MONASH UNIVERSITY FACULTY HANDBOOKS

Arts Graduate Handbook 1996

Authorised by Academic Registrar, April 1996

ASM4470

Comparative sociology of `development'

Proposed to be offered next in 1997

Synopsis A discussion of cultural, economic and political change in non-Western countries with a focus on the Asia-Pacific region. A critical evaluation of the prevailing notion of modernity based on the experiences of the non-West.

Assessment Written (3000 words): 40% + Written: (6000 words): 60%

Recommended texts

• Kahn J S and Loh F (eds) Fragmented vision: Culture and politics in contemporary Malaysia Allen and Unwin, 1992
• Kitching G Development and underdevelopment in historical perspective Methuen, 1982
• Taylor J G and Turton A (eds) Southeast Asia Macmillan, 1988