Developing Cultures

INTRODUCTION Developing Cultures: Case Studies, Lawrence HarrisonSome Reflections on Culture and Development, Peter Berger AFRICA 1: Explaining Botswana's Successes, Stephen Lewis2: Culture and Development: Questions from South Africa, Ann Bernstein3: The Culture of Development in a Southwestern Nigerian Town, Elisha Renne CONFUCIAN COUNTRIES 4: China's Cultural Renaissance, Tu Weiming5: Japanese Culture and Post-War Economic Growth, Yoshihara Kunio6: Values and Development in Singapore, Chua Beng-Huat7: Market Development, Political Changes, and Taiwanese Cultures, Robert Weller INDIA 8: How a Rich Nation Became Poor and Will Be Rich Again, Gurcharan Das ISLAM 9: Egypt As a Model of Development for the World of Islam, Bassam Tibi10: Cultural Matters and Developmental Dilemmas in Indonesia, Robert Hefner11: Two Halves Did Not Make a Whole: Pakistan Before and After Bangladesh, F. S. Aijazuddin with a response by Adil Najam12: Turkey: Torn Between Two Civilizations, Yilmaz Esmer LATIN AMERICA 13: The Political Values of Development: The Case of Argentina, Mariano Grondona14: The Importance of Culture: The Brazilian Case, Maria Lucia Victor Barbosa15: Economic Development and the Evolution of National Culture: The Case of Chile, David Hojman16: Mexico: The Camel and the Needle, Miguel Basanez17: Productive Values and Poverty in Venezuela, Luis Ugalde ORTHODOX/EASTERN EUROPE 18: Culture and Economic Development in Eastern Europe after 1989, Janos Kovacs19: Timeless Identity versus another Final Modernity: Identity Master Myth and Social Change in Georgia, Irakli Chkonia20: A Tale of Two Regions: Novgorod and Pskov as Models of Symbolic Development, Nicolai Petro21: Cultural Change and Continuity in the Transition from Communism: The Russian Case, Archie Brown THE WEST 22: Scene from a Fast Food Restaurant: Signs of the Times in Black America and the Path Beyond, John McWhorter23: The Celtic Tiger: How Did It Happen? Dick Spring24: The Long and Winding Road: The Italian Path to Modernization, Matteo Marini25: Culture and the Pursuit of Success: The Case of Quebec, Daniel Latouche26: The Spanish Transition (1975-1982) Carlos Alberto Montaner27: Strong Governance and Civic Participation: Some Notes on the Cultural Dimension of the Swedish Model, Dag Blanck and Thorleif Pettersson