Civic Space and Political Mobilisation: Cases in Malaysia and Thailand
研究了马来西亚和泰国在言论和集会自由受限的情况下，公民社会如何利用被占用的物理和虚拟空间进行政治动员，并发现其在动荡时期繁荣但目标达成后衰落。
Civil society flourishes under conditions that include freedoms of speech and assembly. But what happens when those conditions are lacking? This article explores cases in Malaysia and Thailand where freedoms are limited, but where political unrest regularly challenges the state. Appropriated physical and virtual spaces where deliberative interactions may occur become key drivers in such environments. Our research reveals that while civil society exists in Malaysia and Thailand, without codified freedoms and physical spaces for deliberative interactions, civil society flourishes during tumultuous times but flounders after its immediate goals are achieved.