The development of a theory of social structure and personality / Melvin L. Kohn.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Kohn, Melvin L., 1928- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Social structure--Psychological aspects--Cross-cultural studies.

Social structure.

Social stability--Psychological aspects--Cross-cultural studies.

Social stability.

Social change--Psychological aspects--Cross-cultural studies.

Social change.

Personality and situation--Cross-cultural studies.

Personality and situation.

Personality and culture--Cross-cultural studies.

Personality and culture.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (ix, 124 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Place of Publication:

London : Anthem Press 2019.

Summary:

In "The Development of a Theory of Social Structure and Personality," Melvin Kohn reexamines his 60-year inquiry—conducted across distinct cultures under radically different conditions— into the relationship between people's location in the social order and their personality. Over the course of his career, Kohn and his collaborators used groundbreaking empirical methodologies to understand the effect of social structure on personality. Study after study demonstrated the primacy of social class and social stratification in determining people's values and orientations, and also revealed interesting cross-national inconsistencies in their reactions to similar social conditions. In this book, Kohn focuses on these inconsistencies and, based on insights derived from his final research in China, identifies political intervention as the force that modifies, for better or for worse, the dominant effect of class stratification and the opportunities they provide for self-direction at work on personality.

Contents:

The Development of a Theory of Social Structure and Personality

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 17 Jul 2019).

ISBN:

9781785270680

1785270680

9781785270673

1785270672

OCLC:

1511483665