1.

Record Nr.

UNINA990005865000403321

Autore

James, William

Titolo

Le varie forme dell'esperienza religiosa: Uno studio sulla natura umana / Williams James ; introduzione di Giovanni Filoramo

Pubbl/distr/stampa

1998, : Morcelliana

Brescia

ISBN

88-372-1677-7

Edizione

[1a ed.]

Descrizione fisica

456 p. ; 21 cm

Collana

Scienze delle religioni

Locazione

FLFBC

Collocazione

199.1 JAMW 01

Lingua di pubblicazione

Italiano

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910969297503321

Autore

Ford Michele

Titolo

Social Activism in Southeast Asia

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Hoboken, : Taylor and Francis, 2012

New York : , : Routledge, , 2013

ISBN

1-283-71195-8

0-203-10023-9

1-136-23047-5

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (241 p.)

Collana

Routledge Contemporary Southeast Asia Series

Disciplina

303.48/40959

303.4840959

Soggetti

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

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

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



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

Sommario/riassunto

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