4. Southeast Asia: From God-Kings to the Power of Personal Connections

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Preface vii
4. 1. Asia and Theories of Development 1
5. 2. The Evolution of Asian Concepts of Power 31
6. 3. East Asia: Varieties of Confucian Authority 55
7. 4. Southeast Asia: From God-Kings to the Power of Personal Connections 90
8. 5. The South Asian Subcontinent: Hindu and Muslim Power and the Rewards of Narcissism 133
9. 6. The Riddle of Japan: The Combining of Competition and Consensus 158
10. 7. China: The Illusion of Omnipotence 182
11. 8. Korea, Taiwan, and Vietnam: Forms of Aggressive Confucianism 215
12. 9. Malaysia: Confrontation of Two Incompatible Cultures 248
13. 10. Islamic Power: The Pulls of Reformism and Fundamentalism 266
14. 11. The Substance of Asian Power: Formal Structures and Informal Relations 283
15. 12. Paternalistic Authority and the Triumph of Dependency 320
16. Notes 347
17. Index 397