Local organizations and urban governance in East and Southeast Asia  straddling state and society /  [electronic resource] : 
edited by Benjamin L. Read with Robert Pekkanen 
 - London ;  New York :  Routledge,  2009 
 - 1 online resource (vi, 193 p.) 
 - Routledge studies on civil society in Asia ;  1 .
 - Routledge studies on civil society in Asia ;  1 .
<br/><br/> Description based on print version record 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index 
<br/><br/>State-linked associational life : illuminating blind spots of existing paradigms / Benjamin L. Read -- Japan's neighborhood associations : membership without advocacy / Robert Pekkanen -- Swaying between state and community : the role of RT/RW in post-Suharto Indonesia / Aiko Kurasawa -- The mutual colonization of state and civil society organizations in Vietnam / Joseph Hannah -- Municipal governments and the role of cooperative community groups in Thailand / Chandra Mahakanjana -- The multiple uses of local networks : state cultivation of neighborhood social capital in China and Taiwan / Benjamin L. Read -- The sign of the cross : vertical and horizontal tensions in Vietnamese church-state relations / Lan T. Chu -- State shaping of community-level politics : residents' committees in Singapore / Ooi Giok Ling 
<br/><br/><br/>Mode of access: Internet 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780203876152 (electronic bk.) 0203876156 (electronic bk.) 9780415492997 (hardback) 0415492998 (hardback) 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Local government--East Asia<br/>Local government--Southeast Asia<br/>Political participation--East Asia<br/>Political participation--Southeast Asia<br/>Community organization--East Asia<br/>Community organization--Southeast Asia
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>East Asia--Politics and government--21st century<br/>Southeast Asia--Politics and government--21st century