Culture moves : ideas, activism, and changing values /

Some periods in history are marked by stability in cultural values; at other times, values undergo rapid change. How and why do cultural transformations, such as those affecting race and gender relations, take place? How does one value win acceptance in society when there are conflicting values comp...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Rochon, Thomas R., 1952- (Author)
Format: Licensed eBooks
Language:English
Published: Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, ©1998.
Online Access:https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.2307/j.ctv346r3k
Table of Contents:
  • pt. 1. Theoretical Perspective. Ch. 1. Adaptation in Human Communities. Ch. 2. Critical Communities and Movements. Ch. 3. The Acceptance of New Cultural Values
  • pt. 2. Microfoundations. Ch. 4. The Creation of Solidarity. Ch. 5. Political Engagement
  • pt. 3. Social and Political Structures. Ch. 6. Diffusion of Change in Society. Ch. 7. Political and Social Alliances. Ch. 8. Advancing Our Understanding of Cultural Change.