Communitarian politics in Asia
By: edited by Chua Beng Huat.
Contributors: Chua, Beng Huat.
Series: Politics in Asia series
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2004
Place of publication: London; New York, NY
Language: eng
Number of pages: 191
Subjects: Communitarianism -- Asia, Southeastern.; Communitarianism -- East Asia.; Southeast Asia -- Politics and government.; East Asia -- Politics and government.
Description: "Communitarian Politics in Asia examines instances in Southeast and East Asian countries where communitarianism is both articulated as national ideology and embedded as the ethos of social life and assesses the relative merits of a set of practices in their respective local political context. The book not only augments existing international debate on liberalism and communitarianism but also provides empirical examples of communitarian political practices that will substantiate and/or refute conceptual points, such as redistributive justice and costs to individuals, in this ongoing debate."--Jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Communitarian politics in Asia / Chua Beng Huat; title: Communitarian philosophy and East Asian politics / Daniel A. Bell; title: Predicament of communality : lessons from Japan / Tatsuo Inoue; title: The anti-communitarian family? : everyday conditions of authoritarian politics in South Korea / Chang Kyung Sup; title: Communitarianism without competitive politics in Singapore / Chua Beng Huat; title: The ethics of care and political practices in Hong kong / Ho Mun Chan; title: Shariah formalism or democratic communitarianism? : the Islamic resurgence and political theory; title: The failure of state ideology in Indonesia : the rise and demise of Pancasila / Vedi R. Hadiz; title: "Community in the East" : towards a new human rights paradigm / Anthony Woodiwiss.