Developing Cultures

Essays on Cultural Change

von Jerome Kagan, Lawrence E. Harrison

416 Seiten, Hardcover

Kurzbeschreibung des Verlags

Developing Cultures: Essays on Cultural Change is a collection of 21 expert essays on the institutions that transmit cultural values from generation to generation. The essays are an outgrowth of a research project begun by Samuel Huntington and Larry Harrison in their widely discussed book Culture Matters the goal of which is guidelines for cultural change that can accelerate development in the Third World. The essays in this volume cover child rearing, several aspects of education, the world's major religions, the media, political leadership, and development projects.The book is companion volume to Developing Cultures: Case Studies.(0415952808).

• Themen: Gesellschaft und Sozialwissenschaften Politik und Staat
• ISBN: 9780415952811
• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 13.01.2006
• Größe: 235 x 157 mm
• Verlag: Routledge