Product Description: Civic engagement is a concept of action that has become part of common vocabulary, not only in the West but also in many other regions of the world as well. A growing, yet still small number of scholarly works has recently emerged showing how in Japan citizen activism, volunteering, and social action for a public cause are dev- oping...read more

Product Description: Culture explains much of the behavioral and institutional differences around the globe. In social science there are many ways of framing cultural diversities. This book brings together authors with a classic status in the field of comparative cultural studies on one overarching theme: what are the relevant differences and similarities of contemporary cultural dimensions with which countries, organizations, and people can be compared? This book is the first publication available in which the cultural divisions of the world are compared and confronted...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Product Description: Environmental concerns and support for environmental protection are widely shared by publics and elites in both richer and poorer societies, Culture and Sustainability shows. Reporting on the Global Environmental Survey (GOES), held in a variety of advanc