Abramson, P. R., 35

accountability, 73, 144, 218–219, 220

advanced industrial societies, 28, 160–161, 182

affluence, 28, 39, 79–80, 90, 116, 149, 151, 156, 160–161, 170

agrarian society, 7, 28, 36, 59

Almond, G. A., 20, 25–27, 77, 116, 145, 170

North America, 72, 124, 130, 163, 191, 196

Asian financial crisis, 65

Asian values, 6, 7, 51, 58, 60

aspirations to liberty, 7

Astin, A. W., 97

Atienza, J., 143

autonomy, 39, 52, 167

authoritarianism, viii, 5, 22, 31, 109, 112, 114, 159, 193, 221–222, 226

deference to, 52, 160

respect for, 6, 35

Baker, W. E., 26, 36, 48–51, 58, 90, 170, 207n5

Barnes, S., 116, 151

belief system, 4, 59–60, 65, 99

Bensheng population, 212, 227n1

Bloom, A. D., 96

Boix, C., 189, 190–191, 223

boycott, 42, 49, 109, 119–121, 126–128

Buddhism, 6

Cambodia, 4–5, 191

Cancun, Mexico, 112

Carothers, T., 23, 221

CCP. See Chinese Communist

Central Asia, 31, 222

Chan, J., 6, 51

Charter, 77, 140, 142

Chiang Ching-kuo, 22

Chile, 191

Chinese Communist Party (CCP), 21, 71, 220, 224

Chu, Y.-H., 31–32, 124

civic

culture, vii, 16–17, 20, 23, 26–29, 95, 170

education, 95

engagement, 21, 26, 29

involvement, 28

networks, 139

participation, 9

rights, 25, 174

value, 25–26, 29, 95

civil

discontent, 21

disobedience, 21, 113, 155

liberty/liberties, 74, 181, 192–193, 195, 220, 225