Globalization, the city, and civil society in Pacific Asia : the social production of civic spaces / edited by Mike Douglass, K.C. Ho and Giok Ling Ooi.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Globalization, the city, and civil society in Pacific Asia / Mike Douglass, K.C. Ho, and Giok Ling Ooi -- Civil society for itself and in the public sphere : comparative research on globalization, cities, and civic space in Pacific Asia / Mike Douglass -- Governing cities : civic spaces, civil society, and urban politics / K.C. Ho -- State-society relations, the city, and civic space / Giok Ling Ooi -- Chinese public space : a brief account / Heng Chye Kiang -- Mosques as a type of civic space in turbulent times : a case study of globalizing Kuala Lumpur / Morshidi Sirat and Atikullah Hj. Abdullah -- Civic space and integration in Chinese peri-urban villages / Michael Leaf and Samantha Anderson -- The pavement as civic space : history and dynamics in the city of Hanoi / David Koh -- Changing community relations and emerging civic spaces in Shanghai / Hanlong Lu -- From street corners to plaza : the production of festive civic space in central Seoul / Myungrae Cho -- Transient civic spaces in Jakarta demopolis / Merlyna Lim -- Creating new civic realms in a global city-state / Limin Hee -- Bangkok's Sanam Luang (the royal ground) : from a historic plaza to a civic space / Pornparn Boonchuen -- International meetings and dissent : the city as political space for global issues / Joseph Boski.