ISBN:
1283066807
,
9780230109148
,
9781283066808
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (xiv, 263 p)
,
ill
Edition:
Online-Ausg. 2011 Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
Parallel Title:
Print version Cultural Change and Persistence : New Perspectives on Development
DDC:
306
Keywords:
Social change
;
Economic development Social aspects
;
Culture diffusion
Abstract:
This book is about the ways that traditional cultural practices either change or persist in the face of social and economic development, whether the latter proceeds primarily from internal or external forces.
Abstract:
This book is about the ways that traditional cultural practices either change or persist in the face of social and economic development, whether the latter proceeds primarily from internal or external forces. The unifying argument of the contributions is that adapting cultural practices and beliefs is often the key to the preservation of core values and societal integrity that enhance human dignity
Description / Table of Contents:
Coverpage; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; List of Illustrations; Preface and Acknowledgments; Contributors; 1 Rethinking Culture and Development: Patterns of Change and Persistence; 2 Normative Considerations in Promoting Cultural Preservation or Change; 3 "Old Times There Are Not Forgotten": Southern Traditionalism and American National Development; 4 Nationalism and the Politics of Language: Analogies from Europe for the Pacific Basin; 5 Are Cultural Tensions "Cultural"? Public Responses to Chinese, Korean, and Vietnamese Migration in the Russian Far East
Description / Table of Contents:
6 Cultural Transition and Village Discourse in Twentieth-Century China7 How Our Village Becomes "Ecocultural": Change, Resilience, and Social Capital in Southwest China Minority Communities; 8 "The Ramlila Project": Indian Identities in an Age of Globalization; 9 Mexico from Mestizo to Multicultural: Arts and Identity at the Turn of the Millennium; 10 Global Citizenship, Cultural Change, and Education Policy in Japan and New Zealand; 11 Culture and Law on the Durand Line: Continuity and Change; 12 Conclusions: Intertwining Cultural Adaptation and Economic Development; Index
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
,
Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
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