1st Edition

Asia: Case Studies in the Social Sciences - A Guide for Teaching Case Studies in the Social Sciences - A Guide for Teaching

By Myron L. Cohen Copyright 1993
550 Pages
by Routledge

550 Pages
by Routledge

550 Pages
by Routledge

The material in this study is covered by Myron L. Cohen on religion and family organization in China; John R. Bowen on family, kinship, and Islam in Indonesia; Robert W. Hefner on hierarchy and stratification in Java; and Nancy Rosenberger on gender roles in Japan. Further material is provided by William W. Kelly on rural society in Japan; Theodore C. Bestor on urban life in Japan; Stephen R.... Read more
This collection focuses on the concepts and measurements of inequality, poverty, the concentration of wealth, and the implications of these issues for social policies. A special feature of this work is the international comparisons of the evidence on economic inequality.

Biography

Myron L. Cohen