Local organizations and urban governance in East and Southeast Asia straddling state and society - Read, Benjamin Lelan; Pekkanen, Robert (London ; New York : Routledge, 2009)
State-linked associational life : illuminating blind spots of existing paradigms / Benjamin L. Read -- Japan's neighborhood associations : membership without advocacy / Robert Pekkanen -- Swaying between state and community : the role of RT/RW in post-Suharto Indonesia / Aiko Kurasawa -- The mutual colonization of state and civil society organizations in Vietnam / Joseph Hannah -- Municipal governments and the role of cooperative community groups in Thailand / Chandra Mahakanjana -- The multiple uses of local networks : state cultivation of neighborhood social capital in China and Taiwan / Benjamin L. Read -- The sign of the cross : vertical and horizontal tensions in Vietnamese church-state relations / Lan T. Chu -- State shaping of community-level politics : residents' committees in Singapore / Ooi Giok Ling.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
Keywords: Local government -- East Asia; Local government -- Southeast Asia; Political participation -- East Asia; Political participation -- Southeast Asia; Community organization -- East Asia; Community organization -- Southeast Asia; Community organization; Local government; Political participation; East Asia -- Politics and government -- 21st century; Southeast Asia -- Politics and government -- 21st century; Electronic books