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Narratives of Civic Duty : How National Stories Shape Democracy in Asia /

In Narratives of Duty, Aram Hur investigates the impulse behind a sense of civic duty in democracies. Why, she asks, do some citizens feel a responsibility to vote, pay taxes, or take up arms in defense of one's country? Through comparing democratic societies in East Asia and elsewhere, Hur sho...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Hur, Aram (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Ithaca, NY : Cornell University Press, [2022]
Colección:Studies of the Weatherhead East Asian Institute, Columbia University
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Illustrations
  • Acknowledgments
  • Note on Transliteration
  • Part I
  • 1 DUTY, AGAINST THE ODDS
  • 2 A NATIONAL THEORY OF CIVIC DUTY
  • Part II
  • 3 NATIONAL STORIES IN SOUTH KOREA AND TAIWAN
  • 4 STRONG CIVIC DUTY IN THE NAME OF NATION IN SOUTH KOREA
  • 5 WEAK CIVIC DUTY AND FRAGMENTED NATION IN TAIWAN
  • Part III
  • 6 STUNTED CIVIC DUTY IN REUNIFIED GERMANY
  • 7 NATIONALISM AND CIVIC DUTY ACROSS THE WORLD
  • 8 CIVIC CHALLENGES TO DEMOCRACY IN EAST ASIA
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index