Program

Research Programs: Summer Stipends

Period of Performance

7/1/1976 - 8/31/1976

Funding Totals

$2,000.00 (approved)
$2,000.00 (awarded)


Democracy in America: A Comparison of the American Political Values, Beliefs, and Myths of the 1830's with Those of Today

FAIN: FT-12904-76

Bruce R. Parker
Framingham State University (Framingham, MA 01702-2499)

The funds will support a study of American political values, beliefs, and myths. Research will consist in a study of traditional values, several hundred interviews aimed at university contemporary values, and development of a theoretical framework allowing comparison of the values of the past with those of the present.