Cultural change and persistence: new perspectives on development

This book is about the ways that traditional cultural practices either changeor persist in the face of social and economic development, whether the latterproceeds primarily from internal or external forces. WILLIAM L. ASCHER Donald C. McKenna Professor of Government and Economics at Claremont McKenna College, USA. . JOHN M. HEFFRON Professor of History and Associate Director of the Pacific Basin Research Center at Soka Universityof America, USA. INDICE: Cultural Change and Persistence in a Globalizing World: An Introduction; 'W.Ascher' & 'J.M.Heffron - 'Normative Considerations in Promoting Cultural Preservation or Change; 'W.Ascher' - 'Old Times There Are Not Forgotten':Southern Traditionalism and American National Development; 'J.M.Heffron - 'Nationalism and the Politics of Language: Analogies from Europe for the Pacific Basin; 'J.C.Laursen' - Are Cultural Tensions 'Cultural'? Public Responses to Chinese, Korean, and Vietnamese Migration in the Russian Far East; 'M.Alexseev'- Cultural Transition and Village Discourse in Twentieth Century China; 'H.Li' - How Our Village Becomes 'Eco-cultural'? Change, Resilience, and Social Capital in Southwest China Minority Communities; 'Z.Yongming' - The Ramlila Project: Indian Identities in an Age of Globalization; 'N.Kumar - 'Mexico, from Mestizo to Multicultural: Arts and Identity at the Turn of the Millennium; 'C.C.Chorba - 'Global Citizenship, Cultural Change and Education Policy in Japan andNew Zealand; 'L.Parmenter' - Culture and Law on the Durand Line: Antinomies of Continuity and Change; 'C.H.Norchi' - Conclusions: Intertwining Cultural Adaptation& Economic Development; 'W.Ascher' & 'J.M.Heffron - '

• ISBN: 978-0-230-10914-8
• Editorial: Palgrave MacM
• Encuadernacion: Cartoné
• Páginas: 278
• Fecha Publicación: 19/01/2011
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Desconocido