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Social Cohesion in Asia: Historical Origins, Contemporary Shapes and Future Dynamics book cover

1st Edition

Social Cohesion in Asia Historical Origins, Contemporary Shapes and Future Dynamics

Edited By Aurel Croissant, Peter Walkenhorst Copyright 2020
256 Pages 34 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

254 Pages 34 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

254 Pages 34 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge
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This book explores the historical origins, contemporary dynamics and future challenges of social cohesion in South, Southeast and East Asia—one of the most dynamic and at the same time heterogeneous regions in the world, in terms of economic, political and human development. The comparative case studies in this volume develop a better understanding of social cohesion in Asia by exploring... Read more

1. Social Cohesion in Asia- An Introduction,  Aurel Croissant and Peter Walkenhorst

2. Social Cohesion and Welfare Reforms- The Chinese Approach, Ka Ho Mok and Yuyang Kang 

3. The Leviathan and its Muscular Management of Social Cohesion in Singapore, Pravin Prakash 

4. South Korea: A triple paradox of social cohesion, Aurel Croissant and Jung-eun Kim 

5. Fragmented society, stable democracy: the Indian paradox, Subrata Mitra 

6. Bangladesh: Holding Together a Low Cohesion Society, Ali Riaz

7. Achieving Unity in Extreme Diversity? Social Cohesion in Indonesia, Patrick Ziegenhain

8. Religious Mobilisation, Ethnic Conflict and the Problem of Trust: Social Cohesion in Democratising Myanmar, Marco Bünte

9. Sri Lanka – The Dark Side of Social Cohesion in Divided Societies, Christoph Trinn

10. Conclusions: Globalization, Inequality, Democracy and Social Cohesion in Asia, Aurel Croissant

Biography

Aurel Croissant is Professor of Political Science at Heidelberg University, Germany.



Peter Walkenhorst is Senior Project Manager at the Bertelsmann Stiftung in Gütersloh, Germany.

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