Four global trends: Rise and limitations

International Sociology

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 409-428

  Genov, Nikolai B ^a,b,c  

^a BULGARIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (Bulgaria)

^b International Social Sciences Council   (France)

^c Institute of Sociology Bulgarian Academy of Sciences   (Bulgaria)

Author keywords

Global trends; Individualization; Instrumental activism; Rationalization; Value normative universalization

Indexed keywords

EID: 21944432033     PISSN: 02685809     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/026858097012004003     Document Type: Article

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