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Post-politics and civil society in Asian cities : spaces of depoliticisation

Lam-Knott, Sonia Yue Chuen, 1986- editor, Connolly, Creighton, 1988- editor, Ho, Kong-Chong, 1955- editor

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\"Bringing together an interdisciplinary group of scholars, Post-Politics and Civil Society in Asian Cities examines how the concept of 'post-politics' has manifested across a range of Asian cities, and the impact this has had on state-society relationships in processes of urban governance. This volume examines how the post-political framework - derived from the study of Western liberal democracies - applies to Asian cities. Appreciating that the region has undergone a distinctive trajectory of political development, and is currently governed under democratic or authoritarian regimes, the book articulates how post-political conditions have created obstacles or opportunities for civil society to assert their voice in urban governance. Chapters address the different ways in which Asian civil society groups strive to gain a stake in the development and management of cities, specifically by looking at their involvement in heritage and environmental governance, two inter-related components in discourses about establishing liveable cities for the future. By providing in-depth case studies examining the varying degrees to which post-political ideologies have been enacted in urban governance across Central, South, Southeast, and East Asia, this book offers a useful and timely resource for students and scholars interested in Urban Studies, Political Science, Asian Studies, Geography, and Sociology\"-- Provided by publisher.

• Publisher: Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group
• Subject: Federal-city relations Asia. / Civil society Asia. / Asia Politics and government.
• ISBN: 9780367278823, 9780367278830

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