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. 
 - vi, 193 p. 
 - Routledge studies on civil society in Asia .
 - Routledge studies on civil society in Asia. .
<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. 
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<br/><br/><br/>Mode of access: World Wide Web. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780203876152 
<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.
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Electronic books.