Civil society and political change in Asia : expanding and contracting democratic space / edited by Muthiah Alagappa.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Civil society and political change : an analytical framework / Muthiah Alagappa -- Indonesia : transformation of civil society and democratic breakthrough / Edward Aspinall -- The Philippines : fractious civil society and competing visions of democracy / Jennifer C. Franco -- South Korea : confrontational legacy and democratic contributions / Sunhyuk Kim -- Taiwan : no civil society, no democracy / Yun Fan -- India : expanding and contracting democratic space / Amitabh Behar and Aseem Prakash -- Japan : social capital without advocacy / Robert Pekkanen -- Malaysia : construction of counterhegemonic narratives and agendas / Meredith L. Weiss -- Sri Lanka : ethnic domination, violence, and illiberal democracy / Neil Devotta -- Singapore : engagement and autonomy within the political status quo / Suzaina Kadir -- Pakistan : civil society in the service of an authoritarian state / Aqil Shah -- Burma : civil society skirting regime rules / Kyaw Yin Hlaing -- China : the limits of civil society in a late Leninist state / Mary E. Gallagher -- The nonstate public sphere in Asia : dynamic growth, institutionalization lag / Muthiah Alagappa -- Civil society and democratic change : indeterminate connection, transforming relations / Muthiah Alagappa.