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UNINA9910785944503321 |
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Autore |
Ford Michele |
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Titolo |
Social Activism in Southeast Asia [[electronic resource]] |
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Hoboken, : Taylor and Francis, 2012 |
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New York : , : Routledge, , 2013 |
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ISBN |
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1-283-71195-8 |
0-203-10023-9 |
1-136-23047-5 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (241 p.) |
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Collana |
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Routledge Contemporary Southeast Asia Series |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Social action - Southeast Asia |
Social action -- Southeast Asia |
Social movements - Southeast Asia |
Social movements -- Southeast Asia |
Southeast Asia - Social conditions - 21st century |
Southeast Asia -- Social conditions -- 21st century |
Sociology & Social History |
Social Sciences |
Social Conditions |
Southeast Asia Social conditions 21st century |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; List of illustrations; Contributors; Acknowledgements; 1 Social activism in Southeast Asia: An introduction; 2 Southeast Asian activism and limits to independent political space; 3 Separatism in Aceh: From social rebellion to political movement; 4 Philippine contention in the democratic 'transitions'; 5 Values and the institutionalization of Indonesia's organic agriculture movement; 6 Burmese social movements in exile: Labour, migration and democracy; 7 Labour activism in Thailand; 8 The anti-globalization movement in the Philippines |
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9 Activism and aid: Shaping the peace movement in Timor-Leste10 International agendas and sex worker rights in Cambodia; 11 Sexuality rights activism in Malaysia: The case of Seksualiti Merdeka; 12 The Christian Right and the Singaporean feminist movement; Index |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Social Activism in Southeast Asia examines the ways in which social movements operate in a region characterized by a history of authoritarian regimes and relatively weak civil society. It situates cutting-edge accounts of activism around civil and political rights, globalization, peace, the environment, migrant and factory labour, the rights of middle- and working-class women, and sexual identity in an overarching framework of analysis that forefronts the importance of human rights and the state as a focus for social activism. Drawing on contemporary evidence from Cambodia, Indones |
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