East Asian Social Movements Power, Protest, and Change in a Dynamic
In the study of civil society and social movements, most cases are based in Western Europe and North America. These two areas of the world have similar histories and political ideals and structures in common which in turn, affect the stru
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Jeffrey Broadbent
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Vicky Brockman
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East Asian Social Movements Power, Protest, and Change in a Dynamic Region
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Editors Jeffrey Broadbent Department of Sociology University of Minnesota 909 Social Sciences Building Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA [email protected]
Vicky Brockman Sociology Program Southwest Minnesota State University 1501 State Street Marshall, MN 56258, USA [email protected]
ISSN 1568-2579 ISBN 978-0-387-09625-4 e-ISBN 978-0-387-09626-1 DOI 10.1007/978-0-387-09626-1 Springer New York Dordrecht Heidelberg London
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To Charles Tilly (1929–2008), pioneer, mentor, and target in the study of social movements.
Preface
To many Westerners, the countries of East Asia, whatever their formal system, seem heavily controlled from top to down. They might find the title of this book quite surprising. Do social movements really exist in East Asia? Yes, they do, and with increasing vitality and importance throughout the region. Social movements have been and are now playing key roles in East Asia’s transition to democracy and to its gradual maturation and fulfillment. Like the force of nature that sprouts up through the crusted soil and into the sunlight, social movements give public voice to long suppressed or newly realized aspirations by marginalized people for justice and dignity. Often these aspirations lead to pursuit of a more diverse and liberal society, but sometimes they envision solutions through a more authoritarian political regime. In pursuit of their goals, social movements often have to push against obstinate resistance and suffer punishment and failure. But sometimes they succeed, and in the process contribute to producing a new, often more pluralistic and diverse society and political order. Up until recently, professional social science writing in general, and the study of social movements in particular, has mostly originated in Western countries and flowed outward from there. This book represents one of the first reversals of that flow–with social scientific ideas generated in East Asia flowing to the West and establishing a dialogue. In the process, this book, w
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