| Description |
x, 245 pages ; 23 cm |
| Contents |
Introduction: Local cultures, economic development, and Southeast Asia / C.J.W.-L. Wee -- 1. Development enabler or disabler? The role of the state in Southeast Asia / Kamal Malhotra -- 2. Muddling through: development under a "weak" state / Edilberto C. de Jesus -- 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 / Mark T. Berger -- 4. Religion, values, and capitalism in Asia / Syed Farid Alatas -- 5. From universal to local culture: the State, ethnic identity, and capitalism in Singapore / C.J.W.-L. Wee -- 6. Telephony at the limits of state control: "discourse networks" in Indonesia / Joshua David Barker -- 7. Rethinking modernity: state, ethnicity, and class in the forging of a modern urban Malaysia / Goh Beng Lan -- 8. Thai middle-class practice and consumption of traditional dance: "Thai-ness" and high art / Paritta Chalermpow Koanantakool |
| Notes |
Library of Congress -- Jakarta Overseas Office stock number |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Capitalism -- Social aspects -- Southeast Asia.
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Economic development -- Social aspects -- Southeast Asia.
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Ethnicity -- Southeast Asia.
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Economic development -- Social aspects -- Asia.
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Capitalism -- Social aspects -- Asia.
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| SUBJECT |
Asia, Southeastern -- Economic conditions.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008116978
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Asia, Southeastern -- Social conditions. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008117034
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Asia, Southeastern -- Economic policy.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008116977
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Asia, Southeastern -- Social life and customs. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008117018
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| Author |
Wee, C. J. Wan-ling.
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Institute of Southeast Asian Studies.
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| LC no. |
2002348803 |
| ISBN |
9812301224 paperback |
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9812301232 |
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