Author: Douglass, Mike, K.C. Ho & Giok Ling Ooi (eds.)
Title: Globalization, the City and Civil Society in Pacific Asia: The Social Production of Civic Spaces.
Description: London & New York : Routledge, 2008. Hardcover. 312 pp.(Rethinking Globalizations). - Globalization, the City and Civil Society in Pacific Asia presents a detailed examination of the underlying issues of urban life in the Far East. Leading authorities on globalization and politics in the region cover key themes of continuity and change: relationships between civil society and the production of urban spaces. Chapters focus on various types of 'civic spaces' that provide spaces for life that are autonomous from state and capital; ten case studies explore a wide variety of contexts ranging from spaces where lower classes congregated in ancient Chinese cities to cyberspaces of the contemporary internet; the history and role of civil society in social and political philosophies of societies in the Pacific Asia region; tendencies and issues related to specific types of civic spaces in a given city. Several studies find that great stress has been placed on long-standing community and civic spaces; common themes, patterns and issues as well as singularities of each particular context. In this way it can contribute to the broader (mostly Western) literature on society and space; the future of cities in Pacific Asia from the perspective of civic space. Can civic spaces be routinely created rather than appropriated through civil society-state-economy struggles? ry stamps. Dutch text. Condition : very good. Mailorder only - Alleen verzending mogelijk. Book condition : very good. ISBN 9780415397896.

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