Modernization or Cultural Imperialism A Critical Reading of Taiwan's National Scholarship Program for Overseas Study

Name: Modernization or Cultural Imperialism A Critical Reading of Taiwan's National Scholarship Program for Overseas Study
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ISBN: 9781433120282

ISBN-10: 1433120283

ISBN-13: 9781433120282

Edition: 2013

Authors: Yun-shiuan (Viola) Chen

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This book focuses on the development of Taiwan's long-standing National Scholarship Program for Overseas Study between 1955 and 2000. The National Scholarship Program can be seen as Taiwan's governmental pursuit of strategic modernization for national and social development. Strategic modernization does not necessarily imply a linear, progressive, and technological modernity; but should be viewed as an adjustable, flexible, and sustainable effort that transforms and assists a nation, like Taiwan, to adapt itself within its constrained and changing post-colonial condition. This view of strategic modernization is based upon an interrogation of the discourses surrounding the scholarship…

Book details

List price: $51.30
Copyright year: 2013
Publisher: Peter Lang AG International Academic Publishers
Publication date: 3/21/2013
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 198
Size: 5.91" wide x 8.86" long x 0.50" tall
Weight: 0.704