Typology of Asian Societies: Bottom-Up Perspective and Evidence-Based Approach

Intro -- Preface -- References -- Acknowledgements -- Praise for "Typology of Asian Societies" -- Contents -- 1 How I Was Inspired by the Eurobarometer and Grappled with the AsiaBarometer Survey -- References -- 2 How My Encounters with Cultural Psychology and Evolutionary Biology Helped to Justify My Choice of Perspective and Approach Adopted in This Book -- References -- 3 The Need for a Bottom-Up Perspective About Asian Societies -- References -- 4 The Need for an Evidence-Based Approach to Asian Societies -- References -- 5 Two Methodological Issues -- 5.1 The "Survey as Conversation" Problem -- 5.2 The Level of Analysis Problem: Aggregating Individual Response Patterns to Societal Response Patterns -- References -- 6 Attending Holistically and Analytically -- References -- 7 Are Asian Societies One Type? -- 7.1 Typology of Asian Societies -- References -- 8 Choosing Indicators and Typologizing of Societies -- 8.1 Choosing Indicators: Form and Substance -- 8.2 Typologizing Societies -- 8.3 Methodological Issues Related to Factor-Analyzing Human Daily Life Satisfaction of Each of 29 Asian Societies -- References -- 9 Factor Analysis Results -- Reference -- 10 Twenty-Nine Types of Asian Societies -- 10.1 Abc Society: Octopus-cave Society -- 10.1.1 Japan -- 10.1.2 Indonesia -- 10.1.3 Taiwan -- 10.1.4 Afghanistan -- 10.1.5 Uzbekistan -- 10.1.6 Tajikistan -- 10.2 Acb Society: God-of-Small-Things -- 10.2.1 India -- 10.2.2 Bangladesh -- 10.2.3 Nepal -- 10.2.4 Myanmar -- 10.2.5 Cambodia -- 10.2.6 Laos -- 10.2.7 Mongolia -- 10.2.8 China -- 10.2.9 South Korea -- 10.3 Bac Society: Society Colonized from Within -- 10.3.1 Hong Kong -- 10.3.2 Malaysia -- 10.3.3 Thailand -- 10.3.4 Vietnam -- 10.3.5 Kyrgyzstan -- 10.4 Bca Society: Fragmented and Fractured Society -- 10.5 Cab Society: Seeming Fractured and Fragmented Divisions of a Society -- 10.5.1 Pakistan.