New worlds from below : informal life politics and grassroots action in twenty-first century Northeast Asia / edited by Tessa Morris-Suzuki and Eun Jeong Soh.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Morris-Suzuki, Tessa, Editor.

Contributor:

Morris-Suzuki, Tessa, editor.

Soh, Eun Jeong, editor.

Series:

Asian studies series ; 9.

Asian Studies Series ; 9

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Community development.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (280 pages) : illustrations, digital file(s).

Place of Publication:

ANU Press 2017

Acton, Australia : Australian National University, 2017.

Language Note:

English

System Details:

text file

Summary:

In Asia today, the grand ideologies of the past have lost their power over the popular imagination. Even in many of the region’s democracies, popular engagement in the political process faces profound challenges. Yet amidst this landscape of political disenchantment, groups of ordinary people across Asia are finding new ways to take control of their own lives, respond to threats to their physical and cultural survival, and build better futures. This collection of essays by prominent scholars and activists traces the rise of a quiet politics of survival from the villages of China to Japan’s Minamata and Fukushima, and from the street art of Seoul and Hong Kong to the illegal markets of North Korea. Introducing an innovative conceptual framework, New Worlds from Below shows how informal grassroots politics in Northeast Asia is generating new ideas and practices that have region-wide and global relevance.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

CC BY-NC-ND

Description based on print record, CIP data from the publisher, and e-publication e-publication, viewed on January 21, 2021.

ISBN:

1-76046-091-5

OCLC:

962285753

Publisher Number:

10.22459/NWFB.03.2017