Comparative anomie research : hidden barriers, hidden potential for social development / edited by Peter Atteslander, Bettina Gransow, John Western.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Social change, development and anomie / Peter Atteslander -- Introduction to the explorative anomie studies / Bettina Gransow and John Western -- Anomie scales: measuring social instability / Hanlin Li [and others] -- Bulgaria in the circle of anomie / Jelio Vladimirov [and others] -- Anomie in the Asia Pacific region : the Australian study / John Western and Andre Lanyon -- The economic crisis, globalisation and anomie in western Africa / Jean-Pierre Gern, Etienne Maillefer and Olivier Tschannen -- Post-Apartheid and double anomie in South African townships / Heinz Holley, Ken Jubber and Klaus Zapotoczky -- Interrelationships of the explorative anomie studies / Bettina Gransow [and others] -- Introduction to anomie and development / Bettina Gransow and John Western -- Anomie in the development context / Josef Schmid -- On the epistemology of anomie studies : some comments / Johan Galtung -- Conclusions and implications for development policies / Peter Atteslander, Bettina Gransow and John Western.