Publication

2002-09-30 - Praeger Publishers

Language

English

Word Count

60,000 words, Guess

Page Count

240 pages

Physical Format

Hardcover

Identifiers

and 3 more

Classifications

  • LCCJC423 .S277 2002
  • LCCJC423

Description

Sociopolitical changes are often associated with ideological shifts at the individual and mass level. The study of how sociopolitical and ideological change interrelate has been the subject of debate for decades. Here, however, the authors develop and defend a new theory that treats ideologies as complex cognitive systems that are internally articulated around prioritized principles and values. Focusing on the transition to democracy in Latin America, the book examines the changes in mass beliefs that accompany democratization in an effort to offer a more sophisticated theory of the relationsh.

First Sentence

One of the most intriguing problems of contemporary social science is how to articulate or integrate concepts and properties that are individually generated in theories that deal with social interaction.

Subjects

Other Editions

  • Conceptual Structure and Social Change: The Ideological Architecture of DemocratizationHardcoverPraeger Publishers2002-09-30

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