Culture and Local Development

Author: Zhou Shangyi
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Publish Date: 2000-03-01
Features: This book is an academic work on regional management, which involves numerous aspects, with culture being one of the most important. The fundamental goal of regional management is development, which refers to the comprehensive development of a region, including economic and social development. Whether local culture develops healthily and orderly is one of the key indicators for measuring regional development. Local culture is often simply regarded as a resource for local economic development, but in reality, culture can not only serve as an industry for a region but more importantly, it is the driving force behind regional development. The effectiveness of local social organizations and the innovativeness of local development are closely related to local culture. This book combines research findings from disciplines such as cultural studies, sociology, geography, and management science, grounded in the specific conditions of China, to introduce methods for grasping the characteristics of regional culture, especially in small regions, the development of local cultural resources, the relationship between culture and local development, and the operational mechanisms of culture at various levels—government, enterprises, grassroots communities, and families. It addresses many practical issues encountered by local administrative leaders, business operators, and community organizers in their work, making this book both theoretical and applied.