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Exploring Individual Modernity
Alex Inkeles
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Description for Exploring Individual Modernity
Hardback. With contributions by David H. Smith, Karen A. Miller, Amar K. Singh, Vern L. Bengston, and James J. Dowd. Num Pages: 448 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QFG; JFS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 241 x 166 x 25. Weight in Grams: 726.
The culmination of more than ten years of research carried out in over 50 countries around the world, this volume shows how the forces of modernization on the developing countries change the attitudes and behavior of men acting in their roles as husbands and fathers, as members of ethnic communities, and as citizens of emerging nation-states. The research gathered here demonstrates that the impact of modern institutions on individual psychic adjustment is much less severe than is often imagined and the book explores the meaning of modernization in human terms. In addition, for the first time the theory and method ... Read more
The culmination of more than ten years of research carried out in over 50 countries around the world, this volume shows how the forces of modernization on the developing countries change the attitudes and behavior of men acting in their roles as husbands and fathers, as members of ethnic communities, and as citizens of emerging nation-states. The research gathered here demonstrates that the impact of modern institutions on individual psychic adjustment is much less severe than is often imagined and the book explores the meaning of modernization in human terms. In addition, for the first time the theory and method ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1983
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
448
Condition
New
Number of Pages
448
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780231054423
SKU
V9780231054423
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About Alex Inkeles
Alex Inkeles is Professor of Sociology at Stanford University and a Senior Fellow at the Hoover Insitution.
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