Asia: Case Studies in the Social Sciences - A Guide for Teaching: Case Studies in the Social Sciences - A Guide for Teaching / Edition 1

by Myron L. Cohen

Overview

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. Smith on the family in Japan; Doranne Jacobson on gender relations in India; Lawrence A. Babb on religion in India; Owen M. Lynch on stratification, inequality, and the caste system in India; Laurell Kendall on changing gender relations in Korea; Andrew G. Walder on comparative revolution in China and Vietnam, Maoism, and the sociology of work in China and Japan; Moni Nag on the comparative demography of China, Japan, and India; and Helen Hardacre on the new religions of Japan. Other contributors offering information through case studies are Hiroshi Ishida on stratification and mobility in Japan; Robert C. Liebman on work and education compared in Japan and the US; Joseph W. Elder on education, urban society, urban problems, and industrial society in India; Andrew J. Nathan on totalitarianism, authoritarianism, and democracy in China; Jean C. Oi on mobilisation and participation in China; Edwin A. Winckler on political development in Taiwan; Carl H. Lande on political parties and representation in the Philippines ; Clark N. Neher on political development and political participation in Thailand; and Benedict R. O'G. Anderson on political culture, the military, and authoritarianism in Indonesia. The final chapters of this work include studies by Stephen Philip Cohen on the military in India and Pakistan; Paul R. Brass on democracy and political participation in India; T.J. Pempel on Japanese democracy and political culture, political parties and representation, and bureaucracy in Japan; Han-kyo Kim on political development in South Korea; and Thomas G. Rawski on the economies of China and Japan.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781563241574
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	01/31/1993
Series:	Columbia Project on Asia in the Core Curriculum Series
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	550
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x (d)
Age Range:	18 Years

About the Author

Myron L. Cohen

Table of Contents

I: Anthropology; Anthropology: China; Family Organization in China; Religion in a State Society: China; Anthropology: India; I: Religion in a State Society: India; Gender Relations: Changing Patterns in India; Stratification, Inequality, Caste System: India; Anthropology: Indonesia; I: Family and Kinship in Indonesia; Islam in Indonesia: A Case Study of Religion in Society; Hierarchy and Stratification: The Case of Java; Anthropology: Japan; I: Urban Life in Japan; Rural Society in Japan: Past and Present; Gender Roles: The Case of Japan; The Family in Japan; Anthropology: Korea; I: Changing Gender Relations: The Korean Case; II: Economics; Economics: China and Japan; II: Japan and China as Case Studies in Introductory Courses in Economics; III: Political Science; Political Science: China; III: Totalitarianism, Authoritarianism, Democracy: The Case of China; III: Mobilization and Participation: The Case of China; Political Science: Taiwan; III: Political Transition on Taiwan; Political Science: India; III: Democracy and Political Participation in India; The Military in India and Pakistan: Contrasting Cases; Political Science: Indonesia; III: Authoritarianism: Indonesia; Political Culture in Indonesia; The Political Role of the Military: Indonesia; Political Science: Japan; III: Bureaucracy in Japan; Japanese Democracy and Political Culture: A Comparative Perspective; Political Parties and Representation: The Case of Japan; Political Science: Korea; III: Political Development in South Korea; Political Science: The Philippines; III: Political Parties and Political Representation: The Philippines; Political Science: Thailand; III: Political Development and Political Participation in Thailand; Sociology: China; III: Comparative Revolution: The Case of China; Marxist Social Thought: Maoism; Sociology of Work: The Case of China; Sociology: Comparative/Interarea; III: Problems of Rapid Modernization: China, Taiwan, Korea, and Japan; Comparative Demography: The Cases of China, Japan and India; Sociology: India; III: Education in India; Industrial Sociology: The Indian Case; Urban Society and Urban Problems in India; Sociology: Japan; III: The New Religions of Japan; Stratification and Mobility: The Case of Japan; American Education in Comparative Perspective: What Can We Learn from Japan?; Work in America in Comparative Perspective: What Can We Learn from Japan?; Sociology of Work: The Case of Japan; Sociology: Vietnam; III: Comparative Revolution: The Case of Vietnam