TY  - BOOK
AU  - Hsiao,Hsin-Huang Michael
TI  - Middle Class, Civil Society and Democracy in Asia
T2  - Routledge Contemporary Asia Ser
SN  - 9781351054249
AV  - HT690.E18 M54 2019
U1  - 320.95 
PY  - 2018///
CY  - Milton
PB  - Routledge
KW  - SOCIAL SCIENCE / Discrimination & Race Relations
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - SOCIAL SCIENCE / Minority Studies
KW  - POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Ideologies / Democracy
KW  - POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / Asian
N1  - Description based upon print version of record; 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 KoreaPart 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 democratisation10 From paragons to opponents of democracy: middle class in civil society's role in Thailand's democratization; Index
N2  - This book offers a timely analysis of the tripartite links between the middle class, civil society and democratic experiences in Northeast and Southeast Asia. It aims to go beyond the two popular theoretical propositions in current democratic theory, which emphasise the bilateral connections between the middle class and democracy on one hand and civil society and democracy on the other. Instead, using national case studies, this volume attempts to provide a new comparative typological interpretation of the triple relationship in Taiwan, South Korea, the Philippines, Indonesia and Thailand. Presenting a careful analysis and delineation of historical democratic transformation over the past thirty years, three discernible typologies emerge. Namely, there are positive links in Taiwan and South Korea, dubious links in the Philippines and Indonesia, and negative links in Thailand.Middle Class, Civil Society and Democracy in Asia will be of interest to students and scholars of Asian politics and democracy
UR  - https://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/9781351054263
UR  - http://www.oclc.org/content/dam/oclc/forms/terms/vbrl-201703.pdf
ER  -