Research Catalog

Title

Choosing models of society and social norms : improving choices and quality of life / Adolfo Critto.

Author

Critto, Adolfo.

Publication

Lanham, Md. : University Press of America, [1999], ©1999.

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Description

xxv, 341 pages; 23 cm

Subject

• Social norms
• Social values
• Values

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. [283]-334).

Contents

• Ch. 1. Social Norms and Consistency. A. Social norms. B. Genesis and change of social norms, and consistency. C. Consequences of social norms. D. Social norms, invisible threads. E. Language: Special case of social norms -- Ch. 2. Guide to Change and Decision-Making Quality. A. Basic criteria and strategies. B. Means for improving the quality of decision making. C. Means for consistent participation and influence. D. Some tools and obstacles -- Ch. 3. Culture, Social Norms, Values and Change. A. Cultural argument; stability and change in values and cultural systems. B. Proper application of value orientations -- Ch. 4. Employing Existing Values and Social Norms to Produce Desirable Change. A. Permanent dilemma: Consistency vs. Corruption. B. Some basic conditions for desirable change. C. Applying consistency in any culture. D. Cautionary note -- Ch. 5. Sacred-expedient: Dominant Value Orientations in United States and Argentina.
• A. Value differences between Americans and Argentines: The sacred-expedient axis. B. National differences in sacredness and expediency. C. The Argentine choice -- Ch. 6. Argentine evolution along the Sacred-Expedient Axis. A. Persistent problems in Argentine history. B. Harmful effects of inconsistency in the sacred orientation. C. Effects of the wrong application of sacred-expedient values. D. Resources for advancing in consistency in sacrednes-expediency.

ISBN

076181454X (pbk. : alk. paper)

LCCN

99035038

OCLC

• ocm41528205
• SCSB-3943205

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries