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Values and development in Southeast Asia / John Clammer

By: Clammer, John.
Publisher: Subang Jaya, Selangor : Pelanduk, c1996Description: 228 p. ; 22 cm.ISBN: 9679785688.Subject(s): Social change -- Asia, Southeastern | Asia, Southeastern -- Cultural policy | Southeast Asia -- Economic conditions | Asia, Southeastern -- Intellectual life | Southeast Asia -- Politics and government | Southeast Asia -- Social conditionsDDC classification: 306.0959
Contents:
About the Author. - Acknowledgement. - Ch. 1. Cultural Analysis and the Problems of Development in Southeast Asia. - Ch. 2. Social Structures and Value Systems in Southeast Asia. - Ch. 3. Values and Human Development. - Ch. 4. Postmodernity and Macro-social Change. - Ch. 5. Sociological Considerations in Economic Development. - Ch. 6. The Social Context of Economic Behaviour: Economic Anthropology and Development Issues. - Ch. 7. Religion, Values and Social Change: Weber in Southeast Asia. - Ch. 8. Urbanisation and Sustainable Development in Contemporary Southeast Asia. - Ch. 9. Islam and Capitalism in South Asia. - Ch. 10. Intellectuals and Development. - Ch. 11. Scientific Values and Political Ideology. - Index.
Summary: This study illustrates the connections between values and development in Southeast Asia and links development discourses within the region to wider theoretical debates about social transformation and the role of values in social change. In the way, some important changes in the nature of development thinking are applied to Southeast Asia and in turn Southeast Asia is situated afresh in relation to intellectual trends that are influential but have often originated outside the region. - Back cover.
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About the Author. - Acknowledgement. - Ch. 1. Cultural Analysis and the Problems of Development in Southeast Asia. - Ch. 2. Social Structures and Value Systems in Southeast Asia. - Ch. 3. Values and Human Development. - Ch. 4. Postmodernity and Macro-social Change. - Ch. 5. Sociological Considerations in Economic Development. - Ch. 6. The Social Context of Economic Behaviour: Economic Anthropology and Development Issues. - Ch. 7. Religion, Values and Social Change: Weber in Southeast Asia. - Ch. 8. Urbanisation and Sustainable Development in Contemporary Southeast Asia. - Ch. 9. Islam and Capitalism in South Asia. - Ch. 10. Intellectuals and Development. - Ch. 11. Scientific Values and Political Ideology. - Index.

This study illustrates the connections between values and development in Southeast Asia and links development discourses within the region to wider theoretical debates about social transformation and the role of values in social change. In the way, some important changes in the nature of development thinking are applied to Southeast Asia and in turn Southeast Asia is situated afresh in relation to intellectual trends that are influential but have often originated outside the region. - Back cover.