The Shifting Foundations of Social Capital Formation in the Pacific Basin

Towards More Autonomous Personalities

Bibliographic Data

ID3006576
AuthorsWilliam Cummings (0009-0005-5431-9273), William K Cummings (corresponding author)
Year2003
Volume7
Issue1
Pages61-84
Publication date2003-04-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal for Cultural Research (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1479-7585 • E-ISSN: 1740-1666
PublisherInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/1479758032000079783
OpenAlexW1999281248
LanguageEN
Citations received1
References cited19

Whereas past accounts of the Pacific Basin stressed the penchant for orderliness and control including the tendency to use values education to shape habits of national loyalty and obedience, the élite respondents of the 21 settings participating in the Sigma survey suggest a new era may be emerging with an increased emphasis on personal autonomy and responsibility. Looking to the future in the Pacific Basin, the élites indicate that values of nationalism are likely to be balanced with increased civic consciousness. Values of hard work are to be balanced with increased creativity and competitiveness. Values of unique national heritages are to be balanced with increased respect for the traditions and languages of others. And values of hierarchy and patrimony are to be balanced with the values of equity and respect for the rights of women as equal partners in the labor force. Perhaps the major dilemma faced by Pacific Basin educators is that their current views, if put into practice, may foster increased personal autonomy but at the cost of weakening past approaches to preserving and strengthening social capital

Autonomy · Dilemma · Egalitarianism · Epistemology · Orderliness · Political science · Politics · Sociology · Law · Migration and Labor Dynamics · Migration, Ethnicity, and Economy · Psychology · Social Capital and Networks · Social Psychology

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