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INTRODUCTION Developing Cultures: Case Studies -- Lawrence Harrison Some Reflections on Culture and Development -- Peter Berger AFRICA Chapter 1: Explaining Botswana's Successes -- Stephen Lewis Chapter 2: Culture and Development: Questions from South Africa -- Ann Bernstein Chapter 3: The Culture of Development in a Southwestern Nigerian Town -- Elisha Renne CONFUCIAN COUNTRIES Chapter 4: China's Cultural Renaissance -- Tu Weiming Chapter 5: Japanese Culture and Post-War Economic Growth -- Yoshihara Kunio Chapter 6: Values and Development in Singapore -- Chua Beng- Huat Chapter 7: Market Development, Political Changes, and Taiwanese Cultures -- Robert Weller INDIA Chapter 8: How a Rich Nation Became Poor and Will Be Rich Again, Gurcharan Das ISLAM Chapter 9: Egypt As a Model of Development for the World of Islam -- Bassam Tibi Chapter 10: Cultural Matters and Developmental Dilemmas in Indonesia -- Robert Hefner Chapter 11: Two Halves Did Not Make a Whole: Pakistan Before and After Bangladesh -- F. S. Aijazuddin with a response by Adil Najam Chapter 12: Turkey: Torn Between Two Civilizations -- Yilmaz Esmer LATIN AMERICA Chapter 13: The Political Values of Development: The Case of Argentina -- Mariano Grondona Chapter 14: The Importance of Culture: The Brazilian Case -- Maria Lucia Victor Barbosa Chapter 15: Economic Development and the Evolution of National Culture: The Case of Chile -- David Hojman Chapter 16: Mexico: The Camel and the Needle -- Miguel Bas ñez Chapter 17: Productive Values and Poverty in Venezuela -- Luis Ugalde ORTHODOX/EASTERN EUROPE Chapter 18: Culture and Economic Development in Eastern Europe after 1989 -- Janos Kovacs Chapter 19: Timeless Identity versus another Final Modernity: Identity Master Myth and Social Change in Georgia -- Irakli Chkonia Chapter 20: A Tale of Two Regions: Novgorod and Pskov as Models of Symbolic Development -- Nicolai Petro Chapter 21: Cultural Change and Continuity in the Transition from Communism: The Russian Case -- Archie Brown THE WEST Chapter 22: Scene from a Fast Food Restaurant: Signs of the Times in Black America and the Path Beyond -- John McWhorter Chapter 23: The Celtic Tiger: How Did It Happen? -- Dick Spring Chapter 24: The Long and Winding Road: The Italian Path to Modernization -- Matteo Marini Chapter 25: Culture and the Pursuit of Success: The Case of Quebec -- Daniel Latouche Chapter 26: The Spanish Transition (1975-1982) -- Carlos Alberto Montaner Chapter 27: Strong Governance and Civic Participation: Some Notes on the Cultural Dimension of the Swedish Model -- Dag Blanck and Thorleif Pettersson CONTRIBUTORS INDEX
Library of Congress Subject Headings for this publication:
Progress -- Case studies.
Social change -- Case studies.
Acculturation -- Case studies.
Cultural lag -- Case studies.
Economic development -- Case studies.
Social values -- Case studies.
Developing countries -- Case studies.