406 Pages
by
Routledge
406 Pages
by
Routledge
405 Pages
by
Routledge
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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... Read more
Preface Acknowledgments Part I—General Orientation 1 National Character: The Study of Modal Personality and Sociocultural SystemsPart II—Delineating National Character:German, Russian, American 2 On the German Mind 3 Modal Personality and Adjustment to the Soviet Sociopolitical System 4 Continuity and Change in the American National CharacterPart III—National Character in Relation to Stability and Change in Sociocultural Systems 5 The Interaction of the Personal and the Sociocultural Systems 6 National Character and Modern Political Systems 7 Rising Expectations: Revolution, Evolution, or Devolution?Part IV—Multi-Nation Comparisons 8 National Differences in Individual Modernity 9 Personal Development and National Development:A Cross-National Perspective 10 Industrialization, Modernization, and The Quality of Life 11 National Character Revisited Index
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Alex Inkeles
