The great diversity: trajectories of Asian development

This book brings together scholars from the universities of Bergen and Leeds who explore how we may understand different trajectories of development in Asia, arguably the most dynamic and certainly the most diverse part of our world. It asserts that there is no one singular 'truth' on unde...

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Veröffentlicht: Wageningen Wageningen Academic Publishers 2014
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Zusammenfassung:This book brings together scholars from the universities of Bergen and Leeds who explore how we may understand different trajectories of development in Asia, arguably the most dynamic and certainly the most diverse part of our world. It asserts that there is no one singular 'truth' on understanding development, or universal model on prescribing future paths of development. Evidence from Asia reminds us that the importance of locality in shaping development has not diminished despite deepening globalisation in the modern era. Furthermore, by accepting the prevalence of diversity we are able to learn certain lessons of development from each other, both within and across scholarly disciplines. The book explores how the concept of 'development' is itself highly contested, and there exist multiple narratives and discourses on the subject as demonstrated in this
Beschreibung:International conference proceedings. - Includes bibliographical references and index
""Preface""; ""Table of contents""; ""Chapter 1: Introduction: diversity and development in Asia""; ""Christopher M. Dent and Camilla Brautaset""; ""Structure of this book""; ""Core themes""; ""Chapter 2: Merchants and missionaries""; ""Connecting China, Norway and beyond""; ""Camilla Brautaset""; ""The big picture: globalisation, history and global history""; ""The project: merchants, missionaries and entwined histories""; ""Connectivity""; ""Concluding remarks""; ""Acknowledgements""; ""Bibliography""; ""Chapter 3: Opening the gates""
""China�s Maritime Customs Service (1854-1949) in the contemporary context""""Olga Medvedeva""; ""Chinese Maritime Customs before 1854: trade development and sea ban �under Heaven�""; ""The foreign inspectorate in the late Qing Empire (1854-1912)""; ""The Chinese Maritime Customs Service and nationalistic sentiments in republican China (1912-1949)""; ""Conclusion""; ""Acknowledgements""; ""Bibliography""; ""Chapter 4: The world wide missionary web""; ""Transnational mission networks� influence on the 19th and 20th century Norwegian China missions""; ""Karina Hestad Skeie""
""China�s millions�: a powerful transnational imagery""""Local spiritual and organisational differentiation""; ""Individual opportunity and transnational education""; ""Boundaries, limits and risks""; ""Transnational mission networks in China""; ""Conclusion""; ""Acknowledgements""; ""Bibliography""; ""Chapter 5: Regional resonances""; ""Vietnamese whale worship in comparative perspective""; ""Michael Parnwell""; ""Rites for whales""; ""Whales as compassionate, benevolent and spiritual beings""; ""Conclusion""; ""Bibliography""; ""Chapter 6: The march of the monks""
""On the political repertoire of Buddhist monks in Myanmar and Sri Lanka""""Michael Hertzberg""; ""Colonial and postcolonial activities of political pongyis""; ""Sri Lanka: the heritage of the political bhikkhu""; ""On the political repertoire of Buddhist monks in Myanmar and Sri Lanka""; ""Bibliography""; ""Chapter 7: The second cultural revolution?""; ""Individualization and the emergence of psychology in late modern China""; ""Simen A. Ã?yen and Ole Jacob Madsen""; ""The Forthcoming Empire""; ""Methodological framework""; ""Theoretical framework""
""The birth of the modern Chinese individual""""Psychology�s more recent history in China""; ""Depression""; ""Suicide""; ""A therapeutic culture in China?""; ""From the iron bowl of rice to the therapeutic iron cage""; ""Bibliography""; ""Chapter 8: National policy, sub-national trajectories""; ""Development of local models in China�s health reform process""; ""Lewis Husain""; ""The New Cooperative Medical Scheme and China�s health reforms: a distinctive policy process?""; ""New Cooperative Medical Scheme: under county management""; ""Taoshan�s local oversight model""
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ISBN:9789086867868
9086867863
DOI:10.3920/978-90-8686-786-8

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