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Southeast Asian images towards civil society Niels Mulder.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Chiang Mai Silkworm Press 2003.Edition: 1st edDescription: ix, 253 pages 22 cmISBN:
  • 9749575032
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 360.959 MUL
Contents:
Sect. I. National self-image 1. The Thai democratic way of life 2. Philippine image of the nation 3. Civics a la Indonesia Sect. II. Change 4. Change and problems in Thailand 5. Changing Filipino values 6. Indonesia: The call for reform 7. Thinking women's emancipation Sect. III. The present 8. Society diagnosed 9. Religious revival 10. Civic malaise Sect. IV. The public discourse 11. The social imagination 12. Towards civil society?
Summary: "This unusual study discloses the public discourse among educated, urban Southeast Asians in Thailand, Indonesia, and the Philippines, and considers how these people conceive of their society and its problems and process. It examines basic patterns of thought, the interpretation of observed behavior, the opinions of public intellectuals, and the diagnoses of novelists. Together these provide the basis for evaluating whether or not an activist civil society can develop. Because of the muddled situation prevailing in the countries under scrutiny, the emergence of a public committed to change seems to be a necessary condition for strengthening the society and civilizing the state. Will it happen?"--BOOK JACKET.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 235-247) and indexes.

Sect. I. National self-image 1. The Thai democratic way of life 2. Philippine image of the nation 3. Civics a la Indonesia Sect. II. Change 4. Change and problems in Thailand 5. Changing Filipino values 6. Indonesia: The call for reform 7. Thinking women's emancipation Sect. III. The present 8. Society diagnosed 9. Religious revival 10. Civic malaise Sect. IV. The public discourse 11. The social imagination 12. Towards civil society?

"This unusual study discloses the public discourse among educated, urban Southeast Asians in Thailand, Indonesia, and the Philippines, and considers how these people conceive of their society and its problems and process. It examines basic patterns of thought, the interpretation of observed behavior, the opinions of public intellectuals, and the diagnoses of novelists. Together these provide the basis for evaluating whether or not an activist civil society can develop. Because of the muddled situation prevailing in the countries under scrutiny, the emergence of a public committed to change seems to be a necessary condition for strengthening the society and civilizing the state. Will it happen?"--BOOK JACKET.

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