1st Edition
Alternate Civilities Democracy And Culture In China And Taiwan
By Robert Paul Weller
Copyright 1999
188 Pages
by
Routledge
192 Pages
by
Routledge
192 Pages
by
Routledge
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Alternate Civilities is an anthropologist's answer to the argument that China's cultural tradition renders it incapable of achieving an open political system. Robert Weller draws on his knowledge of both China and Taiwan to show how such sweeping claims fail to take account of potential democratic stimuli among local-level associations such as business organizations, religious groups,... Read more
Preface -- Culture, Economy, and the Roots of Civil Change -- Legacies -- The Limits to Authority -- Business and the Limits to Civil Association -- Religion: Local Association and Split Market Cultures -- Forms of Association and Social Action -- Alternate Civilities and Political Change -- Chinese Character List
Biography
Robert Paul Weller
