Student activism in Asia : between protest and powerlessness /

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"Since World War II, students in East and Southeast Asia have led protest movements that toppled authoritarian regimes in countries such as Indonesia, South Korea, and Thailand. Elsewhere in the region, student protests have shaken regimes until they were brutally suppressed--most famously in C...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Other Authors: Weiss, Meredith L. (Meredith Leigh), 1972- (Editor), Aspinall, Edward (Editor)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, [2012]
Subjects:
Student movements > Asia.
College students > Political activity > Asia.
Students > Political activity > Asia.
Mouvements étudiants > Asie.
Étudiants > Activité politique > Asie.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Sociology > General.
EDUCATION > Higher.
College students > Political activity
Politics and government
Student movements
Students > Political activity
Studentenbewegung
Aktivismus
Student
Politische Bewegung
Asia > Politics and government.
Asie > Politique et gouvernement.
Asia
Asien
Japan
Hongkong
Taiwan
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • China: regime shakers and regime supporters / Teresa Wright
  • Japan: student activism in an emerging democracy / Patricia G. Steinhoff
  • Hong Kong: problems of identity and independence / Stephan Ortmann
  • Taiwan: resisting control of campus and polity / Teresa Wright
  • South Korea: passion, patriotism, and student radicalism / Mi Park
  • Indonesia: moral force politics and the struggle against authoritarianism / Edward Aspinall
  • Burma: a historic force, forcefully met / Win Min
  • Malaysia: more transformed than transformational / Meredith L. Weiss
  • Thailand: the cultural politics of student resistance / Prajak Kongkirati
  • The Philippines: students, activists, and communists in movement politics / Patricio N. Abinales
  • Conclusion: trends and patterns in student activism in Asia / Edward Aspinall and Meredith L. Weiss.

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