Alex Inkeles

National Character

A Psycho-Social Perspective

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Produktbeschreibung

Alex Inkeles surveys various definitions of national character, tracing developments through the twentieth century. His approach is to examine the regularity of specific personality patterns among individuals in a society

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd (Sales)
• Seitenzahl: 406
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. November 2014
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 254mm x 127mm x 23mm
• Gewicht: 544g
• ISBN-13: 9781412854962
• ISBN-10: 1412854962
• Artikelnr.: 40870342

Autorenporträt

Alex Inkeles

Inhaltsangabe

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