National character : a psycho-social perspective
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National character : a psycho-social perspective
Transaction Publishers, c1997
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  Aomori
  Iwate
  Miyagi
  Akita
  Yamagata
  Fukushima
  Ibaraki
  Tochigi
  Gunma
  Saitama
  Chiba
  Tokyo
  Kanagawa
  Niigata
  Toyama
  Ishikawa
  Fukui
  Yamanashi
  Nagano
  Gifu
  Shizuoka
  Aichi
  Mie
  Shiga
  Kyoto
  Osaka
  Hyogo
  Nara
  Wakayama
  Tottori
  Shimane
  Okayama
  Hiroshima
  Yamaguchi
  Tokushima
  Kagawa
  Ehime
  Kochi
  Fukuoka
  Saga
  Nagasaki
  Kumamoto
  Oita
  Miyazaki
  Kagoshima
  Okinawa
  Korea
  China
  Thailand
  United Kingdom
  Germany
  Switzerland
  France
  Belgium
  Netherlands
  Sweden
  Norway
  United States of America
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Includes bibliographical references and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
Seen in modern perspective, the concept of national character poses fundamental problems for social science theory and research: To what extent do conditions of life in a particular society give rise to certain patterns in the personalities of its members? What are the consequences?
Alex Inkeles surveys various definitions of national character, tracing developments through the twentieth century. His approach is to examine the regularity of specific personality patterns among individuals in a society. He argues that modal personality may be extremely important in determining which new cultural elements are accepted and which institutional forms persist in a society. Reviewing previous studies, Inkeles canvasses the attitudes and psychological states of different nations in an effort to discover a set of values in the United States. He concludes that, despite recent advances in the field, there is much to be done before we can have a clear picture of the degree of differentiation in the personality structure of modern nations.
Until now, there were few formal definitions and discussions on national character and the limits of this field of study. This book will be of great interest to psychologists, sociologists, philosophers, and political theorists.
Table of Contents
Preface
Acknowledgments
Part I-General Orientation
1 National Character: The Study of Modal Personality and Sociocultural Systems
Part II-Delineating National Character:German, Russian, American
2 On the German "Mind"
3 Modal Personality and Adjustment to the Soviet Sociopolitical System
4 Continuity and Change in the American National Character
Part III-National Character in Relation to Stability and Change in Sociocultural Systems
5 The Interaction of the Personal and the Sociocultural Systems
6 National Character and Modern Political Systems
7 Rising Expectations: Revolution, Evolution, or Devolution?
Part IV-Multi-Nation Comparisons
8 National Differences in Individual Modernity
9 Personal Development and National Development:A Cross-National Perspective
10 Industrialization, Modernization, and The Quality of Life
11 National Character Revisited
Index
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