Developing Cultures: Case Studies

by Harrison; Lawrence E.

• ISBN13: 9780415952804
• ISBN10: 0415952808
• Format: Nonspecific Binding
• Copyright: 2006-01-13
• Publisher: Routledge

Summary

Developing Cultures: Case Studiesis a collection of 27 essays by a group of leading internationals scholars on the role of culture and cultural change in the evolution of countries and regions around the world. The essays aim to further the exploration of the thesis put forth by Larry Harrison and Samuel Huntington in their widely discussed book Culture Matters which examined the role that culture plays in hindering or accelerating political and economic development in the Third World. This book is a companion volume to Developing Cultures: Essays on Cultural Change (0415952824).

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	ix
Introduction	xi
Lawrence E. Harrison
Some Reflections on Culture and Development	xvii
Peter L. Berger
Part I Africa
Explaining Botswana's Success	3	(20)
Stephen R. Lewis, Jr.
Culture and Development: Questions from South Africa	23	(20)
Ann Bernstein
The Culture of Development in a Southwestern Nigerian Town	43	(22)
Elisha P. Renne
Part II Confucian Countries
China's Cultural Renaissance	65	(18)
Tu Weiming
Japanese Culture and Postwar Economic Growth	83	(18)
Yoshihara Kunio
Values and Development in Singapore	101	(18)
Chua Beng-Huat
Market Development, Political Change, and Taiwanese Cultures	119	(22)
Robert P. Weller
Part III India
India: How a Rich Nation Became Poor and Will Be Rich Again	141	(22)
Gurcharan Das
Part IV Islam
Egypt as a Model of Development for the World of Islam	163	(18)
Bassam Tibi
Cultural Matters and Developmental Dilemmas in Indonesia	181	(18)
Robert W. Hefner
Two Halves Did Not Make a Whole: Pakistan Before and After Bangladesh	199	(18)
F. S. Aijazuddin
Adil Najam
Turkey: Torn Between Two Civilizations	217	(18)
Yilmaz Esmer
Part V Latin America
The Political Values of Development: The Case of Argentina	235	(18)
Mariano Grondona
The Importance of Culture: The Brazilian Case	253	(14)
Maria Lucia Victor Barbosa
Economic Development and the Evolution of National Culture: The Case of Chile	267	(20)
David E. Hojman
Mexico: The Camel and the Needle	287	(18)
Miguel Basanez
Productive Values and Poverty in Venezuela	305	(24)
Luis Ugalde
Part VI Orthodox/Eastern Europe
Which Past Matters? Culture and Economic Development in Eastern Europe After 1989	329	(20)
Janos Matyas Kovacs
Timeless Identity versus Another Final Modernity: Identity Master Myth and Social Change in Georgia	349	(20)
Irakli Chkonia
A Tale of Two Regions: Novgorod and Pskov as Models of Symbolic Development	369	(18)
Nicolai N. Petro
Cultural Change and Continuity in the Transition from Communism: The Russian Case	387	(22)
Archie Brown
Part VII The West
Scene from a Fast-Food Restaurant: Signs of the Times in Black America and the Path Beyond	409	(10)
John McWhorter
Ireland as the Celtic Tiger: How Did It Happen?	419	(6)
Dick Spring
The Long and Winding Road: The Italian Path to Modernization	425	(20)
Matteo B. Marini
Culture and the Pursuit of Success: The Case of Quebec in the Twentieth Century	445	(20)
Daniel Latouche
The Spanish Transition: 1975--82	465	(18)
Carlos Alberto Montaner
Strong Governance and Civic Participation: Some Notes on the Cultural Dimension of the Swedish Model	483	(16)
Dag Blanck
Thorleif Pettersson
Contributors	499	(6)
Index	505