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Asia: Case Studies in the Social Sciences —
A Guide for Teaching
Edited by Myron L. Cohen


Table of Contents by Discipline/Country | Table of Contents by Discipline/Subdiscipline | Table of Contents by Country/Discipline


The three Guides for Teaching presented in this section are designed for faculty members who are integrating Asian material into general education courses primarily focused on the Western tradition or canon.

Each Guide contains approximately 40 essays, written by leading specialists, and each essay conforms to a common format that makes the Guides useful to those who are integrating these materials into introductory courses in the various academic disciplines.

These Teaching Guides on Asia were produced by the Columbia Project on Asia in the Core Curriculum with support from the National Endowment for the Humanities, the Henry Luce Foundation, the Panasonic Foundation, and the U.S. Department of Education.


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TABLE OF CONTENTS BY DISCIPLINE/COUNTRY

Preface
Guide to Reader
Principles of Transliteration

Introduction
Asia: Case Studies in the Social Sciences, Myron L. Cohen, Columbia University

I. Anthropology

** China **
Family Organization in China, Myron L. Cohen
Religion in a State Society: China, Myron L. Cohen

** India **
Religion in a State Society: India, Lawrence A. Babb, Amherst College
Gender Relations: Changing Patterns in India, Doranne Jacobson
Stratification, Inequality, Caste System: India, Owen M. Lynch, New York University

** Indonesia **
Family and Kinship in Indonesia, John R. Bowen, Washington University, St. Louis
Islam in Indonesia: A Case Study of Religion in Society, John R. Bowen
Hierarchy and Stratification: The Case of Java, Robert W. Hefner, Boston University

** Japan **
Urban Life in Japan, Theodore C. Bestor, Columbia University
Rural Life in Japan: The Past and Present, William W. Kelly, Yale University
Gender Roles: The Case of Japan, Nancy Rosenberger, Oregon State University
The Family in Japan, Stephen R. Smith, Wittenberg University

** Korea **
Changing Gender Relations: The Korean Case, Laurel Kendall, American Museum of Natural History


II. Economics

** China and Japan **
Japan and China as Case Studies in Introductory Courses in Economics, Thomas G. Rawski, University of Pittsburgh


III. Political Science

** China **
Totalitarianism, Authoritarianism, Democracy: The Case of China, Andrew J. Nathan, Columbia University
Mobilization and Participation: The Case of China, Jean C. Oi, Hoover Institute

** Taiwan **
Political Transition on Taiwan, Edwin A. Winckler, Columbia University

** India and Pakistan **
Democracy and Political Participation in India, Paul R. Brass, University of Washington
The Military in India and Pakistan: Contrasting Cases, Stephen Philip Cohen, University of Illinois

** Indonesia **
Authoritarianism: Indonesia, Benedict R. O’G. Anderson, Cornell University
Political Culture in Indonesia, Benedict R. O’G. Anderson, Cornell University
The Political Role of the Military: Indonesia, Benedict R. O’G. Anderson, Cornell University

** Japan **
Bureaucracy in Japan, T.J. Pempel, Cornell University
Japanese Democracy and Political Culture: A Comparative Perspective, T.J. Pempel, Cornell University
Political Parties and Representation: The Case of Japan, T.J. Pempel, Cornell University

** Korea **
Political Development in South Korea, Han-Kyo Kim

** Philippines **
Political Parties and Political Representation: The Philippines, Carl H. Lande, University of Kansas

** Thailand **
Political Development and Political Participation in Thailand, Clark D. Neher, Northern Illinois University


IV. Sociology

** China **
Comparative Revolution: The Case of China, Andrew G. Walder, Harvard University
Marxist Social Thought: Maoism, Andrew G. Walder, Harvard University
Sociology of Work: The Case of China, Andrew G. Walder, Harvard University

** Comparative/Interarea **
Problems of Rapid Modernization: China, Taiwan, Korea, and Japan, Thomas B. Gold, University of California, Berkeley
Comparative Demography: The Cases of China, Japan, and India, Moni Nag, Columbia University

** India **
Education in India, Josephy W. Elder, University of Wisconsin
Industrial Sociology: The Indian Case, Joseph W. Elder
Urban Society and Urban Problems in India, Joseph W. Elder

** Japan **
The New Religions of Japan, Helen Hardacre, Griffith University, Australia
Stratification and Mobility: The Case of Japan, Hiroshi Ishida
American Education in Comparative Perspective: What Can We Learn from Japan? Robert C. Liebman, Portland State University
Work in America in Comparative Perspective: What Can We Learn from Japan? Robert C. Liebman
Sociology of Work: The Case of Japan, Andrew G. Walder, Harvard University

** Vietnam **
Comparative Revolution: The Case of Vietnam, Andrew G. Walder


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Index
Contributors

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TABLE OF CONTENTS BY DISCIPLINE/SUBDISCIPLINE

Preface
Guide to Reader
Principles of Transliteration

Introduction
Asia: Case Studies in the Social Sciences, Myron L. Cohen, Columbia University

** ANTHROPOLOGY: Family Organization

China
Family Organization in China, Myron L. Cohen

Indonesia
Family and Kinship in Indonesia, John R. Bowen

Japan
The Family in Japan, Stephen R. Smith

** ANTHROPOLOGY: Gender Relations

India
Gender Relations: Changing Patterns in India, Doranne Jacobson

Japan
Gender Roles: The Case of Japan, Nancy Rosenberger

Korea
Changing Gender Relations: The Korean Case, Laurel Kendall

** ANTHROPOLOGY: Religion

China
Religion in a State Society: China, Myron L. Cohen

India
Religion in a State Society: India, Lawrence A. Babb

Indonesia
Islam in Indonesia: A Case Study of Religion in Society, John R. Bowen

** ANTHROPOLOGY: Rural Society

Japan
Rural Society in Japan: Past and Present, William W. Kelly

** ANTHROPOLOGY: Stratification, Hierarchy, and Mobility

India
Stratification, Inequality, Caste System: India, Owen M. Lynch

Indonesia
Hierarchy and Stratification: The Case of Java, Robert W. Hefner

** ANTHROPOLOGY: Urban Society

Japan
Urban Life in Japan, Theodore C. Bestor


** ECONOMICS

China and Japan
Japan and China as Case Studies in Introductory Courses in Economics, Thomas G. Rawski


** POLITICAL SCIENCE: Bureaucracy

Japan
Bureaucracy in Japan, T.J. Pempel

Thailand
Political Development and Political Participation in Thailand, Clark D. Neher

** POLITICAL SCIENCE: The Military

India and Pakistan
The Military in India and Pakistan:Contrasting Cases, Stephen Philip Cowen

Indonesia
The Political Role of the Military: Indonesia, Benedict R. O’G Anderson

** POLITICAL SCIENCE: Political Culture

Indonesia
Political Culture in Indonesia, Benedict R. O’G. Anderson

Japan
Japanese Democracy and Political Culture: A Comparative Perspective, T.J. Pempel

** POLITICAL SCIENCE: Political Development — Totalitarianism, Authoritarianism, and Democracy

China
Totalitarianism, Authoritarianism, and Democracy, Andrew J. Nathan

Taiwan
Political Transition on Taiwan, Edwin A. Winckler

Indonesia
Authoritarianism: Indonesia, Benedict R. O’G. Anderson

Korea
Political Development in South Korea, Han-Kyo Kim


** SOCIOLOGY: Comparative Revolution

China
Comparative Revolution: The Case of China, Andrew G. Walder

Vietnam
Comparative Revolution: The Case of Vietnam, Andrew G. Walder

** SOCIOLOGY: Demography

China, Japan, India
Comparative Demography: The Cases of China, Japan, and India, Moni Nag

** SOCIOLOGY: Education

India
Education in India, Joseph W. Elder

Japan-U.S.
American Education in Comparative Perspective: What Can We Learn from Japan? Robert C. Liebman

** SOCIOLOGY: Marxist Social Though

China
Marxist Social Thought: Maoism, Andrew G. Walder

** SOCIOLOGY: Modernization

China, Taiwan, Japan, Korea
Problems of Rapid Modernization: China, Taiwan, Korea, and Japan, Thomas B. Gold

** SOCIOLOGY: Religion

Japan
The New Religions of Japan, Helen Hardacre

** SOCIOLOGY: Sociology of Work/Industrial Society

China
Sociology of Work: The Case of China, Andrew G. Walder

India
Industrial Sociology: The Indian Case, Joseph W. Elder

Japan-U.S.
Work in America in Comparative Perspective: What Can We Learn from Japan? Robert C. Liebman

** SOCIOLOGY: Stratification, Hierarchy, and Mobility

Japan
Stratification and Mobility: The Case of Japan, Hiroshi Ishida

** SOCIOLOGY: Urban Society

Japan
Stratification and Mobility: The Case of Japan, Hiroshi Ishida


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Index
Contributors


TABLE OF CONTENTS BY COUNTRY/DISCIPLINE

Preface
Guide to Reader
Principles of Transliteration

Introduction

** CHINA/TAIWAN **

Anthropology
Family Organization in China, Myron L. Cohen
Religion in a State Society: China, Myron L. Cohen

Economics
Japan and China as Case Studies in Introductory Courses in Economics, Thomas G. Rawski

Political Science
Totalitarianism, Authoritarianism, Democracy: The Case of China, Andrew J. Nathan
Mobilization and Participation: The Case of China, Jean C. Oi
Political Transition on Taiwan, Edwin A. Winckler

Sociology
Problems of Rapid Modernization: China, Taiwan, Korea, and Japan, Thomas B. Gold
Comparative Demography: The Cases of China, Japan, and India, Moni Nag
Comparative Revolution: The Case of China, Andrew G. Walder
Marxist Social Thought: Maoism, Andrew G. Walder
Sociology of Work: The Case of China, Andrew G. Walder


** INDIA **

Anthropology
Religion in a State Society: India, Lawrence A. Babb
Gender Relations: Changing Patterns in India, Doranne Jacobson
Stratification, Inequality, Caste System: India, Owen M. Lynch

Political Science
Democracy and Political Participation in India, Paul R. Brass
The Military in India and Pakistan: Contrasting Cases, Stephen Philip Cohen

Sociology
Education in India, Joseph W. Elder
Industrial Sociology: The Indian Case, Joseph W. Elder
Urban Society and Urban Problems in India, Joseph W. Elder
Comparative Demography: The Cases of China, Japan, and India, Moni Nag


** INDONESIA **

Anthropology
Family and Kinship in Indonesia, John R. Bowen
Islam in Indonesia: A Case Study of Religion in Society, John R. Bowen
Hierarchy and Stratification: The Case of Java, Robert W. Hefner

Political Science
Authoritarianism: Indonesia, Benedict R. O’G. Anderson
Political Culture in Indonesia, Benedict R. O’G. Anderson
The Political Role of the Military: Indonesia, Benedict R. O’G. Anderson


** JAPAN **

Anthropology
Urban Life in Japan, Theodore C. Bestor
Rural Life in Japan: The Past and Present, William W. Kelly
Gender Roles: The Case of Japan, Nancy Rosenberger
The Family in Japan, Stephen R. Smith

Economics
Japan and China as Case Studies in Introductory Courses in Economics, Thomas G. Rawski

Political Science
Bureaucracy in Japan, T.J. Pempel
Japanese Democracy and Political Culture: A Comparative Perspective, T.J. Pempel
Political Parties and Representation: The Case of Japan, T.J. Pempel

Sociology
Problems of Rapid Modernization: China, Taiwan, Korea, and Japan, Thomas B. Gold
Comparative Demography: The Cases of China, Japan, and India, Moni Nag
The New Religions of Japan, Helen Hardacre
Stratification and Mobility: The Case of Japan, Hiroshi Ishida
American Education in Comparative Perspective: What Can We Learn from Japan? Robert C. Liebman
Work in America in Comparative Perspective: What Can We Learn from Japan? Robert C. Liebman
Sociology of Work: The Case of Japan, Andrew G. Walder


** KOREA **

Anthropology
Changing Gender Relations: The Korean Case, Laurel Kendall

Political Science
Political Development in South Korea, Han-Kyo Kim

Sociology
Problems of Rapid Modernization: China, Taiwan, Korea, and Japan, Thomas B. Gold


** PAKISTAN **

Political Science
The Military in India and Pakistan: Contrasting Cases, Stephen Philip Cohen


** PHILIPPINES **

Political Science
Political Parties and Political Representation: The Philippines, Carl H. Lande


** THAILAND **

Political Science
Political Development and Political Participation in Thailand, Clark D. Neher


** VIETNAM **

Sociology
Comparative Revolution: The Case of Vietnam, Andrew G. Walder


** COMPARATIVE/INTER-AREA **

Problems of Rapid Modernization: China, Taiwan, Korea, and Japan, Thomas B. Gold
Comparative Demography: The Cases of China, Japan, and India, Moni Nag


POSTSCRIPT

Index
Contributors

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