Conceptual Structure and Social Change: The Ideological Architecture of Democratization Schatz, Sara and Gutierrez-Rexach, Javier Jesus

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, the book examines the changes in mass beliefs that accompany democratization in an effort to offer a more sophisticated theory of the relationship between belief, ideology, and action in social change. Ultimately, the authors argue for a cognitive-based model that can account for how social actors come to define "democracy" in current contexts.

DOI: 10.1336/0275971163 Mouse over the Digital Object Identifier (DOI) to learn more about this book or related books published by Greenwood Publishing Group. Visit the Greenwood Publishing Group page for this title: http://www.greenwood.com/catalog/C7116.aspx

Conceptual Structure and Social Change: The Ideological Architecture of Democratization Hardback, 240 pages, $98.95 Copyright ©2002, Praeger Publishers ISBN: 0-275-97116-3 DOI: 10.1336/0275971163

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