A collection of essays originating from an international sociologica l conference held in Brussels, Belgium, December 1978.

Includes bibliographies and index.

Preface / Mustafa O. Attir, Burkart Holzner, and Zdenek Suda -- Conv ergence and divergence in industrial societies / Alex Inkeles -- Compar ative methodological approaches in the study of modernization / Vijai P . Singh -- Socioeconomic system as a variable in the modernization proc ess / Zdenek Suda -- Changes in the nature of ethnicity / Erik Allardt -- Modernization and development potential of traditional grass roots p easant 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 c hange and modernization / Zdenek Suda -- Socioeconomic development plan s and individual satisfaction in Libya / Mustafa O. Attir and Robert A. Peterson -- Urbanization and modernization / Michel Bassand -- Moderni zation research in culturally segmented societies / Lawrence V. Stockma n -- Modernization of Americanization? / Zdenek Suda.