Asian Societies in Comparative Perspective : Papers Presented at the 7th Annual Conference.,.,. [Volume 2]

20x14cm, (380) pp., Series: Nordic Proceedings in Asian Studies, no. 2. Pagination runs 412-792. Volume 2 only [of 3]. Full title reads: "Asian Societies in Comparative Perspective : Papers Presented at the 7th Annual Conference of the Nordic Association for Southeast Asian Studies, Møn, Denmark, 1990 : [Volume 2]". Contains 13 papers, all in English, concerning crisis of the state: structural features of state and opposition. Includes: Enchanted power and crude rule: legitimation and domination in rural Java; Authoritarian rule and democracy in Africa: a theoretical discourse; Towards a globalization of civil societies: the case of Kedung Ombo in Indonesia; Communists and democracy in the Philippines; Marxism anew: Political lessons from Indonesia and India; Towards a market economy? The current state and economic reform in Vietnam;Panchayati Raj in West Bengal: popular participation for the people or the party?; etc.