Title:
Culture matters : how values shape human progress
Author:
Huntington, Samuel P.
ISBN:
9780465031764
9780465031757
Publication Information:
New York : Basic Books, 2000.
Physical Description:
xxxiv, 348 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Contents:
Foreword -- Introduction -- Part 1. Culture and economic development -- Part 2. Culture and political development -- Part 3. The Anthropological debate -- Part 4. Culture and gender -- Part 5. Culture and American minorities -- Part 6. The Asian Crisis -- Part 7. Promoting change -- Notes -- Biographical sketches of contributors -- Index.
Abstract:
"The World at the Beginning of the twenty-first century is still divided between the few who are rich and the many who are poor, between the free and the oppressed. Even in the prosperous democracies, troubling gaps in well-being persist. Traditional explanations like imperialism, dependency and racism are no longer adequate, and increasingly observers are concluding that the principal reason why some countries and ethnic groups are better off than others lies in cultural values that powerfully shape political, economic and social performance." "Many, but not all, of the distinguished contributors to Culture Matters share this view and believe that value and attitude change is indispensable to progress for those who are lagging."--BOOK JACKET.