Social Cohesion in Asia : Historical Origins, Contemporary Shapes and Future Dynamics (Hardcover)

1. Social Cohesion in Asia- An Introduction, Aurel Croissant and Peter Walkenhorst 2. Social Cohesion and Welfare Reforms- The Chinese Approach, Ka Ho Mok and Yuyang Kang 3. The Leviathan and its Muscular Management of Social Cohesion in Singapore,Pravin Prakash 4. South Korea: A triple paradox of social cohesion, Aurel Croissant and Jung-eun Kim 5. Fragmented society, stable democracy: the Indian paradox, Subrata Mitra 6. Bangladesh: Holding Together a Low Cohesion Society, Ali Riaz 7. Achieving Unity in Extreme Diversity? Social Cohesion in Indonesia, Patrick Ziegenhain 8.Religious Mobilisation, Ethnic Conflict and the Problem of Trust: Social Cohesion in Democratising Myanmar, Marco Bunte 9. Sri Lanka ? The Dark Side of Social Cohesion in Divided Societies, Christoph Trinn 10. Conclusions: Globalization, Inequality, Democracy and Social Cohesion in Asia, Aurel Croissant