SOCIAL AND CULTURAL ASPECTS OF DEVELOPMENT.
Abstract
A comparative study was made of the differential impact of varying modernizing settings on attitudes and values. The object of the research was to find out whether and how work in factories or similar enterprises changes attitudes, values and habits in the ways which are relevant to the individual's adjustment and contribution to a modernizing society. In the early stages of the study data were collected in the field in Chile, Argentina, Nigeria, Israel, India and Pakistan, and then punched and coded at Harvard. Preliminary analysis indicates that education is the single most important modernizing influence. Exposure to work in a factory does, however, run a strong second, as the prime influence. Surprisingly, urbanism is not a strong modernizing influence. A good income and exposure to mass media are also effective. (Author)
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Jul 01, 1968
- Accession Number
- AD0673904
Entities
People
- Alex Inkeles
Organizations
- Harvard University