Culture matters : how values shape human progress

Detalles Bibliográficos
Otros Autores: Huntington, Samuel P. (Editor ), Harrison, Lawrence E. (Editor )
Formato: Libro
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: New York : Basic Books, ©2000
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Culture makes almost all the difference / David Landes
  • Attitudes, values, beliefs, and the microeconomics of prosperity / Michael E. Porter
  • Notes on a new sociology of economic development / Jeffrey Sachs
  • A cultural typology of economic development / Mariano Grondona
  • Culture and the behavior of elites in Latin America / Carlos Alberto Montaner
  • Does Africa need a cultural adjustment program? / Daniel Etounga-Manguelle
  • Culture and democracy / Ronald Inglehart
  • Social capital / Francis Fukuyama
  • Corruption, culture, and markets / Seymour Martin Lipset and Gabriel Salman Lenz
  • Traditional beliefs and practices: Are some better than others? / Robert B. Edgerton
  • Culture, childhood, and progress in Sub-Saharan Africa / Thomas S. Weisner
  • Moral maps, "first world" conceits, and the new evangelists / Richard A. Shweder
  • Culture, gender, and human rights / Barbara Crossette
  • Culture, institutions, and gender inequality in Latin America / Mala Htun
  • Taking culture seriously: a framework and an Afro-American illustration / Orlando Patterson
  • Disaggregating culture / Nathan Glazer
  • Law, family ties, and the East Asian way of business / Dwight H. Perkins
  • "Asian values": from dynamos to dominoes? / Lucian W. Pye
  • Multiple modernities: a preliminary inquiry into the implications of East Asian modernity / Tu Wei-ming
  • Changing the mind of a nation: elements in a process for creating prosperity / Michael Fairbanks
  • Culture, mental models, and national prosperity / Stace Lindsay
  • Promoting progressive cultural change / Lawrence E. Harrison.