ABSTRACT
Developing Cultures: Essays on Cultural Change is a collection of 21 expert essays on the institutions that transmit cultural values from generation to generation. The essays are an outgrowth of a research project begun by Samuel Huntington and Larry Harrison in their widely discussed book Culture Matters the goal of which is guidelines for cultural change that can accelerate development in the Third World. The essays in this volume cover child rearing, several aspects of education, the world's major religions, the media, political leadership, and development projects.
The book is companion volume to Developing Cultures: Case Studies.(0415952808).
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part I|33 pages
Child Rearing
part II|80 pages
Education
part III|178 pages
Religion
chapter 11|19 pages
Reimagining the Orthodox Tradition
part IV|33 pages
The Media
part V|15 pages
Leadership
part VI|35 pages
Development Projects