Human Development in Cultural Context: A Third World Perspective (Cross Cul tural Research and Methodology)

US: SAGE Publications, Inc, 1992. Hardcover. Very Good. A copy that has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged. A comprehensive, systematic account of human development which is sensitive to the needs, interests and ecologies of nonwestern cultures and individua ls is provided in this unique volume. The importance and value of the socio cultural milieu in shaping the growth and development of children is emphas ized, and the author asserts throughout that children do not grow and devel op according to the same patterns regardless of culture. The author describes developmental psychology from the perspective of West Africa, demonstrating how the local ecology and the resulting cultural ideology lead to differing ways in which children are conceptualized and socialized, and in turn how they develop. While much of his case material is from.