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UNINA9910459544003321 |
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Titolo |
Changing values and beliefs in 85 countries [[electronic resource] ] : trends from the values surveys from 1981 to 2004 / / Loek Halman ... [et al.] |
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Leiden ; ; Boston, : Brill, 2008 |
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1-283-06042-6 |
9786613060426 |
90-474-2939-7 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (280 p.) |
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European values studies, , 1568-5926 ; ; v. 11 |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references. |
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Introduction -- The values surveys -- How to read the tables -- Changing beliefs and values -- Cross-national variation and trajectories of changing beliefs and values -- Economic development interacts with a society's cultural heritage -- Technical notes -- Questionnaire development -- Sampling procedures -- Fieldwork -- Principal investigators -- 1981-1984 wave -- 1989-1993 wave -- 1995-1997 wave -- 1999-2004 wave -- Creating the integrated dataset. |
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This book presents the trends in beliefs and values of people in 85 countries around the world from 1981 to 2004. Based on survey data collected in 1981-1984 and 1989-1993 by the European Values Study, the 1995-1997 World Values Surveys and the 1999-2004 European Values Study and World Values Surveys, it examines trends in human values concerning economics, politics, religion, family, gender roles, civic engagement and ethical concerns and important contemporary issues such as the environment, technology, identity, life satisfaction and human happiness. It is a valuable tool for understanding the cultural patterns of countries and how human values are changing. It will be useful to social scientists, journalists, business executives, |
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politicians and policy-makers working in an increasingly globalized world. |
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UNINA9910689356803321 |
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Pearson David E (David Eric), <1953-> |
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The World Wide Military Command and Control System : evolution and effectiveness / / David E. Pearson |
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Maxwell Air Force Base, Ala. : , : Air University Press, , [2000] |
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1 online resource (xxi, 381 pages) : illustrations, maps |
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Worldwide Military Command and Control System - History |
Military Administration |
Military & Naval Science |
Law, Politics & Government |
History |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Perhaps the best single way to summarize it is to view the book as a bureaucratic or organizational history. What the author does is to take three distinct historical themes-organization, technology, and ideology and examine how each contributed to the development of WWMCCS and its ability (and frequent inability) to satisfy the demands of national leadership. Whereas earlier works were primarily descriptive, cataloguing the command and control assets then in place or under development, The book offers more analysis by focusing on the issue of how and why WWMCCS developed the way it did. While at first glance less provocative, this approach is potentially more useful for defense decision makers dealing with complex human and technological systems in the post-cold-war era. It also makes for a better story and, I trust, a more interesting read. By necessity, this work is selective. The elements of WWMCCS are so numerous, and the parameters of the |
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system potentially so expansive, that a full treatment is impossible within the compass of a single volume. Indeed, a full treatment of even a single WWMCCS asset or subsystem-the Defense Satellite Communications System, Extremely Low Frequency Communications, the National Military Command System, to name but a few-could itself constitute a substantial work. In its broadest conceptualization, WWMCCS is the world, and my approach has been to deal with the head of the octopus rather than its myriad tentacles. Limitation Code |
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