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Knowledge and beliefs about national development and developmental hierarchies: The viewpoints of ordinary people in thirteen countries |
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| Authors: | Arland Thornton Georgina BinstockMohammad Jalal Abbasi-Shavazi Dirgha GhimireArjan Gjonca Attila MeleghColter Mitchell Mansoor MoaddelYu Xie Li-shou YangLinda Young-DeMarco Kathryn M. Yount |
| Affiliation: | a University of Michigan, 426 Thompson Street, Ann Arbor, MI 48104, USA b Centro de Estudios de Población and CONICET, Corrientes 2817 Piso 7, C1193AAA Buenos Aires, Argentina c University of Tehran, Department of Demography, Jalal Al Ahmad Avenue, Tehran, Iran d London School of Economics, Department of Social Policy, London WC2 2AE, UK e Demographic Research Institute, Central Statistical Office, Budapest, Hungary f Princeton University, Center for Research on Child Wellbeing, Princeton, NJ 08544, USA g Eastern Michigan University, 311 King Hall, Ypsilanti, MI 48197, USA h Emory University, Department of Sociology, Tarbutton Hall, Atlanta, GA 30345, USA i Australian Demographic and Social Research Institute, ANU, Canberra, Australia |
| Abstract: | Scholars and policy makers have for centuries constructed and used developmental hierarchies to characterize different countries. The hypotheses motivating this paper are that such social constructions have been circulated internationally, are constructed similarly in various countries, and follow the social constructions of elite international organizations, such as the United Nations. This paper uses data from 15 surveys in 13 diverse countries to study how developmental hierarchies are understood in everyday life. Our research shows that most people have constructions of developmental hierarchies that are similar across countries and are similar to the developmental hierarchies constructed by the United Nations. These findings suggest that developmental hierarchies are widely understood around the world and are widely available to ordinary people as they make decisions about many aspects of life. |
| Keywords: | Developmental worldviews Developmental hierarchies Comparative studies Cultural diffusion Development Inequality International stratification |
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