Cultural Change and Persistence

1. Rethinking Culture and Development
William Ascher, John M. Heffron

2. Normative Considerations in Promoting Cultural Preservation or Change
William Ascher

3. “Old Times There Are Not Forgotten”
John M. Heffron

4. Nationalism and the Politics of Language
John Christian Laursen

5. Are Cultural Tensions “Cultural”?
Mikhail Alexseev

6. Cultural Transition and Village Discourse in Twentieth-Century China
Huaiyin Li

7. How Our Village Becomes “Ecocultural”
Zhou Yongming

8. The “Ramlila Project”
Nita Kumar

9. Mexico from Mestizo to Multicultural
Carrie C. Chorba

10. Global Citizenship, Cultural Change, and Education Policy in Japan and New Zealand
Lynne Parmenter

11. Culture and Law on the Durand Line
Charles H. Norchi

12. Conclusions
William Ascher, John M. Hefron

Avainsanat: Social Sciences, Social Theory, Sociology, general, Demography, Human Geography, Cultural Studies