New Worlds from Below: Informal life politics and grassroots action in twenty-first-century Northeast Asia - Couverture souple

Morris-Suzuki, Tessa; Jeong Soh, Eun

 
9781760460907: New Worlds from Below: Informal life politics and grassroots action in twenty-first-century Northeast Asia
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 1760460907 ISBN 13 : 9781760460907
Editeur : ANU Press, 2017

Synopsis

In Asia today, the grand ideologies of the past have lost their power over the popular imagination. Even in many of the region’s democracies, popular engagement in the political process faces profound challenges. Yet amidst this landscape of political disenchantment, groups of ordinary people across Asia are finding new ways to take control of their own lives, respond to threats to their physical and cultural survival, and build better futures. This collection of essays by prominent scholars and activists traces the rise of a quiet politics of survival from the villages of China to Japan’s Minamata and Fukushima, and from the street art of Seoul and Hong Kong to the illegal markets of North Korea. Introducing an innovative conceptual framework, New Worlds from Below shows how informal grassroots politics in Northeast Asia is generating new ideas and practices that have region-wide and global relevance.

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Présentation de l'éditeur

In Asia today, the grand ideologies of the past have lost their power over the popular imagination. Even in many of the region’s democracies, popular engagement in the political process faces profound challenges. Yet amidst this landscape of political disenchantment, groups of ordinary people across Asia are finding new ways to take control of their own lives, respond to threats to their physical and cultural survival, and build better futures. This collection of essays by prominent scholars and activists traces the rise of a quiet politics of survival from the villages of China to Japan’s Minamata and Fukushima, and from the street art of Seoul and Hong Kong to the illegal markets of North Korea. Introducing an innovative conceptual framework, New Worlds from Below shows how informal grassroots politics in Northeast Asia is generating new ideas and practices that have region-wide and global relevance.

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Éditeur
ANU Press
Date d'édition
2017
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
1760460907
ISBN 13 
9781760460907
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
290
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Personne responsable
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