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082			_a306 CUL
100			_aHarrison,Lawrence E. (ed.)
245		0	_aCulture Matters: how value shape human progress
260			_aNew York
260			_bBasic Books
260			_c2000
300			_a348p.
520			_aThe world at the beginning of the twenty-first century is more divided than ever between the rich and the poor, between those living in freedom and those under oppression. Even in prosperous democracies, troubling gaps in well-being persist. As the credibility of traditional explanations--colonialism, dependency, racism--declines, many now believe that the principal reason why some countries and ethnic groups are better off than others lies in the cultural values that powerfully shape nations and people's political, economic, and social performance. Many of the distinguished contributors to Culture Matters believe that value and attitude change is indispensable to progress for those who are lagging.Among the prominent scholars and journalists contributing to the volume are Francis Fukuyama, Nathan Glazer, David Landes, Seymour Martin Lipset, Orlando Patterson, Michael Porter, Jeffrey Sachs, and Richard Shweder.
650			_aSocial Values
700			_aHuntington,Samuek P. (ed.)
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