Projects

Here we describe developmental idealism projects in various countries around the world. We are planning to extend research projects to other countries as opportunities become available.

Projects Organized by Country

Albania

Argentina

Bulgaria

China

Egypt

Iran

Iraq

Lebanon

Malawi

Nepal

Saudi Arabia

Taiwan

United States

Vietnam

Projects Organized by Purpose

Comparative Values Survey of Islamic Countries

Youth and Violence Project

Measuring Developmental Idealism and Family Life

Kitchen Servant, Holland, 1600s, Jan Vermeer

© 2010
Developmental Idealism Studies
Population Studies Center
University of Michigan

Recent Events

Symposium on Globalization of Modernization Theory: Clashes of Modernities and Moralities, June 8-10, 2010, U of M

New Publication

A. Thornton et al. "Creating Questions and Protocols for an International Study of Ideas About Development and Family Life." In Survey Methods in Multinational, Multiregional and Multicultural Contexts, J. Harkness, M. et al (eds.) 2010.

New Book

Kathryn M. Yount, Hoda Rashad (eds), Family in the Middle East: Ideational change in Egypt, Iran and Tunisia. Routledge. 2008

Reading History Sideways

The method of reading history sideways is described and critiqued by Arland Thornton


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