Political cultural developments in east Asia : interpreting logics of change /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Preston, P. W. (Peter Wallace), 1949- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Palgrave Macmillan, [2017]
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Table of Contents:
  • Prologue; Preface; Notes; Acknowledgements; Contents; Chapter 1: Social Science: Making Sense of Change; Social Science: Character, Status and Utility; Arguments from Natural Science; Arguments from Human Understanding; Arguments from Political Life; Argument Making in Social Science; Other Cultures, Other Logics32; Putting Social Theory to Work: Private and Public; China: A State Socialist Route to the Modern World42; Hong Kong: Borrowed Place, Its Own Place46; Thailand: Managing and Deflecting the Demands of Modernity47; Singapore: Elite-Directed Mobilization for National Development.