基本説明
New in paperback. Hardcover was published in 2006. In societies experiencing radical social change, do the effects of people's social positions on their personalities change or remain much the same? This book addresses this and related questions through an impressively rigorous cross-national study of social structure and personality in stable societies (the U.S., Poland when it was socialist, and Japan) compared to former socialist societies (Poland and Ukraine) during their transition to nascent capitalism.
Full Description
In societies that experience rapid social transformation, does an individual's social position have a major influence on their personality? Exploring this, and related questions, Melvin Kohn presents a detailed overview of how social structure relates to personality in a variety of different countries in vastly different political and social contexts. Case studies include the US, communist Poland, Japan, and Poland and the Ukraine during their transition to capitalism.
Contents
List of Tables and Figures, Preface, Acknowledgments, 1. Social Structure and Personality under Conditions of Apparent Social Stability: The United States, Japan, and Poland, 2. Doing Social Research under Conditions of Radical Social Change: The Biography of an Ongoing Research Project, 3. Rationale and Research Design for the Comparative Study of Poland and Ukraine under Conditions of Radical Social Change, 4. Class, Stratification, and Personality under Conditions of Radical Social Change: A Comparative Analysis of Poland and Ukraine, 5. Extending the Analysis to the Nonemployed: Part 1. Complexity of Activities and Personality under Conditions of Radical Social Change, 6. Extending the Analysis to the Nonemployed: Part 2. Structural Location and Personality during the Transformation of Poland and Ukraine, 7. Social Structure and Personality during the Process of Radical Social Change: A Study of Ukraine in Transition, 8. Reflections, Appendix: My Two Visits to My Mother's Village: A Glimpse at Social Change in Rural Ukraine, References, Index, About the Author
