democracy in the Philippines -- 7 Democratization and religious NGOs in Indonesia -- Part IV: The negative links in Thailand -- 8 Contingent authoritarians: why Thai civil society and the middle class oppose democracy -- 9 Thailand at the critical royal transition: the middle class,civil society and democratisation -- 10 From paragons to opponents of democracy: middle class in civil society's role in Thailand's democratization -- Index