Preface - Introduction - PART 1: SINGAPORE: A SUPER PRAGMATIC SOCIETY - Social Organization - Dynamic Political Economy - The Vision of the Founding Fathers and Political Institutions - Normative-Pragmatic Balance in a Meritocratic Society - Some General Observations - PART 2: MALAYSIA: ETHNIC DISPARITIES AND SEARCH FOR A NORMATIVE-PRAGMATIC BALANCE - Background and Legacies - The Ethnic Mosaic and the Matrix of Development Process - The Tangled Incorporation Process - Economic and Political Disparities - A Troubled Political Society - PART 3: INDONESIA: CULTURAL ECLECTICISM AND PRAGMATIC APPLICATIONS - Historical Background - The Nature of Social Organization - Political Process - Changing Attitudes - Indigenous Perceptions - PART 4: THAILAND: NORMATIVE HERITAGE AND PRAGMATIC ADJUSTMENTS - Historical and Social Background - Social Organization - Some Public Policies - Political Process - Some General Observations - PART 5: THE PHILIPPINES: UNCRYSTALLIZED NORMATIVE BASE: UNHINGED POLITICAL CYNICISM - Background Factors - Social Organization and Implications for Political Effectiveness - Public Policy - Political Process - PART 6: BRUNEI: AFFLUENT WELFARE STATE, TRADITIONAL NORMS, UNDEVELOPED POLITICAL PROCESS - Historical Legacies - Social Organization - Political Economy - Undeveloped Political Process - Notes and References - Index