CULTURAL HERITAGE AND CONTEMPORARY CHANGE

SERIES I, CULTURAL AND VALUES, VOLUME 5

 

 

URBANIZATION AND VALUES

 

 

edited by

John Kromkowski

George F. McLean

 

TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

Preface

 

A. History of the Development of Cities

 

1. The Polis: The Nature of the Political Community

by Vasiliki Papanikolaou, Ioannina University, Greece

 

2. Urbanization and Its Conservative Critique: The German Experience

by Tamás Tóth, Institute of Philosophy, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Budapest, Hungary

 

3. Urbanization and Social Change in Latin America

by Carlos Blank, Univ. Catolica Andres Bello, Caracas, Venezuela

 

4. Democracy and Urbanization in Africa: from Tradition to Modernity

by Armand Epas-Ngan Atomate

 

5. The City in Modern Nigeria: A Force in Rapid Social Change

by Joseph I. Asike, Howard Univ.; Univ. of Port Harcourt, Nigeria

 

B. Phenomenology of the Impact of Cities Upon Values

 

6. Philippine Urbanization and Christian Values

by Eulalio Baltazar, Philosophy Dep., U.D.C.

 

7. An Experience of Urbanization and Human Values with the Street Dwellers in Recife

by Marge Zacharias, Catholic Mission Conference

 

8. Cultural Differences and Value Clashes in African Cities

by Ernest K.M. Beyaraaza, Kenyatta Univ., Nairobi

 

9. Urbanization and African Traditional Values

by Chukwudum Barnabas Okolo, National Univ. of Nigeria, Nsukka

 

10. Religion, Class and Ethnicity in Nigeria

by Ibrahim Gambari, SAIS, Johns Hopkins; Howard Univ.; Nigeria

 

11. The Values of Urbanized Society in the Socialist System

by Leon Dyczewski, O.F.M., Conv., Sociology, The Catholic University of Lublin, Poland

 

C. Urban Theory and Values

 

12. Beyond the City: A Semiotic Overview

by Jorge Echavarria C., Univ. Pont. Bolivariana, Medellin, Colombia

 

13. The City: Atelier of the Autonomous Person

by Paul Peachey, Socio logy, CUA

 

14. Urban Space as Region of Encounter

by Joseph Wood, Geography, George Mason University

 

15. City and Village

by Stephen Schneck, Politics, CUA

 

16. Functional Differentiation, Hierarchy and Subsidiarity in Community Analysis

by Charles R. Dechert, Politics, CUA

 

D. The Task Ahead: The Humanization of the Urban Environment

 

17. Are Cities Communities: Early Debates on Urbanism in the German Federal Republic

by Tamás Tňth, Institute of Philosophy, Hyngarian Academy of Science, Budapest, Hungrary

 

18. Immigration, Ethnicity and the Neighborhood Agenda: Urbanization in America

by John Kromkowski, Politics, CUA

 

19. The Recovery and Removal of Toleration: New Developments in National Origin Discrimination in the United States

by John Kromkowski, Politics Dep., CUA

 

20. The Relation of Freedom and Equality to the Theory and Practice of Economic Policy: A Comparative Study

by Leslaw A. Paga, The Catholic University of Lublin, Poland

 

21. Consumer Mututal Aid: Adaptation or Challenge?

by Leslaw Paga, The Catholic University of Lublin, Poland

 

22. The Role of the Family in the Formation and Transmis sion of Culture

by Leon Dyczewski, O.F.M., Conv., Sociology, The Catholic University of Lublin, Poland

 

23. The Hierarchy of Human Values

by Walerian Slomka, The Catholic University of Lublin, Poland