Nations Explored: Mapping the Path of Five Stages of Civilization

Roland Kim, Ph.D.

About This Book

This book extends the Five-Stage framework from individual development into the study of societies. It examines how recurring patterns of dependence, competition, social control, individual freedom, and collaboration may appear in cultural institutions and collective life.

What You’ll Explore

The book moves through five proposed societal stages and considers examples including India, China, South Korea, Taiwan, Brazil, Japan, Germany, Austria, the United States, and Great Britain. Across the stages it examines family and parenting, communication, gender roles, education, economics, business, morality, religion, art, crime, stress, political systems, taxation, and attitudes toward sociocultural change.

Who This Book Is For

For readers interested in psychology, culture, comparative societies, human development, and the application of the Five-Stage Model to the ways communities organize authority, freedom, responsibility, and collaboration.