[PDF] Recent Social Trends In France 1960 1990 eBook

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Page : 368 pages
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Release : 1993
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Annotation The series, Comparative Charting of Social Change, is devoted to providing national profiles of social change in a uniform format consisting of 78 trend reports grouped under 17 main topics. The purpose of the collective project is to prepare and present a comprehensive numerically grounded description of recent social trends in advanced industrial societies; to identify similarities and differences among these national societies with respect to ongoing social trends; to subject these similarities and differences to comparative analysis; and to establish benchmarks for future tracking of social trends. Translated from the French edition of 1990. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.

Author : Michel Forsé
Publisher : McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP
Page : 384 pages
File Size : 33,92 MB
Release : 1993-04-29
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 0773563237

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A prominent feature of the social revolution in France has been the decline of the great national institutions -- the Republic, the Army, the church, and the schools -- which are losing their symbolic value and are no longer the targets of ideological disputes. As a result, there is a growing basic consensus among the French people. At the same time, the French have developed a new interest in managing local problems -- due to the decentralization law -- which has led to the establishment of many voluntary associations. Changes in family life following the "revolution" of 1968 have led to greater instability among couples, but at the same time have strengthened the kinship system resulting in increased life expectancy. The customs of the French have also changed. The French education system, originally based on authority and regulations, is now making increasing use of experimentation and negotiation. As a result, the attitude of the French towards authority has totally changed and the French have learned to negotiate and cooperate among themselves. All these changes can be interpreted as progressive moves toward liberty, equality, and individualism. There is little danger of social instability, since French society remains in remarkably robust health.

Author : Michel Forsé
Publisher : McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP
Page : 728 pages
File Size : 42,89 MB
Release : 1993
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780773508873

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Over the three decades from 1960 to 1990, French society underwent a spectacular transformation due to the baby boom, which was particularly broad-based and prolonged in France and caused the population to climb by a full one-third. At the same time, the French economy expanded and the pace of modernization picked up, with the result that the wealth of the French quadrupled in a single generation. The turning point between the reconstruction and development period and the period of profound social change appears to have been 1965. The baby boom was over by then, and the production system was shifting in orientation. No longer dominated by the growth of basic industries, production was now starting to focus on consumer goods and services.

Author : I. A. Butenko
Publisher : McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP
Page : 408 pages
File Size : 14,95 MB
Release : 1997
Category : Russia (Federation)
ISBN : 9780773516106

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Recent Social Trends in Russia is a collection of statistical and sociological data on trends in Russian society that have never before been assembled in a comprehensive and systematic manner.

Author : L. Maratou-Alimprantē
Publisher : McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP
Page : 388 pages
File Size : 42,89 MB
Release : 2004
Category : Greece
ISBN : 9780773522022

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An overview of the socio-economic profile of Greece during 1960-1995.

Author : Wolfgang Glatzer
Publisher : McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP
Page : 565 pages
File Size : 14,89 MB
Release : 1992-08-21
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 0773563415

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The thirty-year period examined was characterized in West Germany by a number of inconsistent trends. While income and consumption levels increased as part of a "silent revolution," poverty also increased, especially during the 1980s. People's lifestyles changed, with less time spent on formal employment and more on household production and recreation. Individualization and pluralization began to dissolve the class structure, and social movements such as feminism and environmentalism gained some influence. Although hostility toward foreigners did not disappear, de facto immigrants were increasingly integrated into society. Satisfaction with life reached a generally high and stable level, although some people expressed an unanticipated degree of boredom. The legitimacy of the political system was not affected by conflicts about income distribution and changing values, and cooperation grew among government, business, and traditional and emerging intermediate groups. Special chapters have been authored by Johann Behrens, Mathias Bös, Bernhard Engel, Renate Hornung-Draus, Heiner Meulemann, Claudia Koch-Arzberger, Jürgen Kohl, Jakob Schissler, Jürgen Schumacher, and Karin Seibel.

Author : Theodore Caplow
Publisher : McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP
Page : 612 pages
File Size : 13,77 MB
Release : 1994-03-21
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780773512122

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On Rachel Carson and her work and on current environmental challenges. The four authors present information on various American trends: demographic, macroeconomic, and macro-technological. Descriptions, tables, and graphs trace the dynamics of population, specifically in relation to the expansion which followed the 1982-83 recession, and analyze achievements in intelligence, genetic engineering, and space travel. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

Author : Lance W. Roberts
Publisher : McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP
Page : 688 pages
File Size : 11,47 MB
Release : 2005
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780773529557

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Canadian society has changed dramatically since 1960. This work captures the scope and range of these changes through a systematic documentation of seventy-eight social trends. The introduction summarizes and locates the major waves of change. The authors then document each trend in relation to eighteen thematic groups that include age, community, women, labour, management, stratification, social relations, the state, mobilizing institutions, social forces, ideologies, households, lifestyle, leisure, education, integration, and attitudes and values. In contrast to many recent works and journalistic reports, Recent Social Trends in Canada concentrates on the trajectory of change rather than on current events. It provides a longitudinal context in which unfolding events can be interpreted in a broader historical and international context. Comparable volumes in the McGill-Queen's Comparative Charting of Social Change series describe similar tendencies in the United States, Quebec, France, Germany, Italy, Greece, Russia, and Bulgaria, making it possible to situate the Canadian experience in a global context.

Author : Alberto Martinelli
Publisher : McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP
Page : 514 pages
File Size : 44,54 MB
Release : 1999
Category : History
ISBN : 9780773518421

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Italy remains an enigma for many observers. Recent Social Trends in Italy, 1960-1995, the sixth volume from the international Comparative Charting of Social Change program, provides a new and convincing schema for its comprehension. It shows that three essential institutions have structured and unified Italian society: the family, the church, and political parties. While the state remains a weak institution, it is important as a regulator of the economy and of society through the welfare state. The book, which contains a long introduction by Alberto Martinelli on the uneven modernization of Italy, shows the usefulness of analysing social change through study of a series of macro-social trends. These trends range from life-style structures to fertility, leisure, consumption, inequality, religion, and family, among others. This sixth national profile provides more arguements in favour of a hypothesis of diversification, rather than convergence, of modern societies. As Henri Mendras writes in the preface of the book, "The more we change, the more we remain ourselves: that is the conclusion of our comparative research, and the Italian study provides further ample proof of it."