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Social change and human development : concept and results / edited by Rainer K. Silbereisen and Xinyin Chen.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Developmental psychology.
- Social change.
- Genre:
- Libros electrónicos.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xi, 292 p.) : ill.
- Place of Publication:
- Los Angeles, [Calif.] ; London : SAGE, 2010.
- Los Angeles ; London : SAGE, 2010.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- In this innovative volume, Rainer K. Silbereisen and Xinyin Chen bring together international experts in the field to examine how changes in our social world impact on our individual development.
- Contents:
- COVER; CONTENTS; CONTRIBUTORS; INTRODUCTION: HOW SOCIAL CHANGE AFFECTS INDIVIDUAL ADAPTATION; Part I - DYNAMIC OF SOCIAL CHANGE AND INDIVIDUAL RESPONSES; 1 A CHALLENGE- RESPONSE-MODEL IN RESEARCH ON SOCIAL CHANGE; 2 LIFE MANAGEMENT IN DEVELOPMENTAL SETTINGS OF MODERNITY: CHALLENGES TO THE ADAPTIVE SELF; 3 CONCEPTUALIZING THE DYNAMICS OF LIVES AND HISTORICAL TIMES: LIFE COURSE PHENOMENA, INSTITUTIONAL DYNAMICS AND SOCIOHISTORICAL CHANGE; Part II - DETERMINANTS ON THE INDIVIDUAL LEVEL
- 4 GLOBALIZATION, INSTITUTIONAL FILTERS AND CHANGING LIFE COURSE. PATTERNS IN MODERN SOCIETIES: A SUMMARY OF THE RESULTS FROM THE GLOBALIFE-PROJECT5 DEMANDS OF SOCIAL CHANGE AND PSYCHOSOCIAL ADJUSTMENT: RESULTS FROM THE JENA STUDY; 6 GLOBALIZATION, SOCIAL INEQUALITY, AND INDIVIDUAL AGENCY IN HUMAN DEVELOPMENT: SOCIAL CHANGE FOR BETTER OR WORSE?; Part III - TRANSITIONS AND TRANSFORMATIONS IN INTERNATIONAL PERSPECTIVE; 7 INSTITUTIONAL RESPONSES TO SOCIAL CHANGE IN COMPARATIVE PERSPECTIVE: GERMANY AND POLAND
- 8 CLASS, STRATIFICATION, AND PERSONALITY UNDER CONDITIONS OF APPARENT SOCIAL STABILITY AND OF RADICAL SOCIAL CHANGE:A MULTI-NATION COMPARISON9 CHILDREN'S SOCIOEMOTIONAL FUNCTIONING AND ADJUSTMENT IN THE CHANGING CHINESE SOCIETY; 10 SOCIAL CHANGE AND PREMARITAL SEXUAL BEHAVIOR AND ATTITUDES IN VIETNAM; 11 SOCIAL CHANGE AND TRANSITION EXPERIENCES AMONG YOUNG ADULTS IN BRITAIN; 12 POLITICAL ELITES AS AN AGENT OF SOCIAL CHANGE: THE POLISH PERSPECTIVE; INDEX
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 9786612795152
- 9781282795150
- 1282795155
- 9780857029362
- 0857029363
- OCLC:
- 665581427
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