Exploring Individual Modernity

Presents a self-contained report of the findings of the Harvard-Stanford Project on Social and Cultural Aspects of Modernization. Contents List of Charts List of Tables Preface Introduction 1. Understanding and Misunderstanding Individual Modernity Part I. Theory and Method 2. A Model of the Modern Man 3. Forces Producing Individual Modernity: A Theory of Effects Part II. Results of the First Phase 4. Creating and Validating the Modernity Scale 5. Results of the First Phase: A Summary Part III. Ethnic and National Differences 6. Indian Images of Modernity in Cross-Cultural Perspective 7. Individual Modernity in Different Ethnic and Religious Groups 8. National Differences in Individual Modernity Part IV. Family and Kin 9. Construction and Validation of a Cross-National Scale of Family Modernism 10. Modernity and Acceptance of Family Limitation Part V. Participation and Adjustment 11. Participant Citizenship in Six Developing Countries 12. Personal Adjustment and Modernization 13. Modernization, Modernity, and Aging Part VI. At the Frontier 14. The Modernization of Man in Communist Countries 15. The Future of Individual Modernity Notes Bibliography Index