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Local cultures and the "new Asia" the state, culture, and capitalism in Southeast Asia ​ edited by C.J.W.-L. Wee.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: Singapore Institute of Southeast Asian Studies c2002.Description: x, 245 pages 23 cmISBN:
  • 9812301224 (pbk.
  • 9812301232
Other title:
  • State, culture, and capitalism in Southeast Asia
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 338.959 WEE
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. 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. 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.

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

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. 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. 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.

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