Conceptual Structure and Social Change: The Ideological Architecture of Democratization

by Sara Schatz

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,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0275971163
• ISBN13: 9780275971168
• Release Date: September 2002
• Publisher: Praeger
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 1.22 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.8" x 10.1"