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041			_aEnglish
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100			_aLawrence E Harrison and others _935714
245			_aCulture Matters: How Values Shape Human Progress
260			_aNew York _bBasic Books _c2000
300			_axxxiv,348 p. _bPB _c20x13.5 cm.
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 _935715
650			_aCulture _935716
700			_aHARRISON (Lawrence E) Ed _935717
700			_aHUNTINGTON (Samuel P) Ed _935718
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