<span>A dozen papers highlight issues facing cities in the region, consider the consequences of certain courses of action, and offer alternative imaginings. They are revised from presentations at the Southeast Asian Urban Futures workshop in Singapore in July 2000. The contributors are urban planner
Reflections on Development in Southeast Asia
โ Scribed by Lim Teck Ghee (editor)
- Publisher
- ISEAS Publishing
- Year
- 2018
- Tongue
- English
- Leaves
- 211
- Category
- Library
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โฆ Synopsis
The rapid pace of economic development in Southeast Asia has involved a changing and often volatile relationship between traditional structures and values, and new structures associated with state and administrative power. In this volume, a variety of original perspectives is offered on crucial subjects, including region, the bureaucracy, the state and non-governmental organizations.
โฆ Table of Contents
Contents
Acknowledgements
Introduction
1. Islamic Resurgence and the Question of Development in Malaysia
2. A Buddhist Approach to Development: The Case of "Development Monks" in Thailand
3. Thai Bureaucratic Behaviour: The Impact of Dual Values on Public Policies
4. Distributive Justice in the Philippines: Ideology, Policy and Surveillance
5. The Emergence of the Bureaucratic Capitalist State in Indonesia
6. Outlines of a Non-Linear Emplotment of Philippine History
7. Non-Government Organizations and Human Development The ASEAN Experience
Notes on Contributors
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