This chapter begins by noting that culture as an element in economic development in the Third World has been largely … neglected in traditional development economics, most writers either seeing culture as an obstacle to development or ignoring it … altogether. Recently a shift in thinking has occurred whereby culture is now more widely seen as being more central to the …

From a state of war to perpetual peace / Edward Demenchonok -- Discourse ethics, democracy, and international law … critique of cultural relativism / Xiaorong Li -- Culture, evil, and horror / Paul Santilli -- Persons : natural, functional, or …

According to the widely known 'culture of honor' hypothesis from social psychology, traditional herding practices are … using a combination of ethnographic records, historical folklore information, global data on contemporary conflict events …, and large-scale surveys. The data show systematic links between traditional herding practices and a culture of honor …