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Culture Matters in Russia-and Everywhere discusses modernization, democratization, and economic and political reforms in Russia, and elsewhere, and asserts that these reforms can be accomplished through the reframing of cultural values, attitudes, and institutions. The contributors-who include three Nobel Laureates-strive to analyze and understand the role of culture in modernization, particularly relevant to Russian culture as tensions between Russia and the West heighten to levels not seen since the Cold War.

Title Culture matters in Russia-and everywhere : backdrop for the Russia-Ukraine conflict
Edition 1st ed.
Publisher Lanham, Maryland : Lexington Books
Creation Date 2015
Notes Description based upon print version of record.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
English
Content Contents
PART I. INTRODUCTION
Chapter 1. Introduction to the Moscow Symposium Collection
Chapter 2. Transformation of Countries in Transition: Culture and the State
PART II. REGIONAL/CIVILIZATIONAL/NATIONAL CULTURES
Chapter 3. European Culture: What It Was, Where It Is Going
Chapter 4. Quo Vadis, Latin America? Four Cultural Obstacles to Economic Development
Chapter 5. Janus in Latin America
Chapter 6. How Can African Culture Capital Prosper?
Chapter 7. India: Cultural Stability and Long Run Economic Performance
Chapter 8. China's Quest for a New Cultural Identity from a Confucian Humanistic PerspectiveChapter 9. Economic and Political Development in Slovenia: Betwixt and Between Europe and the Balkans
PART III. RELIGIONS AND DEVELOPMENT
Chapter 10. Contemporary Russian Orthodoxy: From the Social Paradoxes to the Cultural Model
Chapter 11. Religious Affiliation and Individual Economic and Political Attitudes in Ukraine
Chapter 12. The Cultural Revolution in the Islamic World and What It Means for the Future of Muslim Societies
Chapter 13. "Creation Theology" in Economics: Several Catholic TraditionsChapter 14. Fight Ethos versus Work Ethos: The Role of the Catholic Church in Fostering Pro-Development Values in Poland
Chapter 15. Holy Ghost Fire! Pentecostal Religious Culture in Africa
PART IV. CULTURE'S INFLUENCE ON ECONOMIC VARIABLES
Chapter 16. The Role of Culture in Understanding the Process of Economic and Social Change
Chapter 17. Culture, Cooperation, and Repeated Games
Chapter 18. The Effect of Culture on the Functioning of Institutions: Evidence from European Regions
Chapter 19. Culture and Economic Growth: Getting the Theory RightChapter 20. An Appraisal of the Cultural Change Institute Factors Typology
PART V. CULTURE, PSYCHOLOGY, AND ECONOMICS
Chapter 21. Cultural Values Influence and Constrain Economic and Social Change
Chapter 22. Cognition East and West: Fundamental Differences in Reasoning and Perception
Chapter 23. American Culture and the 2008 Financial Crisis
Chapter 24. Culture of Horizontality and Personal Autonomy: A Humanistic Approach to Culture Change
PART VI. MEASURING CULTURE AND CULTURAL CHANGE
Chapter 25. Measuring Culture and Cultural Change: An IntroductionChapter 26. Measuring Cultural Capital and Change: Axiological Diagnosis
Chapter 27. Trust and Cultural Changes in Argentina: A Latin American Comparison
PART VII. THE RUSSIAN CASE
Chapter 28. The Economic Wonder: Market and Culture
Chapter 29. "All Are Guilty, Which Means That Nobody Is!": Continuing the Talk on Progress in Russian Culture
Chapter 30. Basic Human Values of the Russians: Different from and Similar to Other Europeans
Chapter 31. Socio-Cultural Modernization in Russia: Norms and Values System Shift
PART VIII. PROMOTING PROGRESSIVE CULTURAL CHANGE
Extent 1 online resource (583 p.)
Language English
National Library system number 997010718287705171
MARC RECORDS
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