Local Cultures and the New Asia : The State, Culture, and Capitalism in Southeast Asia /

Southeast Asia, until the Asian economic crisis of 1997-2000, was a high economic growth area. However, despite the neo-liberal and globalizing logic of capitalism, local conditions and cultures determine that capitalism will spread in ways not entirely consonant with its Western origins. Capitalism...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Otros Autores: Wee, C.J.W.-L (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Singapore : ISEAS Publishing, [2002]
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Social values.
Economic development > Social aspects.
Capitalism > Social aspects.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / General.
Valeurs sociales > Asie du Sud-Est.
Social values > Southeast Asia.
Economic development > Social aspects > Southeast Asia.
Capitalism > Social aspects > Southeast Asia.
Southeast Asia.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • CONTENTS
  • Acknowledgements
  • Contributors
  • Introduction: Local Cultures, Economic Development, and Southeast Asia / Wee, C. J. W. L.
  • SECTION I: THE STATE
  • 1. Development Enabler or Disabler? The Role of the State in Southeast Asia / Malhotra, Kamal
  • 2. Muddling Through: Development under a "Weak" State / de Jesus, Edilberto C.
  • SECTION II: THE CULTURAL LINEAGES OF "ASIAN" CAPITALISM
  • 3. Battering Down the Chinese Walls: The Antinomies of Anglo-American Liberalism and the History of East Asian Capitalism in the Shadow of the Cold War / Berger, Mark T.
  • 4. Religion, Values, and Capitalism in Asia / Alatas, Syed Farid
  • SECTION III: THE STATE AND LOCAL CULTURES
  • 5. From Universal to Local Culture: The State, Ethnic Identity, and Capitalism in Singapore / Wee, C. J. W. L.
  • 6. Telephony at the Limits of State Control: "Discourse Networks" in Indonesia / Barker, Joshua David
  • 7. Rethinking Modernity: State, Ethnicity, and Class in the Forging of a Modern Urban Malaysia / Lan, Goh Beng
  • 8. Thai Middle-Class Practice and Consumption of Traditional Dance: "Thai-ness" and High Art / Koanantakool, Paritta Chalermpow
  • Index

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