The political algebra of global value change : general models and implications for the Muslim world / Arno Tausch, Almas Heshmati and Hichem Karoui.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Tausch, Arno, 1951- author.

Heshmati, Almas, author.

Qarawī, Hishām, 1955- author.

Series:

Economic issues, problems and perspectives series.

Economic Issues, Problems and Perspectives

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Economics--Moral and ethical aspects.

Economics.

Economics--Islamic countries.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (496 p.)

Place of Publication:

New York : Nova Publishers, 2015.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This book is intended to provide a new approach to the study of global values and global value change, based on representative international survey data, above all, the World Values Survey. This theme is of growing interest not only to the international social science community, but also international policy makers and business and financial executives in the framework of international values and business studies. Since the book is also designed to serve advanced graduate courses in sociology, political science and economics at Universities, government and business staff training centers, dipl

Contents:

""THE POLITICAL ALGEBRA OF GLOBAL VALUE CHANGE: GENERAL MODELS AND IMPLICATIONS FOR THE MUSLIM WORLD""; ""THE POLITICAL ALGEBRA OF GLOBAL VALUE CHANGE: GENERAL MODELS AND IMPLICATIONS FOR THE MUSLIM WORLD""; ""Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data""; ""CONTENTS""; ""ABOUT THIS BOOK""; ""BIOGRAPHY OF AUTHORS""; ""EXECUTIVE SUMMARY""; ""WHAT WE AIMED TO ACHIEVE""; ""1. BACKGROUND""; ""2. THE METHODOLOGY OF THIS PROJECT""

""1.8. THE WORLD VALUES SURVEY PROJECT �A NECESSARY TOOL TO ASSESS GLOBAL VALUE CHANGE""""1.9. THE WORLD VALUES SURVEY PROJECT AND DATAFROM THE MUSLIM WORLD""; ""Chapter 2: THE METHODOLOGY OF THIS PROJECT""; ""2.1. INTRODUCTION""; ""2.2. THE COMPOSITE INDEX METHODOLOGY""; ""2.3. MEASUREMENT OF CORRELATION RELATIONSHIPS""; ""2.4. SIMPLE, MULTIPLE AND STEPWISE REGRESSION ANALYSIS""; ""2.5. SURVEY ANALYSIS, AGGREGATION OF DATA AND SAMPLING""; ""2.6. BRIEF SUMMARY""

""Chapter 3: THE DARK SIDE OF ECONOMICS: WHY IT IS GOOD TO ANALYZE WORLD VALUES SURVEY DATA ON THE SHADOW ECONOMY AND WHY CORRUPTION IS A DEVELOPMENT IMPEDIMENT""

Notes:

Includes index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-63321-689-6

OCLC:

914433173