In de theorie van o.a. Parsons en M|nch wordt een typologie van waarden-patronen gepresenteerd op basis van de combinaties van twee dimensies, te weten: vrijheid versus gebondenheid, en gelijkheid versus ongelijkheid. Deze typologie van waarden betreft een indeling over maatschappijbeelden,...

A literature review by Searleman et al. (1989) suggested that a relationship between the presence of pre- and perinatal complications and handedness does not exist or is very small in normal subjects. Such a relationship might very well be stronger in certain diagnostic groups, however. In the...

Studies on poverty are mainly engaged with the definition and measurement of poverty, while the issue of what people consider reasons for living in need is often neglected. In this article we explore four types of poverty explanations based on a) the distinction between poverty as a matter of...

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This article focuses on two main topics of modernization theory: individualization and value fragmentation. According to this theory it is to be expected that 1. individualized orientations will be dominant in modern society, and 2. that values in modern society are fragmented. These ideas were...