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Author:   Melvin L. Kohn
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Inc
Imprint:   Routledge
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 2.10cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.385kg
ISBN:  

9781594511769

ISBN 10:   1594511764
Pages:   290
Publication Date:   15 August 2006
Audience:   College/higher education ,  General/trade ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

List of Tables and Figures, Preface, Acknowledgments, 1. Social Structure and Personality under Conditions of Apparent Social Stability: The United States, Japan, and Poland, 2. Doing Social Research under Conditions of Radical Social Change: The Biography of an Ongoing Research Project, 3. Rationale and Research Design for the Comparative Study of Poland and Ukraine under Conditions of Radical Social Change, 4. Class, Stratification, and Personality under Conditions of Radical Social Change: A Comparative Analysis of Poland and Ukraine, 5. Extending the Analysis to the Nonemployed: Part 1. Complexity of Activities and Personality under Conditions of Radical Social Change, 6. Extending the Analysis to the Nonemployed: Part 2. Structural Location and Personality during the Transformation of Poland and Ukraine, 7. Social Structure and Personality during the Process of Radical Social Change: A Study of Ukraine in Transition, 8. Reflections, Appendix: My Two Visits to My Mother’s Village: A Glimpse at Social Change in Rural Ukraine, References, Index, About the Author

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Melvin Kohn has labored almost a half century examining the relationship between social structure and personality. In this volume, he describes the origin, development, and testing of that relationship in two stable societies and two others undergoing change!an important methodological contribution. -- William Form, in Contemporary Sociology, Ohio State University

Melvin Kohn has labored almost a half century examining the relationship between social structure and personality. In this volume, he describes the origin, development, and testing of that relationship in two stable societies and two others undergoing change...an important methodological contribution. -- William Form, in Contemporary Sociology, Ohio State University

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Melvin Kohn is a professor of sociology at Johns Hopkins University, is former president of the American Sociological Association and author of many acclaimed research books and articles.

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