Directions of change :  modernization theory, research, and realities / 
edited by Mustafa O. Attir, Burkart Holzner, and Zdenek Suda. 
 - Boulder Colo. :  Westview Press, ;  1981. 
 - xviii, 276 p. ;  24 cm.  ill, ; 
 - A Westview special study .
<br/><br/> A collection of essays originating from an international sociological conference held in Brussels, Belgium, December 1978. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographies and index. 
<br/><br/>Preface / Mustafa O. Attir, Burkart Holzner, and Zdenek Suda -- Convergence and divergence in industrial societies / Alex Inkeles -- Comparative methodological approaches in the study of modernization / Vijai P. Singh -- Socioeconomic system as a variable in the modernization process / Zdenek Suda -- Changes in the nature of ethnicity / Erik Allardt -- Modernization and development potential of traditional grass roots peasant organizations / Michael Cernea -- Structures of knowledge use in modernization / Burkart Holzner and Jiri Nehnevajsa -- Modernization, everyday life, and social roles / Thomas Kutsch -- The rate of social change and modernization / Zdenek Suda -- Socioeconomic development plans and individual satisfaction in Libya / Mustafa O. Attir and Robert A. Peterson -- Urbanization and modernization / Michel Bassand -- Modernization research in culturally segmented societies / Lawrence V. Stockman -- Modernization of Americanization? / Zdenek Suda. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>0865312230 :  $22.00 (est.) 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>81010338  
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Social change--Congresses.<br/>Industrialization--Social aspects--Congresses.<br/>Economic development--Social aspects--Congresses.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>HN18  / .D498 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>303.4  / DIR 1981