Moral Basis Of A Backward Society

Author : Edward C. Banfield
Publisher : Free Press
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 1967-02-01
Category : History
ISBN : 0029015103

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Moral Basis of a Backward Society by Edward C. Banfield Pdf

Looking at how nepotism and family-centric societies sacrifice the public good, Edward C. Banfield uses a study of the people of southern Italy to argue how self-interested families can lead to poverty. Analyzing families in southern Italy in 1955, Moral Basis of a Backward Society discusses how poverty is a result of the inability to trust or associate strongly outside of immediate family. Challenged and argued for years, Edward C. Banfield’s study has become accept by many people in the modern age.

Author : Edward C. Banfield
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 328 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 1970
Category : Cities and towns
ISBN : UOM:39015007543294

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The Unheavenly City; the Nature and Future of Our Urban Crisis by Edward C. Banfield Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 284 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2019-07-22
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9789004390430

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Trust in Contemporary Society by Anonim Pdf

Trust in Contemporary Society, by well-known trust researchers, deals with conceptual, theoretical and social interaction analyses, historical data on societies, national surveys or cross-national comparative studies, and methodological issues related to trust. The authors are from a variety of disciplines: psychology, sociology, political science, organizational studies, history, and philosophy, and from Britain, the United States, the Czech Republic, the Netherlands, Australia, Germany, and Japan. They bring their vast knowledge from different historical and cultural backgrounds to illuminate contemporary issues of trust and distrust. The socio-cultural perspective of trust is important and increasingly acknowledged as central to trust research. Accordingly, future directions for comparative trust research are also discussed. Contributors include: Jack Barbalet, John Brehm, Geoffrey Hosking, Robert Marsh, Barbara A. Misztal, Guido Möllering, Bart Nooteboom, Ken J. Rotenberg, Jiří Šafr, Masamichi Sasaki, Meg Savel, Markéta Sedláčková, Jörg Sydow, Piotr Sztompka.

Author : X. Lu,G. Enderle
Publisher : Springer
Page : 295 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2006-04-11
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781403984623

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Developing Business Ethics in China by X. Lu,G. Enderle Pdf

Twenty-seven international scholars and business leaders analyse the challenges facing business ethics in China: the role of different ethical traditions, the creation of ethical corporate cultures, corruption and the lack of confidence, consumption patterns and income distribution, globalization, WTO and information technology, to name a few.

Author : Banfield
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 216 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 1958-06
Category : Social Science
ISBN : WISC:89031135643

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MORAL BASIS OF A BACKWARD SOCIETY by Banfield Pdf

Author : John Stuart Mill
Publisher : Broadview Press
Page : 209 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2010-08-06
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781460402108

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Utilitarianism - Ed. Heydt by John Stuart Mill Pdf

John Stuart Mill’s Utilitarianism is a philosophical defense of utilitarianism, a moral theory stating that right actions are those that tend to promote overall happiness. The essay first appeared as a series of articles published in Fraser’s Magazine in 1861; the articles were collected and reprinted as a single book in 1863. Mill discusses utilitarianism in some of his other works, including On Liberty and The Subjection of Women, but Utilitarianism contains his only sustained defence of the theory. In this Broadview Edition, Colin Heydt provides a substantial introduction that will enable readers to understand better the polemical context for Utilitarianism. Heydt shows, for example, how Mill’s moral philosophy grew out of political engagement, rather than exclusively out of a speculative interest in determining the nature of morality. Appendices include precedents to Mill’s work, reactions to Utilitarianism, and related writings by Mill.

Author : M. Hooghe,D. Stolle
Publisher : Springer
Page : 265 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2003-05-15
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781403979544

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Generating Social Capital by M. Hooghe,D. Stolle Pdf

Social capital - networks of civic engagements, norms of reciprocity, and attitudes of trust - is widely seen as playing a key role for the health of democracy. While many authors have examined the consequences of social capital, there is a pressing need to explore its sources. This collection brings together leading American and European scholars in the first comparative analysis of how social trust and other civic attitudes are generated. The contributors to this volume examine the generation of social capital from two directions: society-based approaches that emphasize voluntary associations, and institutional approaches that emphasize policy.

Author : Atul Kohli
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 484 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2004-08-30
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0521545250

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State-Directed Development by Atul Kohli Pdf

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Author : Edward Bellamy
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 140 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2013-08-13
Category : Utopias
ISBN : 1492149241

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Looking Backward: 2000-1887 by Edward Bellamy Pdf

Looking Backward: 2000-1887 is a utopian science fiction novel by Edward Bellamy, a lawyer and writer from Chicopee Falls, Massachusetts; it was first published in 1887. According to Erich Fromm, Looking Backward is "one of the most remarkable books ever published in America".

Author : Ali E. Abbas
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 485 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2019-11-07
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781108480413

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Next-Generation Ethics by Ali E. Abbas Pdf

Leaders from academia and industry offer guidance for professionals and general readers on ethical questions posed by modern technology.

Author : Jonathan Haidt
Publisher : Vintage
Page : 530 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2013-02-12
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9780307455772

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The Righteous Mind by Jonathan Haidt Pdf

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • The acclaimed social psychologist challenges conventional thinking about morality, politics, and religion in a way that speaks to conservatives and liberals alike—a “landmark contribution to humanity’s understanding of itself” (The New York Times Book Review). Drawing on his twenty-five years of groundbreaking research on moral psychology, Jonathan Haidt shows how moral judgments arise not from reason but from gut feelings. He shows why liberals, conservatives, and libertarians have such different intuitions about right and wrong, and he shows why each side is actually right about many of its central concerns. In this subtle yet accessible book, Haidt gives you the key to understanding the miracle of human cooperation, as well as the curse of our eternal divisions and conflicts. If you’re ready to trade in anger for understanding, read The Righteous Mind.

Author : Janet Buttolph Johnson,H. T. Reynolds,Jason D. Mycoff
Publisher : CQ Press
Page : 657 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2015-08-24
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781506307817

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Political Science Research Methods by Janet Buttolph Johnson,H. T. Reynolds,Jason D. Mycoff Pdf

Understand the “how” and the “why” behind research in political science. Step by step, Political Science Research Methods walks students through the logic of research design, carefully explaining how researchers choose which method to employ. The Eighth Edition of this trusted resource offers a greater emphasis on the ways in which particular methods are used by undergraduates, expanded coverage of the role of the Internet in research and analysis, and more international examples. Practice makes perfect. In the new fourth edition of the accompanying workbook, Working with Political Science Research Methods, students are given the perfect opportunity to practice each of the methods presented in the core text. This helpful supplement breaks each aspect of the research process into manageable parts and features new exercises and updated data sets. A solutions manual with answers to the workbook is available to adopters.

Author : J. David Velleman
Publisher : Open Book Publishers
Page : 156 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2015-11-23
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781783740321

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Foundations for Moral Relativism by J. David Velleman Pdf

In this new edition of Foundations for Moral Relativism a distinguished moral philosopher tames a bugbear of current debate about cultural difference. J. David Velleman shows that different communities can indeed be subject to incompatible moralities, because their local mores are rationally binding. At the same time, he explains why the mores of different communities, even when incompatible, are still variations on the same moral themes. The book thus maps out a universe of many moral worlds without, as Velleman puts it, "moral black holes”. The six self-standing chapters discuss such diverse topics as online avatars and virtual worlds, lying in Russian and truth-telling in Quechua, the pleasure of solitude and the fear of absurdity. Accessibly written, this book presupposes no prior training in philosophy.

Author : Lawrence M. Mead
Publisher : Encounter Books
Page : 361 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2019-04-23
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781641770415

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Burdens of Freedom by Lawrence M. Mead Pdf

Burdens of Freedom presents a new and radical interpretation of America and its challenges. The United States is an individualist society where most people seek to realize personal goals and values out in the world. This unusual, inner-driven culture was the chief reason why first Europe, then Britain, and finally America came to lead the world. But today, our deepest problems derive from groups and nations that reflect the more passive, deferential temperament of the non-West. The long-term poor and many immigrants have difficulties assimilating in America mainly because they are less inner-driven than the norm. Abroad, the United States faces challenges from Asia, which is collective-minded, and also from many poorly-governed countries in the developing world. The chief threat to American leadership is no longer foreign rivals like China but the decay of individualism within our own society. The great divide is between the individualist West, for which life is a project, and the rest of the world, in which most people seek to survive rather than achieve. This difference, although clear in research on world cultures, has been ignored in virtually all previous scholarship on American power and public policy, both at home and abroad. Burdens of Freedom is the first book to recognize that difference. It casts new light on America's greatest struggles. It re-evaluates the entire Western tradition, which took individualism for granted. How to respond to cultural difference is the greatest test of our times.

Author : Emmanuel Todd
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 458 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2019-06-10
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781509534494

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Lineages of Modernity by Emmanuel Todd Pdf

In most developed countries there is a palpable sense of confusion about the contemporary state of the world. Much that was taken for granted a decade or two ago is being questioned, and there is a widespread urge to try and understand how we reached our present situation, and where we are heading. In this major new book, the leading sociologist, historical anthropologist and demographer Emmanuel Todd sheds fresh light on our current predicament by reconstructing the historical dynamics of human societies from the Stone Age to the present. Eschewing the tendency to attribute special causal significance to the economy, Todd develops an anthropological account of history, focusing on the long-term dynamics of family systems and their links to religion and ideology – what he sees as the slow-moving, unconscious level of society, in contrast to the conscious level of the economy and politics. He also analyses the dramatic changes brought about by the spread of education. This enables him to explain the different historical trajectories of the advanced nations and the growing divergence between them, a divergence that can be observed in such phenomena as the rise of the Anglosphere in the modern period, the paradox of a Homo americanus who is both innovative and archaic, the startling electoral success of Donald Trump, the lack of realism in the will to power shown by Germany and China, the emergence of stable authoritarian democracy in Russia, the new introversion of Japan and the recent turbulent developments in Europe, including Brexit. This magisterial account of human history brings into sharp focus the massive transformations taking place in the world today and shows that these transformations have less to do with the supposedly homogenizing effects of globalization and the various reactions to it than with an ethnic diversity that is deeply rooted in the long history of human evolution.