Many new social and economic organisations are emerging in different parts of Asia Pacific which have skillfully adapted western capitalism to suit their own specific requirements. They have also put to use effectively their own social and cultural values to get the best economic results. Japan used its heritage of associated living to overcome adversarial labour and management relations; Singapore made use of Confucian emphasis on social discipline and respect for merit to build a meritocratic society; Indonesia used its genius for eclecticism to build its own brand of social pragmatism, and then used it for economic growth; Thailand used the concept of merit in Theravada Buddhism to accelerate economic growth; and Malaysia used its own growing pragmatism to balance conflicting ethnic demands. This book examines the variety of normative-pragmatic balances attempted by the six ASEAN countries to address their respective core development issues and simultaneously register an explosive economic growth.

Development Success in Asia Pacific: An Exercise in Normative-Pragmatic Balance

Somjee, A.H.

Somjee, Geeta

Business & Money

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Political Capacity in Developing Societies

Politics & Social Sciences

Social Sciences

A look at how politics work in India shows what obstacles communities must overcome to use the political process to achieve important social and economic goals

Management & Leadership

This book is about the poor and the constraints of social and economic relationships within which they are trapped. Such constraints have diminished their social and political capacity to be able to escape from poverty. In their case, therefore, neither the provisions of public policy nor specific development stimulus are enough. Initially, and for a limited period, what they need are socially concerned individuals and organizations to mobilise them and target them for development. In the long run, however, their self-development can come only through their own self-involvement. As such this book concentrates on the poor, and the actual nature of their disadvantages, rather than on the abstract notions of poverty.

Reaching Out to the Poor: The Unfinished Rural Revolution

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Many new social and economic organizations are emerging in different parts of Asia Pacific which have skillfully adapted western capitalism to suit their own specific requirements. They have also put to effective use their own social and cultural values to get the best economic results. Japan used its heritage of associated living to overcome adversarial labour and management relations; Singapore made use of Confucial emphasis on social discipline and respect for merit to build a meritocratic society; Indonesia used its genius for eclecticism to build its own brand of social pragmatism, and then used it for economic growth; Thailand used the concept of merit in Theravada Buddhism to accelerate economic growth; and Malaysia used its own growing pragmatism to balance conflicting ethnic demands. The book examines the variety of address their respective core development issues and simultaneously register an explosive economic growth.

Economics

<p>This research contributes to fighting poverty and powerlessness in all its dimensions by confirming the effectiveness of grassroots participation in India. Key topics include gender, empowerment, human development, poverty and economic issues, political participation, and social movements.</p>

Poverty, Gender, and Human Development: Context-effective cooperative approaches

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Development Success in Asia Pacific: An Exercise in Normative-Pragmatic Balance

Political Capacity in Developing Societies

Political Capacity in Developing Societies

Reaching Out to the Poor: The Unfinished Rural Revolution

Development Success in Asia Pacific: An Exercise in Normative-Pragmatic Balance

Poverty, Gender, and Human Development: Context-effective cooperative approaches