Asian Values, Western Dreams: Understanding the New Asia (ISBN 1864484969)

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Sheridan searches for a set of values which may be uniquely regarded as Asian to help explain the economic and poliitical emergence of the Far East and South-East Asian societies ( and re-emergence of these societies the post-1997 Asian crisis ). Speaking to man-in-the-street, scholars, diplomats, businesspeople and senior officials of various countries, Sheridan puts across the many views he found as to what constitutes Asian values. Much joy will be found by global businesspeople and students of international relations in understanding what these values are and the various perspectives and how they factor in the economic, political, cultural and religious development of each country in Asia, and how they find themselves in the family of nations in the future. Excellent read.