wyszukanych pozycji: 14
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Culture Matters in Russia-and Everywhere: Backdrop for the Russia-Ukraine Conflict
ISBN: 9781498503525 / Angielski / Miękka / 2016 / 546 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych (Dostawa w 2026 r.) This book pulls together experts in the fields of economics and Russian culture, all participants in the Samuel P. Huntington Memorial Symposium on Culture, Cultural Change and Economic Development, a follow-up to the 1999 Cultural Values and Human Progress Symposium at Harvard University. As the sequel to the 2001 volume Culture Matters, it discusses modernization, democratization, economic, and political reforms in Russia and asserts that these reforms can happen through the reframing of cultural values, attitudes, and institutions. (Cover design by Katie Makrie.)
This book pulls together experts in the fields of economics and Russian culture, all participants in the Samuel P. Huntington Memorial Symposium on Cu...
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242,90 |
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Culture Matters in Russia-and Everywhere: Backdrop for the Russia-Ukraine Conflict
ISBN: 9781498503501 / Angielski / Twarda / 2015 / 582 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych (Dostawa w 2026 r.) This book pulls together experts in the fields of economics and Russian culture, all participants in the Samuel P. Huntington Memorial Symposium on Culture, Cultural Change and Economic Development, a follow-up to the 1999 Cultural Values and Human Progress Symposium at Harvard University. As the sequel to the 2001 volume Culture Matters, it discusses modernization, democratization, economic, and political reforms in Russia and asserts that these reforms can happen through the reframing of cultural values, attitudes, and institutions. (Cover design by Katie Makrie.)
This book pulls together experts in the fields of economics and Russian culture, all participants in the Samuel P. Huntington Memorial Symposium on Cu...
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728,68 |
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Developing Cultures: Case Studies
ISBN: 9780415952804 / Angielski / Miękka / 2005 / 548 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych (Dostawa w 2026 r.) Developing Cultures: Case Studies is a collection of 27 essays by a group of leading internationals scholars on the role of culture and cultural change in the evolution of countries and regions around the world.
Developing Cultures: Case Studies is a collection of 27 essays by a group of leading internationals scholars on the role of culture and cultu...
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267,13 |
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Culture Matters: How Values Shape Human Progress
ISBN: 9780465031764 / Angielski / Miękka / 2001 / 384 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych (Dostawa w 2026 r.) Prominent scholars and journalists ponder the question of why, at the beginning of the twenty-first century, the world is more divided than ever between the rich and the poor, between those living in freedom and those under oppression.
Prominent scholars and journalists ponder the question of why, at the beginning of the twenty-first century, the world is more divided than ever betwe...
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112,44 |
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Underdevelopment is a State of Mind: The Latin American Case
ISBN: 9781568331478 / Angielski / Twarda / 2000 / 232 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych (Dostawa w 2026 r.) An examination of Latin America's rocky development as a cultural, rather than colonial byproduct. In a new introduction Harrison explores the political and economic shifts that have occurred over the past 15 years.
An examination of Latin America's rocky development as a cultural, rather than colonial byproduct. In a new introduction Harrison explores the politic...
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217,13 |
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The Pan-American Dream: Do Latin America's Cultural Values Discourage True Partnership with the United States and Canada?
ISBN: 9780367096250 / Angielski / Twarda / 2019 / 323 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych (Dostawa w 2026 r.) The initiative of Presidents George Bush and Bill Clinton to forge a Western Hemisphere community has been staggered by Mexico's economic and political crisis. Is this latest grand design for the hemisphere destined to follow John Kennedy's Alliance for Progress and Franklin Roosevelt's Good Neighbor Policy into the cemetery of frustrated Pan-American dreams? The United States and Canada are prosperous first-world countries with centuries-old democratic institutions; Latin America's countries are poor and, in most cases, experimenting with democratic capitalism for the first time. Can a...
The initiative of Presidents George Bush and Bill Clinton to forge a Western Hemisphere community has been staggered by Mexico's economic and politica...
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704,38 |
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Developing Cultures: Case Studies
ISBN: 9780415952798 / Angielski / Twarda / 2005 / 548 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych (Dostawa w 2026 r.) Developing Cultures: Case Studies is a collection of 27 essays by a group of leading internationals scholars on the role of culture and cultural change in the evolution of countries and regions around the world.
Developing Cultures: Case Studies is a collection of 27 essays by a group of leading internationals scholars on the role of culture and cultu...
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874,41 |
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Developing Cultures: Essays on Cultural Change
ISBN: 9780415952828 / Angielski / Miękka / 2006 / 416 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych (Dostawa w 2026 r.) "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... "Developing Cultures: Essays on Cultural Change "is a collection of 21 expert essays on the institutions that transmit cultural values from generation...
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276,84 |
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The Pan-american Dream : Do Latin America's Cultural Values Discourage True Partnership With The United States And Canada?
ISBN: 9780813334707 / Angielski / Miękka / 1998 / 323 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych (Dostawa w 2026 r.) The initiative of Presidents George Bush and Bill Clinton to forge a Western Hemisphere community has been staggered by Mexico's economic and political crisis. Is this latest grand design for the hemisphere destined to follow John Kennedy's Alliance for Progress and Franklin Roosevelt's Good Neighbor Policy into the cemetery of frustrated Pan-American dreams? The United States and Canada are prosperous first-world countries with centuries-old democratic institutions; Latin America's countries are poor and, in most cases, experimenting with democratic capitalism for the first time. Can a...
The initiative of Presidents George Bush and Bill Clinton to forge a Western Hemisphere community has been staggered by Mexico's economic and politica...
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252,56 |
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Jews, Confucians, and Protestants: Cultural Capital and the End of Multiculturalism
ISBN: 9781442219632 / Angielski / Twarda / 2012 / 230 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych (Dostawa w 2026 r.) Multiculturalism--the belief that no culture is better or worse than any other; it is merely different--has come to dominate Western intellectual thought and to serve as a guide to domestic and foreign policy and development aid. But what if multiculturalism itself is flawed? What if some cultures are more prone to progress than others and more successful at creating the cultural capital that encourages democratic governance, social justice for all, and the elimination of poverty? In Jews, Confucians, and Protestants: Cultural Capital and the End of Multiculturalism, Lawrence E. Harrison...
Multiculturalism--the belief that no culture is better or worse than any other; it is merely different--has come to dominate Western intellectual thou...
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262,32 |
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Jews, Confucians, and Protestants: Cultural Capital and the End of Multiculturalism
ISBN: 9780810896291 / Angielski / Miękka / 2017 / 232 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych (Dostawa w 2026 r.) In Jews, Confucians, and Protestants: Cultural Capital and the End of Multiculturalism, Lawrence E. Harrison takes the politically incorrect stand that not all cultures are created equally. Analyzing the performance of 117 countries, grouped by predominant religion, Harrison argues for the superiority of those cultures that emphasize Jewish, Confucian, or Protestant values.
In Jews, Confucians, and Protestants: Cultural Capital and the End of Multiculturalism, Lawrence E. Harrison takes the politically incorrect stand tha...
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121,44 |
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Developing Cultures: Essays on Cultural Change
ISBN: 9780415952811 / Angielski / Twarda / 2006 / 416 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych (Dostawa w 2026 r.) 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... Developing Cultures: Essays on Cultural Change is a collection of 21 expert essays on the institutions that transmit cultural values from gen...
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874,41 |
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Who Prospers: How Cultural Values Shape Economic and Political Success
ISBN: 9780465091676 / Angielski / Miękka / 1993 / 288 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych (Dostawa w 2026 r.) What lies behind America's economic and social decline? Can racism explain the ghetto tragedy if two-thirds of America's blacks have made it into the middle class? Why have Chinese, Japanese, and Korean immigrants done so much better than Mexicans? Why are the United States and Canada so far ahead of Latin America? According to Lawrence E. Harrison, the key to answering these and other questions is culture-- the values of a people with respect to work, education, frugality, community, fair play, and progress.
What lies behind America's economic and social decline? Can racism explain the ghetto tragedy if two-thirds of America's blacks have made it into the ...
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97,10 |
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The Central Liberal Truth: How Politics Can Change a Culture and Save It from Itself
ISBN: 9780195331806 / Angielski / Miękka / 2008 / 288 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych (Dostawa w 2026 r.) Which cultural values, beliefs, and attitudes best promote democracy, social justice, and prosperity? How can we use the forces that shape cultural change, such as religion, education, and political leadership, to promote these values in the Third World--and for underachieving minorities in the First World? In this book, Lawrence E. Harrison offers intriguing answers to these questions, in a valuable follow-up to his acclaimed Culture Matters.
Drawing on a three-year research project that explored the cultural values of dozens of nations--from Botswana, Sweden, and India to China, Egypt,... Which cultural values, beliefs, and attitudes best promote democracy, social justice, and prosperity? How can we use the forces that shape cultural ch...
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112,11 |