Cultural Change and Persistence [electronic resource] : New Perspectives on Development /
Ascher, W.editor.
Heffron, J.editor.
Pacific Basin Research Center.
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.
Description based upon print version of record.
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
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
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
Social sciences—Philosophy.
Sociology.
Demography.
Human geography.
Cultural studies.
Social Theory.
Sociology, general.
Demography.
Human Geography.
Cultural Studies.