Social Change in Soviet Russia(Reprint) (Russian Research Center Studies) by ProfessorAlexInkeles Hardcover, 496 Pages, Published 2014 by Harvard University Press ISBN-13: 978-0-674-49875-4, ISBN: 0-674-49875-5
"Collection of 21 essays and research reports by the author reprinted from various sources."
Russian Research Center Studies Public Opinion in Soviet Russia : A Study in Mass Persuasion 1 by ProfessorAlexInkeles Hardcover, 412 Pages, Published 2014 by Harvard University Press, United States ISBN-13: 978-0-674-49871-6, ISBN: 0-674-49871-2
Becoming Modern Individual Change in Six Developing Countries by ProfessorAlexInkeles, David Horton Smith Hardcover, 452 Pages, Published 2013 by Harvard University Press ISBN-13: 978-0-674-49933-1, ISBN: 0-674-49933-6
"This is a valuable and fascinating book valuable because of the findings it presents, fascinating because of the way it presents them. The subject of Becoming Modern is the modernization process in six developing nations (Argentina, Chile, India, Israel, Nigeria, and Bangladesh). The method is to survey about a thousand men, aged 20-30, in each of these lands. The goal is to demonstrate that a modern man, identifiable by his attitudes t ..."
"While a universal definition of 'progress' has proved elusive, measures of progress have been defined and grouped, into the broad areas of material wealth; social relations; technical capacity; and moral, aesthetic, and intellectual sensibilities. However, not until the 'Progress Project,' whose results are gathered here, has the impact of progress on public policy in these realms been systematically explored. In this volume, noted sch ..."
National Character(Reprint) A Psycho-Social Perspective by ProfessorAlexInkeles Paperback, 405 Pages, Published 2014 by Transaction Publishers ISBN-13: 978-1-4128-5496-2, ISBN: 1-4128-5496-2
"Seen in modern perspective, the concept of national character poses fundamental problems for social science theory and research: To what extent do conditions of life in a particular society give rise to certain patterns in the personalities of its members? What are the consequences? Alex Inkeles surveys various definitions of national character, tracing developments through the twentieth century. His approach is to examine the regulari ..."
"Seen in modern perspective, the concept of national character poses fundamental problems for social science theory and research: To what extent do conditions of life in a particular society give rise to certain patterns in the personalities of its members? What are the consequences? Alex Inkeles surveys various definitions of national character, tracing developments through the twentieth century. His approach is to examine the regulari ..."
" This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the w ..."
"In 1997 the "National Institute of Mental Health" assembled a working group of international experts to address the mental health consequences of torture and related violence and trauma; report on the status of scientific knowledge; and include research recommendations with implications for treatment, services, and policy development. This book, dedicated to those who experience the horrors of torture and those who work to end it, is ba ..."
"While a universal definition of 'progress' has proved elusive, measures of progress have been defined and grouped, into the broad areas of material wealth; social relations; technical capacity; and moral, aesthetic, and intellectual sensibilities. However, not until the 'Progress Project,' whose results are gathered here, has the impact of progress on public policy in these realms been systematically explored. In this volume, noted sch ..."
"In 1997 the "National Institute of Mental Health" assembled a working group of international experts to address the mental health consequences of torture and related violence and trauma; report on the status of scientific knowledge; and include research recommendations with implications for treatment, services, and policy development. This book, dedicated to those who experience the horrors of torture and those who work to end it, is ba ..."
Becoming Modern(1st Edition) Individual Change in Six Developing Countries by ProfessorAlexInkeles, David Horton Smith Hardcover, 437 Pages, Published 1974 by Harvard University Press ISBN-13: 978-0-674-06375-4, ISBN: 0-674-06375-9
"This is a valuable and fascinating book valuable because of the findings it presents, fascinating because of the way it presents them. The subject of Becoming Modern is the modernization process in six developing nations (Argentina, Chile, India, Israel, Nigeria, and Bangladesh). The method is to survey about a thousand men, aged 20-30, in each of these lands. The goal is to demonstrate that a modern man, identifiable by his attitudes t ..."