Social Impact in Modern Venezuela

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This research paper focuses on the transition to modern life and its consequences in Venezuela pertaining to social values. More specifically, the paper examines the impact modernization has had on the educational, political, religious, economic stratification and social aspects of Venezuelan society.

Table of Contents
Introduction
Era of Growth
Venezuela's Transition - Myth or Reality?
Development of Venezuelan Society
Social Values
Friendship and Trust
Hierarchy and Leadership
Masculine Personality Ideals
Education
Population Trends and Effects on the Social Structure

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"Industrialization and increasing economic complexity, population mobility, and urbanization have all tended to erode the bases on which man-to-man trust can be established. This was apparent specifically across class lines. In the large cities the quality of everyday life has become mostly objectified. Similarly, large foreign-based corporations on which many Venezuelans depend for their living provide scant basis for the development of patron -retainer links (Herring, 75). The values of the relationship persist, nevertheless, and many are adapted to the new social and economic order. The paternalistic employer or landowner who cared for his retainers and gave them advice and a measure of security is disappearing from the social scene."

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