306 Pages
by Routledge

306 Pages
by Routledge

306 Pages
by Routledge

This book, first published in 1987, is a landmark contribution to macrosociology that extends the tradition of Sorokin, Durkheim, Marx, Weber and other founders of the discipline in new and exciting directions. Using their innovative content analysis methodology to examine American and British political documents, the authors show that the long-term dynamics of culture are subject to their own... Read more

Part 1. A Theoretical and Methodological Framework  1. Culture and Culture Dynamics  2. Classification and Interpretation in Content Analysis: the Lasswell Value Dictionary  Part 2. Studies in Culture Dynamics  3. The Wheels of Time and the Interdependence of Culture Change in America  4. The Long-Term Dynamics of Cultural Problem Solving  5. Culture and Economy in the Western World System  6. Political Issues, Economic Performance, and Presidential Election Outcomes, 1892-1964  7. Values in American Science: Cultural Dynamics in Three Professional Societies  Part 3. Theoretical and Methodological Issues  8. Measurement Models for Content Analysis  9. Ideography: the Description of Documents on Selected Ideational Dilemmas  Part 4. A Concluding Assessment  10. Evolutionary Curves and Revolutionary Corners in the Progression of Culture and Its Explanations

Biography

Namenwirth, J. Zvi; Weber, Robert Philip