This interdisciplinary book offers a new analysis of the concepts, spaces and practices of activism that emerge under diverse authoritarian modes of governance in Asia.

Part 1: Concepts of Activism in Asia 1. Social movements amidst autocratization 2. Communication practices in Vietnamese non-government organisations as civic actions 3. Shifting boundaries of development and activism? The case of Sombath Somphone 4. Citizen science as an alternative form of environmental contention in China: The case of Zero Waste Alliance Part 2: Spaces of Activism in Asia 5. Asserting citizenship, claiming space: Activism and repression in majoritarian India 6. Beyond the courtroom: Lawyer activism and resistance in Hong Kong 7. The Constitutional Court and civic activism in polarised Thailand since 2014: Turning back time? 8. Transnational advocacy against China's atrocities in Xinjiang 9. Challenging digital authoritarianism: Milk Tea Alliance and transnational solidarity Part 3: Practices of Activism in Asia 10. A "leaderless but leader-full" movement: Social mobilisation in the 2019 Hong Kong protests 11. Activist films: How grassroots activists shape the construction of national identity 12. Flirting with gender purrspectives: Contemporary women's activist comics in the Philippines 13. Investigating the activist potentials of "gay manga" in Japan and the Philippines