Table of Contents

1 Social Science: Making Sense of Change.- 2 Sitting on the Dock of the Bay.- 3 The Historical Development Experience of East Asia.- 4 The Surprising Costs of Success.- 5 The Enduring Costs of Forgetfulness.- 6 Singapore and the Pursuit of National Development.- 7 Contemporary Thailand.- 8 China: A State Socialist Route to the Modern World.- 9 Hong Kong: Living with Distant Masters

About the Author

P.W. Preston is Emeritus Professor of Political Sociology at the University of Birmingham. He has lived and worked in East Asia and has published widely on the politics of this region and his own home country, England.