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The Resource Southeast Asia and the civil society gaze : scoping a contested concept in Cambodia and Vietnam, edited by Gabi Waibel, Judith Ehlert and Hart N. Feuer

Southeast Asia and the civil society gaze : scoping a contested concept in Cambodia and Vietnam, edited by Gabi Waibel, Judith Ehlert and Hart N. Feuer

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"As developing countries with recent histories of isolation and extreme poverty, followed by restoration and reform, both Cambodia and Vietnam have seen new opportunities and demands for non-state actors to engage in and manage the effects of rapid socio-economic transformation. This book examines how in both countries, civil society actors and the state manage their relationship to one another in an environment that is continuously shaped and (re)constructed by changing legislation, collaboration and negotiation, advocacy and protest, and social control. Further, it explores the countries' divergent experiences whilst also uncovering the underlying basis and drivers of civil society activity that are shared by Cambodia and Vietnam. Crucially, this book engages with the contested nature of what civil society is and means, by looking at contemporary discourses and manifestations of civil society in the two countries, national-level NGOs and agencies, and translocal networks that operate in a variety of sectors, such as gender, the environment and health"--
Language
eng
Work
Publication
Extent
1 online resource (xxi, 287 pages .)
Contents
  • pt. 1. Framing the contemporary civil society in Cambodia and Vietnam
  • pt. 2. Advocacy and political space
  • pt. 3. Traces and tendencies
Isbn
9781315885407
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Southeast Asia and the civil society gaze : scoping a contested concept in Cambodia and Vietnam
Title
Southeast Asia and the civil society gaze
Title remainder
scoping a contested concept in Cambodia and Vietnam
Statement of responsibility
edited by Gabi Waibel, Judith Ehlert and Hart N. Feuer
Contributor
Editor
Subject
Genre
Language
eng
Summary
"As developing countries with recent histories of isolation and extreme poverty, followed by restoration and reform, both Cambodia and Vietnam have seen new opportunities and demands for non-state actors to engage in and manage the effects of rapid socio-economic transformation. This book examines how in both countries, civil society actors and the state manage their relationship to one another in an environment that is continuously shaped and (re)constructed by changing legislation, collaboration and negotiation, advocacy and protest, and social control. Further, it explores the countries' divergent experiences whilst also uncovering the underlying basis and drivers of civil society activity that are shared by Cambodia and Vietnam. Crucially, this book engages with the contested nature of what civil society is and means, by looking at contemporary discourses and manifestations of civil society in the two countries, national-level NGOs and agencies, and translocal networks that operate in a variety of sectors, such as gender, the environment and health"--
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Dewey number
303.409596
Index
index present
LC call number
HN700.3.A8
LC item number
S68 2014
Literary form
non fiction
Nature of contents
  • dictionaries
  • bibliography
http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorDate
1983-
http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorName
  • Waibel, Gabi
  • Ehlert, Judith
  • Feuer, Hart
Series statement
Routledge studies on civil society in Asia
Series volume
4
http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
  • Civil society
  • Civil society
  • Non-governmental organizations
  • Non-governmental organizations
  • Social change
  • Social change
  • SOCIAL SCIENCE
  • Civil society
  • Non-governmental organizations
  • Social change
  • Cambodia
  • Vietnam
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Southeast Asia and the civil society gaze : scoping a contested concept in Cambodia and Vietnam, edited by Gabi Waibel, Judith Ehlert and Hart N. Feuer
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Publication
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references and index
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online resource
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  • cr
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
pt. 1. Framing the contemporary civil society in Cambodia and Vietnam -- pt. 2. Advocacy and political space -- pt. 3. Traces and tendencies
Dimensions
unknown
Extent
1 online resource (xxi, 287 pages .)
Form of item
online
Isbn
9781315885407
Media category
computer
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • c
Other control number
10.4324/9781315885407
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9781134634361
Specific material designation
remote
System control number
  • ocn864100806
  • (OCoLC)864100806
Label
Southeast Asia and the civil society gaze : scoping a contested concept in Cambodia and Vietnam, edited by Gabi Waibel, Judith Ehlert and Hart N. Feuer
Publication
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references and index
Carrier category
online resource
Carrier category code
  • cr
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
pt. 1. Framing the contemporary civil society in Cambodia and Vietnam -- pt. 2. Advocacy and political space -- pt. 3. Traces and tendencies
Dimensions
unknown
Extent
1 online resource (xxi, 287 pages .)
Form of item
online
Isbn
9781315885407
Media category
computer
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • c
Other control number
10.4324/9781315885407
http://library.link/vocab/ext/overdrive/overdriveId
9781134634361
Specific material designation
remote
System control number
  • ocn864100806
  • (OCoLC)864100806

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