Search results for ""Author John Lie""
University of California Press Japan the Sustainable Society
Book SynopsisBy the late twentieth century, Japan had gained worldwide attention as an economic powerhouse. Having miraculously risen from the ashes of World War II, it was seen by many as a country to be admired if not emulated. But by the early 1990s, that bubble burst in spectacular fashion. The Japanese economic miracle was over. In this book, John Lie argues that in many ways the Japan of today has the potential to be even more significant than it was four decades ago. As countries face the prospect of a world with decreasing economic growth and increasing environmental dangers, Japan offers a unique glimpse into what a viable future might look likeone in which people acknowledge the limits of the economy and environment while championing meaningful and sustainable ways of working and living. Beneath and beyond the rhetoric of growth, some Japanese are leading sustainable lives and creating a sustainable society. Though he does not prescribe a one-size-fits-all cure for the world, Lie makes th
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University of California Press KPop
Book SynopsisSeeks at once to describe and explain the emergence of export-oriented South Korean popular music and to make sense of larger South Korean economic and cultural transformations. This book delves into the broader background of South Korea in this wonderfully informed history and analysis of a pop culture phenomenon sweeping the globe.Trade Review"This book investigates one of the most compelling issues in current transnational cultural flow and production driven by domestic factors. It provides insights into global pop culture by offering rich empirical detail and useful historical milieus surrounding the emergence of K-pop. It is presented as a convincing contribution to a growing body of literature on popular music, the Korean cultural industries, and cultural politics. It is highly recommended for a wide range of readers who are interested in K-pop, the Korean Wave, and popular culture." * Pacific Affairs *"K-Pop: Popular Music, Cultural Amnesia, and Economic Innovation in South Korea succeed[s] in its aim of providing an overview of the historical evolution of South Korean popular music, and in doing so, addressing to varying degrees the three questions with which it began. Combining a solid command of empirical facts with dexterous explorations of genres, contexts, and concepts, this is an engaging, stylish work that will be useful for both academic researchers and general readers alike." * Journal of Asian Studies *Table of ContentsPrelude 1. How Did We Get Here? Interlude 2. Seoul Calling Postlude Coda Notes Glossary of Korean Terms Index
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Stanford University Press Han Unbound The Political Economy of South Korea
Book SynopsisThis work reveals how South Korea was transformed from one of the poorest and most agrarian countries in the world in the 1950s to one of the richest and most industrialized states by the late 1980s.Trade Review"By stitching together political, economic, and social factors, Lie has produced a very useful book. . . . For the general reader, his book provides an excellent, balanced summary that covers all the bases. It is not only clearly written but enjoyable to read. Lie draws on Korean literature and stories of real people to bring his narrative to life." -- Perspectives on Political Science"Han Unbound is one of those few books that showed a healthy skepticism toward the way the South Korean economy had developed in recent decades...Each chapter offers an interesting and well-informed account of the ways in which economic change has occurred...But its chief merit is that it offers a highly readable, interesting, and insightful analysis of the political economy of South Korean development." * American Journal of Sociology *"in this work, Lie has successfully examined a vast amount of literature on South Korean development produced by economists, sociologists, political scientists and historians. . . . Han Unbound is a recommendable work, especially for those who wish to acquaint themselves with the broad historical background and process of South Korean development in a theoretically informed manner." -- Canadian Journal of Development Studies"Wrinting from the perspective of a sociologist, Lie adroitly chronicles the profound sociological, political, and economic transformation of South Korea in the last half century. . . . This fascinating book is beautifully written, with a first-person account of Lie's experiences." -- Choice"Lie writes with a keen sense of the analytical; that is, he tries to explain rather than simply describe. He also denonstrates a sound graspof the relevant literature, and his arguments are supported with a wealth of sociological and cultural observations and interesting factual details without compromising his analytical endeavor. . . . with his analysis of the tremendous strain and human costs this rapid and irreversible transformation has exacted from Korean scity, its culture, and its people." -- Journal of Developing AreasTable of ContentsContents 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. Appendix:
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Harvard University Press Modern Peoplehood
Book SynopsisRace, ethnicity, and nation, Lie argues, are modern notions, associated with the rise of the modern state, the industrial economy, and Enlightenment ideas. The state is responsible for the development and nurturing of feelings of belonging associated with ethnic, racial, and national identity; but also for racial and ethnic conflict, even genocide.Trade ReviewModern Peoplehood is a most impressive achievement by an extraordinarily intelligent, courageous, and—that goes without saying—‘well-read’ mind. The scope of this work is enormous: it provides no less than a comprehensive historically-grounded theory of ‘modern peoplehood,’ which is Lie’s felicitous umbrella term for everything that goes under the names ‘race,’ ‘ethnicity,’ and ‘nationality.’ -- Christian Joppke * American Journal of Sociology *Lie’s objective is to treat a series of large topics that he sees as related but that are usually treated separately: the social construction of identities, the origins and nature of modern nationalism, the explanation of genocide, and racism. These multiple themes are for him aspects of something he calls ‘modern peoplehood.’ His mode of demonstration is to review all the alternative explanations for each phenomenon, and to show why each successively is inadequate. His own theses are controversial but he makes a strong case for them. This book should renew debate. -- Immanuel Wallerstein, Yale University, author of The Decline of American Power: The U.S. in a Chaotic WorldIn discussing what are usually termed race, ethnicity, and nationalism, here rendered felicitously by the general term ‘peoplehood,’ Lie has produced an original, erudite work that will appeal to sociologists, political scientists, and historians, as well as a wider public interested in race, ethnicity, and nationalism. It is a groundbreaking contribution that will recast our understanding of some of the core issues of our day. -- Kevin Anderson, Purdue University, coauthor of Foucault and the Iranian Revolution: Gender and the Seductions of IslamismTable of ContentsPreface Prelude 1. In Search of Foundations 2. Naturalizing Differences 3. Modern State / Modern Peoplehood 4. The Paradoxes of Peoplehood 5. Genocide 6. Identity Postlude References Index
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Taylor & Francis The Global Environmental Crisis
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