The civil sphere in East Asia / edited by Jeffrey C. Alexander [and three others].

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Alexander, Jeffrey C., 1947- editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Civil society--East Asia.

Civil society.

Political participation--East Asia.

Political participation.

Democracy--East Asia.

Democracy.

East Asia--Politics and government--21st century.

East Asia.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xvii, 304 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2019.

Summary:

Leading sociologists who live and work in East Asia examine their region's most dangerous and explosive social problems, and some of their most stunning success stories, from the viewpoint of Civil Sphere Theory. This new and increasingly influential sociological understanding of democracy aims to describe and explain the moral codes and institutional foundations of democratic solidarity, as it manifests itself within a distinct social sphere. Part of a multi-volume project, this collection includes cases from Japan, mainland China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, and South Korea, bringing together efforts by sociologists based in East Asian academic institutions. Through an extraordinary blend of sophisticated social theory and path-breaking empirical research, The Civil Sphere in East Asia aims to advance civil sphere theory by globalizing and regionalizing it at the same time.

Contents:

The civil sphere in the cultural and political transformations of modern East Asia / David A. Palmer and Jeffrey C. Alexander

South Korea's presidential scandal and civil repair / Jongryul Choi

System crisis and the civil sphere : media discourse on the crisis of education in South Korea / Sunwoong Park

Boundary tension and reconstruction : credit information crises and the civil sphere in Korea / Hee-Jeong Lee

Performing civil disobedience in Hong Kong / Agnes Shuk-mei Ku

Fault line in the civil sphere : explaining new divisions in Hong Kong's Opposition Movement / Andrew Junker and Cheris Chan

Three moral codes and micro-sivil spheres in China / David A. Palmer

Attempting civil repair in China : SACOM's campaigns and the challenge to digital capitalism / Pun Ngai and Kenneth Tsz Fung Ng

Fantasy is more believable : the shadow civil sphere in Chinese online fiction / Xiaoli Tian

Institutions and civil instantiation : the case of modern Japanese police / Mayumi Shimizu

What constitutes "autonomy" in the Japanese civil sphere? : the struggle over surrogacy / Yoshie Yanagihara

Developing communicative institutions in local communities : the practice of participatory budgeting in Taiwan / Kuo-ming Lin

Reconciliation through the transnational civil sphere? : historical dialogue and the Tri-National Joint History Project in East Asia / Horng-luen Wang

Opening up civil sphere theory : from the United States through Latin America to East Asia / Carlo Tognato

Theoretical issues in comparative perspective / Peter Kivisto and Giuseppe Sciortino.

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 13 Feb 2019).

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

9781108697460

1108697461

9781108698368

1108698360

9781108657174

1108657176