Alternate Civilities: Democracy and Culture in China and Taiwan

189 Pages·2001·16.38 MB·English

by  Robert Paul Weller

Alternate Civilities
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Alternate Civi
Democracy and Culture in
China and Taiwan
Robert P. Weller
BOSTON UNIVERSITY
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Contents
1 Culture, Economy, and the Roots of Civil Change
Culture and Economy 3
Voluntary Associations and Civil Life, 12
2 Legacies
Philosophical Legacies and Key Terms, 23
InsGh~onaLl egacies, 29
Conclusion, 35
3 The Limits to Authmiity
Taiwan and the Republic of China, 44
The People's Republic of China, 50
Conclusions, 56
4 Business and the Limits to Civil Association
Social Embeddedness, 66
The Role of VVornen, '71
State Embeddedness, 74
Conclusion, 77
5 Religion: Local Association and Split
Market Cultures
Local Temple Religion, 84
New Selves and New Moralities, 88
Women and bligion, 93
Split Market Cultures and Civil Association, 100
Con tents
6 Forms of Association and Social Action 107
Taiwan" Enviranmen"c1 Movement, 111.
'fie People's Itepu"olic, 1.26
7 Alternate Civilities and Poli.tical Change
The Bihxrcatian of" Social Associahons, 136
Alternate Civilit iest AA lternate Modernities, 1.38
Women" Leading blest 140
Associational Life and Pditical Transfarmations, 142
Figures
6.1 Two dimensions oE civil association 108
6.2 Frequency of envimnmental ymtest in Biwan, 1979-1991 122
6.3 'I'ypes of protest goals 123
6.4 Legal versus extralegal techniques 124
6.5 Examples of environmental action 130