TY - BOOK AU - Attir,Mustafa O. AU - Holzner,Burkart AU - Suda,Zdenek TI - Directions of change: modernization theory, research, and realities T2 - A Westview special study SN - 0865312230 : AV - HN18 .D498 U1 - 303.4 19 PY - 1981/// CY - Boulder Colo. PB - Westview Press, KW - Social change KW - Congresses KW - Industrialization KW - Social aspects KW - Economic development N1 - A collection of essays originating from an international sociological conference held in Brussels, Belgium, December 1978; Includes bibliographies and index; 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 ER -