Exploring Individual Modernity

Alex Inkeles

Published by Columbia University Press 1983

Exploring Individual Modernity

Alex Inkeles
With contributions by: David H. Smith , Karen A. Miller , Amar K. Singh , Vern L. Bengston and James J. Dowd

https://doi.org/10.7312/inke91084

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About this book

Presents a self-contained report of the findings of the Harvard-Stanford Project on Social and Cultural Aspects of Modernization.

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	I
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	V
List of Charts Publicly Available Download PDF	VII
List of Tables Publicly Available Download PDF	IX
Preface Publicly Available Download PDF	XI
Introduction Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
1. Understanding and Misunderstanding Individual Modernity Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
Part I. Theory and Method
2. A Model of the Modern Man Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	31
3. Forces Producing Individual Modernity: A Theory of Effects Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	52
Part II. Results of the First Phase
4. Creating and Validating the Modernity Scale Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	73
5. Results of the First Phase: A Summary Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	100
Part III. Ethnic and National Differences
6. Indian Images of Modernity in Cross-Cultural Perspective Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	129
7. Individual Modernity in Different Ethnic and Religious Groups Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	139
8. National Differences in Individual Modernity Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	165
Part IV. Family and Kin
9. Construction and Validation of a Cross-National Scale of Family Modernism Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	187
10. Modernity and Acceptance of Family Limitation Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	207
Part V. Participation and Adjustment
11. Participant Citizenship in Six Developing Countries Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	227
12. Personal Adjustment and Modernization Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	258
13. Modernization, Modernity, and Aging Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	279
Part VI. At the Frontier
14. The Modernization of Man in Communist Countries Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	295
15. The Future of Individual Modernity Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	308
Notes Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	323
Bibliography Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	353
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	367

Language: English
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Audience: College/higher education;
Pages
- Main content: 378

eBook

Published: May 6, 2019
ISBN: 9780231881975