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