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"In How to Compare Nations, Dogan and Pelassy have constructed a succinct and unconventional guide to the conduct of comparative analysis and the construction of social science theory. It should...
This book provides a framework for explaining why governments adopt the policies they do.
This text documents the changes brought on by the post-Soviet era and the age of globalization, while charting the progress of emerging markets and democracies around the world.
While the present work is based on Browne's award-winning Comparing Broadcast Systems, it goes much further in terms of its coverage of such subjects as government-media relationships, minorities and the media, uses of the Internet, and the ...
'The publication of this second edition of Culture's Consequences marks an important moment in the field of cross-cultural studies .
Table of Contents Culture's Consequences : Comparing Values, Behaviors, Institutions and Organizations Across Nations by Hofstede, Geert Terms of Use Values and Culture Data Collection, Treatment and Validation Power Distance...
Now in its third edition, The Defense Policies of Nations has been thoroughly updated to take into account the dramatic developments of recent years: the dissolution of the Soviet Union,...
In general, information available as of 1 January 2003 was used in the preparation of this edition.
The Dutch anthropologist Geert Hofstede is recognized as a pioneer in the fields of international management and social psychology – and his work is a perfect example of the ways in which interpretative skills can help solve problems and ...