Local Cultures and the New Asia: The State, Culture, and Capitalism in Southeast Asia

CONTENTS\nAcknowledgements\nContributors\nIntroduction: Local Cultures, Economic Development, and Southeast Asia\nSECTION I: THE STATE\n1. Development Enabler or Disabler? The Role of the State in Southeast Asia\n2. Muddling Through: Development under a “Weak” State\nSECTION II: THE CULTURAL LINEAGES OF “ASIAN” CAPITALISM\n3. Battering Down the Chinese Walls: The Antinomies of Anglo-American Liberalism and the History of East Asian Capitalism in the Shadow of the Cold War\n4. Religion, Values, and Capitalism in Asia\nSECTION III: THE STATE AND LOCAL CULTURES\n5. From Universal to Local Culture: The State, Ethnic Identity, and Capitalism in Singapore\n6. Telephony at the Limits of State Control: “Discourse Networks” in Indonesia\n7. Rethinking Modernity: State, Ethnicity, and Class in the Forging of a Modern Urban Malaysia\n8. Thai Middle-Class Practice and Consumption of Traditional Dance: “Thai-ness” and High Art\nIndex