Directions of change :  modernization theory, research, and realit ies / 
edited by Mustafa O. Attir, Burkart Holzner, and Zdenek Suda. 
 - Boulder, Colo. :  Westview Press,   1981. 
 - xviii, 276 p. ;   24 cm. 
 - A Westview special study .
<br/><br/> A collection of essays originating from an international sociologica l conference held in Brussels, Belgium, December 1978. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographies and index. 
<br/><br/>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. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>0865312230 :   
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>81-010338 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Social  change.<br/>Industrialization-- Social aspects-- Congresses.<br/>Economic development-- Social aspects-- Congresses.
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>303.4