Culture Matters in Russia-and Everywhere

Backdrop for the Russia-Ukraine Conflict
Herausgeber: Harrison, Lawrence; Yasin, Evgeny

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Produktbeschreibung

This study examines modernization, democratization, and economic and political reforms in Russia and elsewhere, and asserts that these reforms can be accomplished through the reframing of cultural values, attitudes, and institutions.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Lexington Books
• Seitenzahl: 582
• Erscheinungstermin: 14. November 2016
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 31mm
• Gewicht: 831g
• ISBN-13: 9781498503525
• ISBN-10: 1498503527
• Artikelnr.: 46605839

Autorenporträt

Lawrence Harrison is visiting scholar, retired, at Tufts University's Fletcher School and author of Jews, Confucians, and Protestants: Cultural Capital and the End of Multiculturalism. Evgeny Yasin is academic supervisor at the National Research University-Higher School of Economics and author of Will Democracy Survive in Russia?

Inhaltsangabe

Part 1: Introduction Chapter 1: Introduction to the Moscow Symposium
Collection, Lawrence Harrison Chapter 2: Transformation of Countries in
Transition: Culture and the State, Evgeny Yasin Part 2:
Regional/Civilizational/National Cultures Chapter 3: European Culture: What
It Was, Where It Is Going, Josef Joffe Chapter 4: Quo Vadis, Latin America?
Four Cultural Obstacles to Economic Development, Oscar Árias Sánchez
Chapter 5: Janus in Latin America, Mariano Grondona Chapter 6: How Can
African Cultural Capital Prosper?, Daniel Etounga-Manguelle Chapter 7:
Cultural Stability and Long Run Economic Performance, Deepak Lal Chapter 8:
China's Quest for a New Cultural Identity from a Confucian Humanistic
Perspective, Tu Weiming Chapter 9: Economic and Political Development in
Slovenia: Betwixt and Between Europe and the Balkans, Katherine Taylor Part
Three: Religions and Development Chapter 10: Contemporary Russian
Orthodoxy: From the Social Paradoxes to the Cultural Model, Boris Knorre
Chapter 11: Religious Affiliation and Individual Economic and Political
Attitudes in Ukraine, Maria Snegovaya Chapter 12: The Cultural Revolution
in the Islamic World and What It Means for the Future of Muslim Societies,
Pervez Hoodbhoy Chapter 13: "Creation Theology" in Economics: Several
Catholic Traditions, Michael Novak Chapter 14: Fight Ethos versus Work
Ethos: The Role of the Catholic Church in Fostering Pro-Development Values
in Poland, Damian Pyrkosz Chapter 15: Holy Ghost Fire! Pentecostal
Religious Culture in Africa, Rachel Okunubi Part Four: Culture's Influence
on Economic Variables Chapter 16: The Role of Culture in Understanding the
Process of Economic and Social Change, Douglass North Chapter 17: Culture,
Cooperation, and Repeated Games, Eric Maskin Chapter 18: The Effect of
Culture on the Functioning of Institutions: Evidence from European Regions,
Mariaflavia Harari and Guido Tabellini Chapter 19: Culture and Economic
Growth: Getting the Theory Right, William Easterly Chapter 20: An Appraisal
of the Cultural Change Institute Factors Typology, Matteo Marini Part Five:
Culture, Psychology and Economics Chapter 21: Cultural Values Influence and
Constrain Economic and Social Change, Shalom Schwartz Chapter 22: Cognition
East and West: Fundamental Differences in Reasoning and Perception, Richard
Nisbett Chapter 23: American Culture and the 2008 Financial Crisis, Geert
Hofstede Chapter 24: Culture of Horizontality and Personal Autonomy: A
Humanistic Approach to Culture Change, Valery Chirkov and Nadezhda Lebedeva
Part Six: Measuring Culture and Cultural Change Chapter 25: Measuring
Culture and Cultural Change: An Introduction, Ronald Inglehart Chapter 26:
Measuring Cultural Capital and Change: Axiological Diagnosis, Miguel
Basáñez Chapter 27: Trust and Cultural Change in Argentina: A Latin
American Comparison, Marita Carballo Part Seven: The Russian Case Chapter
28: The Economic Wonder: Market and Culture, Oleg Chirkunov Chapter 29:
"All Are Guilty, Which Means That Nobody Is!"--Continuing the Talk on
Progress in Russian Culture, Andrei Konchalovsky Chapter 30: Basic Human
Values of the Russians: Different from and Similar to Other Europeans,
Vladimir Magun and Maksim Rudnev Chapter 31: Socio-Cultural Modernization
in Russia: Norms and Values System Shift, Natalya Tikhonova Part Eight:
Promoting Progressive Cultural Change Chapter 32: The Role of the Family in
the Acquisition of Values, Jerome Kagan Chapter 33: Can Teachers Empower
Youth for Democratic Citizenship? Evaluating Civic Education Pedagogies in
Mexican Secondary Schools, Fernando Reimers, Maria Elena Ortega, Mariali
Cardenas, Armando Estrada, and Emanuel Garza Chapter 34: The Me to Everyone
Cable, Reese Schonfeld with Erica Shusas Chapter 35: New Occasions Teach
New Duties: Social Change and Leadership, Richard Lamm Chapter 36: Economic
Policy and Cultural Change, James Fox Chapter 37: Culture and Legal
Dogmatism in an Era of Immaterial Wealth: The Case of Latin America,
Octavio Sánchez Chapter 38: A Culture of Profitability, Robert Kleinbaum