Chapter 25 Review Questions

Culture and Development
  1. How and in what ways is the link between culture and development defined?
  2. What is the so-called “Asian values” theory?
  3. Explain the materialist and idealist views of culture.
  4. What are several problems with post-modern perspectives on culture and development?
  5. Briefly explain why the term “culture” is difficult to define.
  6. Explain the relevance of Protestant ethics to development.
  7. Briefly explain the American dream.
  8. How can we avoid conceiving the relation between the economic mode of production plus the level of science and technology and the sets of cultural forms that are produced as mechanical?
  9. How can pre-modern societies not be conceived as poor or primitive?
  10. Why can be said that culture and development are intrinsically interlinked?
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