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

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Tīr, Muṣṭafá ʻUmar.

Holzner, Burkart.

Suda, Zdeněk.

Series:

Westview special study

A Westview special study

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Social change--Congresses.

Social change.

Industrialization--Social aspects--Congresses.

Industrialization.

Industrialization--Social aspects.

Economic development--Social aspects--Congresses.

Economic development.

Economic development--Social aspects.

Genre:

Conference papers and proceedings.

Physical Description:

xviii, 276 pages ; 24 cm.

Other Title:

Modernization theory, research, and realities.

Place of Publication:

Boulder, Colo. : Westview Press, 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 S

Notes:

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

Includes bibliographies and index.

ISBN:

0865312230 :

OCLC:

7554114