Contents:
Part I: Introduction 1. Analyzing the Global - Local Nexus Catarina Kinnvall Part II: Approaching Globalization in Asia 2. Globalization and the Twilight of Asian Exceptionalism Lowell Dittmer 3. Globalization and Democratic Governance: The Indian Experience Aswini Ray PartIII: Globalization, Democracy and Civil Society: The Three 'Ts' - Transnational, Transformational and Transnational Democracy in Asia 4. On Alien Western Democracy Edward Friedman 5. Imported Democracy: The South Korean Experience Geir Helgesen 6. What sort of Democracy? Predatory and Neo-Liberal Agendas in Indonesia Richard Robinson 7. Globalization, Authoritarian Regimes and Political Change: Vietnam and Laos Kristina Jonsson 8. Social Movements, Civil Society and Democracy in Japan Hugo Dobson 9. Globalization, Democratization and Civil Society in Southeast Asia. Observations from Malaysia and Thailand Anders Uhlin Part IV: Identity and Citizenship in a Glocalised Asia 10. Democratic Citizenship Minority Rights: A View From India Bishnu Mohapatra 11. Globalization and Democratic Developments in Southeast Asia: Articulation and Social Responses Shamsul A.B 12. Global Imaginings, The State's Quest for Hegemony, and the Pursuit of Phantom Freedom in China: From Heshung to Falun Gong Vivienne Shue 13. Appropriating the Global within the Local. On Identity Formation among the Minahasa in Contemporary Indonesia Michael Jacobsen Part V: Conclusion 14. The Global-Local Nexus Revisited: Constructing Asia in Times of Globalisation Catarina Kinnvall and Kristina Jonsson

Globalization is a defining feature of our times, covering everything from economic and political issues to the spread of American culture. Its status is controversial, however with some viewing it as leading to greater development for all, while others see it as a threat to national cultures and democratic political life. This book shows how simplified such binary views are, and examines how various globalizing forces have affected Asian societies. It discusses the relationship between globalization, identity and democratic developments in Asia both theoretically and empirically, and aims to understand how economic, political and social forces interact and are mutually reinforced in Asian societies.