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Resources

For those who wish to delve deeper into the connections between values and progress, CCI recommends a number of resources and avenues for further research.

Research tools

Afrobarometer
Americas Barometer
Asian Barometer
Eurobarometer
Interuniversity Consortium for Political and Social Research
World Values Survey 

Books

• Gabriel Almond and Sidney Verba, The Civic Culture (1963)
• Edward Banfield, The Moral Basis of a Backward Society (1958)
• Daniel Etounga-Manguelle, L'Afrique: A-t-elle Besoin d'un Programme d'Ajustement Culturel? (1991)
• David Hackett Fischer, Albion's Seed (1989)
Geert Hofstede, Culture's Consequences (1981)
• Francis Fukuyama, Trust (1995)
• Mariano Grondona, Las Condiciones Culturales del Desarrollo Económico (1999)
• Samuel Huntington, The Clash of Civilizations and the Remaking of World Order
(1996)
• Samuel Huntington, Who Are We? (2004)
• Ronald Inglehart, Culture Shift in Advanced Industrial Society (1989)
• Yoshihara Kunio, Asia Per Capita (2000)
• David Landes, The Wealth and Poverty of Nations (1998)
• David McClelland, The Achieving Society (1961)
• Salvador Mendieta, La Enfermedad de Centro-America (1912)
• Gunnar Myrdal, Asian Drama; An Inquiry into the Poverty of Nations (1968)
• Michael Novak, The Catholic Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism (1993)
• Michael Novak, The Spirit of Democratic Capitalism (1982)
• Robert Putnam, Making Democracy Work (1993)
• Lucian Pye, Asian Power and Politics (1985)
• Carlos Rangel, The Latin Americans: Their Love-Hate Relationship with the United States (1977)
• Alexis de Tocqueville, Democracy in America (1835)
• Max Weber, The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism (1904)