Developing cultures: essays on cultural change
Introduction / Lawrence Harrison -- Child rearing -- Culture, values, and the family / Jerome Kagan -- Parenting practices and governance in Latin America: the case of Costa Rica / Luis Diego Herrera -- Education -- Cultural values and parenting education / Sharon Lynn Kagan and Amy Lowenstein -- Ch...
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| Format: | Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York [u.a.]
Routledge
2006
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| In: | Year: 2006 |
| Volumes / Articles: | Show volumes/articles. |
| Further subjects: | B
Cultural standard
B Social Change B Progress B Social Values B Religion B Value system B Earth B Political culture B Acculturation B Education B Value B Transculturation B Norm Ethics B Culture B Cultural contact B Social change |
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Publisher description Table of contents |
| Summary: | Introduction / Lawrence Harrison -- Child rearing -- Culture, values, and the family / Jerome Kagan -- Parenting practices and governance in Latin America: the case of Costa Rica / Luis Diego Herrera -- Education -- Cultural values and parenting education / Sharon Lynn Kagan and Amy Lowenstein -- Character education: restoring virtue to the mission of the schools / Thomas Lickona -- Civic education and the development of civic knowledge and attitudes / Richard Niemi and Steven Finkel -- Schooling open societies in Latin America / Fernando Reimers and Eleonora Villegas-Reimers -- Religion -- Evangelical expansion and progressive values' in the developing world / David Martin -- Anglo-Protestant culture / Samuel Huntington -- The development of the Jews / Jim Lederman -- Culture begins with cult: the surprising growth of the Catholic people / Michael Novak -- Re-imagining the Orthodox tradition: nurturing democratic values in Orthodox Christian civilization / Nikolas Gvosdev, with a response by Georges Prevelakis -- Market development, political change, and Chinese cultures / Robert Weller -- Buddhist economics in Asia / Christal Whelan -- Cultural change in Islamic civilization / Bassam Tibi -- Islam matters: culture and progress in the Muslim world / Robert Hefner -- Hinduism and modernity / Pratap Bhanu Mehta -- The media -- Journalism and values / Mariano Grondona and Carlos Alberto Montaner -- The global battle for cultural domination / Reese Schonfeld -- Leadership -- Public policy and culture / Richard Lamm -- Development projects -- Donor pro |
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| Item Description: | Includes bibliographical references and index |
| ISBN: | 0415952816 |