Values - Politics - Religion : : In-Depth Analysis - Interdisciplinary Perspectives - Future Prospects.

• Superior document: Philosophy and Politics - Critical Explorations Series ; v.26
• Author: Polak, Regina.
• TeilnehmendeR: Rohs, Patrick.
• Place / Publishing House: Cham : : Springer International Publishing AG,, 2023.; ©2023.
• Year of Publication: 2023
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Language: English
• Series: Philosophy and Politics - Critical Explorations Series
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (536 pages)

Table of Contents

• Intro
• Country Codes and Clusters
• Contents
• List of Figures
• List of Tables
• Chapter 1: Introduction
• 1.1 About This Study
• 1.2 Timeliness and Relevance
• 1.3 The European Values Study
• 1.4 Description of the Volume
• 1.4.1 Concepts
• 1.4.2 Empirical Research Questions
• 1.4.3 Interdisciplinary and Explorative Character
• 1.4.4 Structure
• 1.4.5 Research Process
• 1.4.6 Goals and Target Groups
• 1.5 Summaries
• References
• Part I: Basic Research
• Chapter 2: Values: A Contested Concept. Problem Outline and Interdisciplinary Approaches
• 2.1 Introduction: Objectives and Structure
• 2.2 The Concept of Values in the Context of Our Volume
• 2.3 Thematical Problem Outline
• 2.3.1 The Relevance of Empirical Values Research
• 2.3.2 The Normative Question: Ethical and Unethical Values?
• 2.3.3 The Question of Universal Values
• 2.3.4 European Values
• Genesis
• Content
• Values and Their Political Functions
• Value Conflicts
• The Conceptual Chaos: Problem or Opportunity?
• Summary
• 2.3.5 Values and Religion
• Relationship Between Religion and Values
• Religion as an Identity Marker
• Values as the New Religion?
• 2.4 Values: Interdisciplinary Approaches and Academic Contributions
• 2.4.1 The Genesis of the Concept of Values
• Economic Origins
• The Nineteenth Century
• Twentieth and Twenty-First Century
• 2.4.2 Academic Approaches
• Overview
• Sociological Approaches
• Philosophical and Ethical Approaches
• Values as a 'Formal Indicator' ('Formalanzeige')?
• Theological Approaches and 'Christian Values'
• 2.5 Conclusion
• References
• Chapter 3: A Critical History of the Use of 'European Values'
• 3.1 A Critical Approach
• 3.2 The Conservative and Christian Cold War Origins of European Values
• 3.3 From a European Identity to a 'Social Europe' (1970s to Late 1990s).
• 3.4 The Rise of European Values (From the Late 1990s to the Present)
• 3.5 The Return of the Past: A Clash Between European Values and Their Origins
• 3.6 Contesting Values
• References
• Chapter 4: Transformations in the Religious and Moral Landscape in Europe?
• 4.1 Introduction
• 4.2 The Link Between Religion and Morality
• 4.3 Religion as a Source of End-of-Life Morality
• 4.4 Declining Impact and Shifting Moral Sources?
• 4.5 What the Data Reveal
• 4.6 Path Dependency
• 4.6.1 The Nordic Countries
• 4.6.2 Western Europe
• 4.6.3 Southern Europe
• 4.6.4 Eastern Europe (Ex-Communist Countries)
• 4.6.5 Ex-Soviet Union
• 4.7 Conclusion and Discussion
• References
• Part II: In-Depth Analysis
• Chapter 5: Political Values and Religion: A Comparison Between Western and Eastern Europe
• 5.1 Introduction  - Political Values and Political Culture as the Nucleus of Stable Democracies
• 5.2 Political Culture and Understanding of Democracy - Theories and Conceptions
• 5.2.1 Understanding of Democracy
• 5.2.2 Theory of Political Culture Research
• 5.2.3 Socialisation of Political and Social Values
• 5.2.4 Hypotheses About the Formation of Democratic Political Values and Attitudes
• 5.3 Spread of Democratic Political Culture in Europe
• 5.3.1 Distrust in Political Elites, and Occasionally a Yearning for Leaders
• 5.3.2 Diverging Values - Diverging Understandings of Democracy?
• 5.3.3 Core Values, Frustration, Legitimacy, and Political Trust?
• 5.3.4 Interim Conclusion - The Return of Different Political Values
• 5.4 … and Religion?
• 5.4.1 Secularisation, Pluralisation, and Religious Revitalisation?
• 5.4.2 Religious and Political Values - Signs of Covariance?
• 5.4.3 Interim Conclusion - More Secularisation, More Religious Pluralisation, More Prejudice?.
• 5.5 Conclusion - Democracy and Regression of Religion in Eastern Europe?
• Appendix
• References
• Chapter 6: Religion, Values and Politics: The Effect of Religiosity on Attitudes Towards Immigrants and Muslims
• 6.1 Purpose, Objectives, and Context
• 6.2 Theoretical Framework
• 6.2.1 The Development of Religion in Europe from the Perspectives of Theories of the Sociology of Religion
• 6.2.2 Religion, Politics, and Values
• 6.3 Effect of Religiosity on Attitudes Towards Immigrants and Muslims
• 6.3.1 The Effect of Religious Self-Assessment and Sociodemographic Variables on the Rejection of Immigrants and Muslims
• 6.3.2 The Effect of Political Self-Positioning on the Rejection of Immigrants and Muslims
• 6.3.3 A Socioreligious Typology (Cluster Analysis)
• 6.3.4 Attitudes Towards Immigrants and Muslims Based on the Socioreligious Typology
• 6.4 Summary
• References
• Chapter 7: Solidarity: A European Value?
• 7.1 Introduction - Is Solidarity in Europe at Risk?
• 7.2 The Concept of Solidarity
• 7.2.1 Socio-structural Foundations for Individual-Level Solidarity
• 7.2.2 Solidarity and Group Identification
• 7.2.3 Forms and Recipients of Solidarity
• 7.2.4 Short- and Long-Term Trajectories in Solidarity Levels
• 7.3 Methodological Approach of the Chapter
• 7.4 Data and Measures
• 7.4.1 Data Availability
• 7.4.2 Measuring Solidarity
• 7.4.3 Sharpening Our Measure of Solidarity
• 7.5 Solidarity and Geographical Identification
• 7.6 Country and Time Comparisons of Solidarity Levels
• 7.7 Exploring the Relation of External Factors to Societal Solidarity Levels
• 7.8 Discussion and Conclusion
• 7.8.1 Limitations of Our Study
• 7.8.2 A Summary and Some Possible Interpretations
• 7.8.3 Conclusion
• Appendix (Figs. 7.4 and 7.5)
• References.
• Chapter 8: The Invisibles: Religious and Political Values Among Different Social Classes
• 8.1 Sociology of Social Classes, the Poor, and Underprivileged
• 8.2 The Values of the Disadvantaged: Assumptions and Methodology
• 8.3 Who Are the 'Precarious'?
• 8.4 Precariousness and Religious Attitudes
• 8.4.1 Global Religiosity According to Social Position
• 8.4.2 Precarious People Believe a Little More in God
• 8.4.3 Precarious People Believe More in a Future Beyond This World
• 8.4.4 Precarious People Are a Little More Often Followers of a Religion and a Little More Assiduous in the Practice of Their Religion
• 8.5 Precariousness and Political Attitudes
• 8.5.1 More Individualistic But Less Individualised Precariousness
• 8.5.2 Low Politicisation Level of Precarious People
• 8.5.3 Strong Political Discontent of the Precarious, Low Political Participation
• 8.5.4 Low Trust in Others and in Institutions
• 8.5.5 Not Very Sensitive to the Left-Right Divide and More Often to the Right
• 8.5.6 Xenophobia and Strong Nationalism Among Vulnerable Populations
• 8.5.7 A Very Relative Attachment to Democratic Values
• 8.5.8 Precarious People Who Are a Little More Social and Less in Favour of Economic Liberalism
• 8.5.9 Intolerance of Deviance: Small Differences by Social Position
• 8.5.10 How Have the Political Values of the Precarious Evolved Over the Last 40 Years?
• 8.6 Summary
• References
• Part III: Interdisciplinary Perspectives
• Chapter 9: Ethical and Theological Approaches to the Value Discourses in Europe
• 9.1 The Rise and Fall of the Concept of Value in Philosophy and Ethics - A Historical Problem Outline
• 9.2 The Political Context of the European Value Discourse
• 9.3 The European Union as an 'Imagined Community'
• 9.4 Historical and Political Contextualisation in European Integration After 1945.
• 9.4.1 Values in the Context of the Far-Reaching Integration Plans 1948-1954
• 9.4.2 The Phase of Economic Integration and the Gradual Recognition of a Value Vacuum
• 9.4.3 Reunified Europe's New Interest in Values
• 9.5 Analysis: European Community of Values
• 9.6 Universal Values? An Outlook
• References
• Chapter 10: Values and Economy: How Companies Deal with Values
• 10.1 Introduction
• 10.2 Why Values Are Relevant for Business
• 10.2.1 Thoughts on the Relation of Economy and Society and the Role of Values
• 10.2.2 The Concept of Values in Economics
• 10.2.3 Area of Tension: Shareholder Value Versus Stakeholder Value
• 10.2.4 The Normative Stakeholder View
• 10.2.5 The Relevance of an Ethical Foundation for Company Values
• 10.2.6 Drivers and Influencing Factors for the Value Debate in the Corporate Context
• 10.2.7 Religion as Source for Company Values?
• 10.3 The Challenge of Dealing with Values
• 10.3.1 The Benefits of Values for Corporations
• 10.3.2 Value Functions in Companies
• 10.3.3 Which Corporate Values?
• 10.3.4 Value Management
• 10.3.5 Value Communication
• 10.3.6 A Question of Handling: Categorising Company Values
• 10.3.7 Challenges for Normative Value Management
• 10.3.8 The Categorical Imperative as an Ethical Principle Against Instrumentalisation and as a Justification for Human Rights
• 10.4 Human Rights as Universal Normative Values for the Economy
• 10.4.1 What Are Human Rights?
• 10.4.2 Human Rights as a Catalogue of Values
• 10.4.3 Relevance for the Economy: Why Should Companies Deal with Human Rights?
• 10.4.4 Normative Frameworks Addressing Companies to Respect Human Rights and Their Function
• 10.4.5 Anchoring European Values in the Economic and Trade Policies
• 10.4.6 Current Developments in Europe and Legislative Initiatives
• 10.5 Analysis and Conclusion.
• 10.5.1 Challenges for Companies and Politics.