UID:
edocfu_9959243724002883
Format:
1 online resource (xiii, 414 pages)
ISBN:
0-674-04241-7
Note:
Description based upon print version of record.
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Contents; Preface; 1. Asia and Theories of Development; 2. The Evolution of Asian Concepts of Power; 3. East Asia: Varieties of Confucian Authority; 4. Southeast Asia: From God-Kings to the Power of Personal Connections; 5. The South Asian Subcontinent: Hindu and Muslim Power and the Rewards of Narcissism; 6. The Riddle of Japan: The Combining of Competition and Consensus; 7. China: The Illusion of Omnipotence; 8. Korea, Taiwan, and Vietnam: Forms of Aggressive Confucianism; 9. Malaysia: Confrontation of Two Incompatible Cultures; 10. Islamic Power: The Pulls of Reformism and Fundamentalism
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11. The Substance of Asian Power: Formal Structures and Informal Relations 12. Paternalistic Authority and the Triumph of Dependency; Notes; Index
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English
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0-674-04979-9
Language:
English
DOI:
10.4159/9780674042414
