Comparative perspectives on social problems
By: edited and with introd. by Vytautas Kavolis.
Publisher: Little, Brown
Published: 1968
Place of publication: Boston
Language: eng
Number of pages: 271
Subjects: Social problems -- Addresses, essays, lectures; Ethnopsychology -- Addresses, essays, lectures
Other titles: Social problems.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: The comparative approach to social problems, by V. Kavolis.; title: "Wild man" behavior in a New Guinea Highlands community, by P. L. Newman.; title: Some sociological aspects of the Fascist movements, by T. Parsons.; title: A new cross-cultural study of drunkenness, by P. B. Field.; title: Psychophysiological symptoms and the status of women in two Mexican communities, by T. S. Langner.; title: Suicide in Sweden, by H. Hendin.; title: Sex identity conflict and physical violence: a comparative study, by B. B. Whiting.; title: Personality and sociocultural factors in intergroup attitudes: a cross-national comparison, by T. F. Pettigrew.; title: The psychological effects of slavery and concentration camps, by S. M. Elkins.; title: Changing images of international conflict, by K. W. Deutsch.; title: Illegitimacy, anomie, and cultural penetration, by W. J. Goode.; title: Aggressive behaviors within polities, 1948-1962: a cross-national study, by I. K. Feierabend and R. L. Feierabend.; title: The population crisis: reasons for hope, by F. W. Notestein.