Miguel E. Basáñez is Adjunct Professor and Director in the Judiciary Reform Program at The Fletcher School at Tufts University. He is past president of the World Association for Public Opinion Research and introduced opinion polling for elections in Mexico in 1985. Since 1970 he has been a Professor in Mexico at ITAM, UAEM, UNAM, and Ibero and is former General Attorney of the State of Mexico and Chief of Staff for the Secretary of Energy.
FOREWORD
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
INTRODUCTION
PART I: VALUES AS KEYSTONE OF CULTURES: LITERATURE REVIEW
Chapter 1: Historical Analyses
Chapter 2: Empirical Analyses
PART 2: VALUE AXES AND THE GEOGRAPHY OF CULTURES
Chapter 3: Three-Dimensional Representation
Chapter 4: Cultural Geography
PART 3: CULTURES OF HONOR, ACHIEVEMENT, AND JOY
Chapter 5: Empirical Profiles of the Three Cultures
Chapter 6: The Three Cultures in the World Values Survey
PART 4: CULTURAL CHANGE
Chapter 7: Six Agents of Cultural Change
Chapter 8: Processes of Change
Chapter 9: Axiological Diagnosis
PART 5: CONCEPTS AND MEASURES OF DEVELOPMENT
Chapter 10: The Objective and Subjective Development Indices
PART 6: THE DRIVING FORCES OF DEVELOPMENT
Chapter 11: The Structures of Nature and Human Action
Chapter 12: The Power of Ideas
CONCLUSION
APPENDICES
NOTES
BIBLIOGRAPHY
INDEX
