Directions of change : modernization theory, research, and realities

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Directions of change : modernization theory, research, and realities

edited by Mustafa O. Attir, Burkart Holzner, and Zdenek Suda

(A Westview special study)

Westview Press, 1981

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Modernization theory, research, and realities

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A collection of essays originating from an international sociological conference held in Brussels, Belgium, December 1978

Includes bibliographies and index

Contents of Works

  • Preface / Mustafa O. Attir, Burkart Holzner, and Zdenek Suda
  • Convergence and divergence in industrial societies / Alex Inkeles
  • Comparative methodological approaches in the study of modernization / Vijai P. Singh
  • Socioeconomic system as a variable in the modernization process / Zdenek Suda
  • Changes in the nature of ethnicity : from the primordial to the organizational / Erik Allardt
  • Modernization and development potential of traditional grass roots peasant organizations / Michael Cernea
  • Structures of knowledge use in modernization : professions, technology, and moral order / Burkart Holzner and Jiri Nehnevajsa
  • Modernization, everyday life, and social roles : benefits and costs of life in "developed" societies / Thomas Kutsch
  • The rate of social change and modernization / Zdenek Suda
  • Socioeconomic development plans and individual satisfaction in Libya / Mustafa O. Attir and Robert A. Peterson
  • Urbanization and modernization : the other side of the coin / Michel Bassand
  • Modernization research in culturally segmented societies : a peruvian experience / Lawrence V. Stockman
  • Modernization of Americanization? : the concept of modernity and American culture / Zdenek Suda

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