Modernization Trends in Southeast Asia

This book discusses and identifies the modernizing trends, which have changed Southeast Asian countries in varying ways. After an overview of current concepts of modernity, the following chapters introduce issues of education, citizenship and ethnicity, religion, the emergence of the middle class, and mass consumption in Southeast Asia. This book concludes by profiling the characteristics of Southeast Asian modernity.

(Length x Height x Width) in mm :148 x 210
Weight in grams: 250
Author Biography:Terence Chong is a sociologist and Fellow at the Institute of Southeast Asian Studies. He is editor of the Trends in Southeast Asia series and co-editor of SOJOURN: Journal of Social Issues in Southeast Asia.His research interests are globalization, the Southeast Asian middle class and civil society, and the sociology of culture.
Binding: Hardcover
Keywords: Infrastructure
Page count: 72
Imprint: ISEAS-Yusof Ishak Institute
Publication Date: 20050727