Change and Stability: A Cross-national Analysis of Social Structure and Personality

ISBN-13: 9781594511752 / Angielski / Twarda / 2006 / 290 str.

Melvin L. Kohn

Opis

In societies that experience rapid social transformation, does an individual's social position have a major influence on their personality? Exploring this, and related questions, Melvin Kohn presents a detailed overview of how social structure relates to personality in a variety of different countries in vastly different political and social contexts. Case studies include the US, communist Poland, Japan, and Poland and the Ukraine during their transition to capitalism.

Spis treści

List of Tables and Figures, Preface, Acknowledgments, 1. Social Structure and Personality under Conditions of Apparent Social Stability: The United States, Japan, and Poland, 2. Doing Social Research under Conditions of Radical Social Change: The Biography of an Ongoing Research Project, 3. Rationale and Research Design for the Comparative Study of Poland and Ukraine under Conditions of Radical Social Change, 4. Class, Stratification, and Personality under Conditions of Radical Social Change: A Comparative Analysis of Poland and Ukraine, 5. Extending the Analysis to the Nonemployed: Part 1. Complexity of Activities and Personality under Conditions of Radical Social Change, 6. Extending the Analysis to the Nonemployed: Part 2. Structural Location and Personality during the Transformation of Poland and Ukraine, 7. Social Structure and Personality during the Process of Radical Social Change: A Study of Ukraine in Transition, 8. Reflections, Appendix: My Two Visits to My Mother’s Village: A Glimpse at Social Change in Rural Ukraine, References, Index, About the Author

O autorze

Melvin L. Kohn