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Directions of change : modernization theory, research, and realities / edited by Mustafa O. Attir, Burkart Holzner, and Zdenek Suda.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextLanguage: English Series: A Westview special studyPublication details: Boulder, Colo. : Westview Press, 1981.Description: xviii, 276 p. ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 0865312230 :
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 303.4 19 DIR 1981
Contents:
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 / Erik Allardt -- Modernization and development potential of traditional grass roots peasant organizations / Michael Cernea -- Structures of knowledge use in modernization / Burkart Holzner and Jiri Nehnevajsa -- Modernization, everyday life, and social roles / 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 / Michel Bassand -- Modernization research in culturally segmented societies / Lawrence V. Stockman -- Modernization of Americanization? / Zdenek Suda.
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Books Institute of Biological Sciences (IBSc) Library Non-fiction 303.4 DIR 1981 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) C-1 Not For Loan IBSC1133

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

Includes bibliographies and index.

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 / Erik Allardt -- Modernization and development potential of traditional grass roots peasant organizations / Michael Cernea -- Structures of knowledge use in modernization / Burkart Holzner and Jiri Nehnevajsa -- Modernization, everyday life, and social roles / 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 / Michel Bassand -- Modernization research in culturally segmented societies / Lawrence V. Stockman -- Modernization of Americanization? / Zdenek Suda.

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