Changing values, persisting cultures : case studies in value change / / edited by Thorleif Pettersson and Yilmaz Esmer.

• Superior document: European values studies, vol. 12
• Author: Halman, Loek.
• TeilnehmendeR: Pettersson, Thorleif, 1940-; Esmer, Yilmaz R.
• Year of Publication: 2008
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Language: English
• Series: European values studies ; vol. 12.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (412 p.)
• Notes: Description based upon print version of record.

In 1981, the European and World Values surveys started the empirical investigation of cultural values on a global scale. This volume builds upon the findings of these surveys and analyzes value change in a number of key countries around the globe. The authors track value change and stability in their respective countries during the last decade (the last two decades where data are available) of the 20th century. All authors have been actively involved in value surveys and have a great deal of expertise in countries that they write on. Thus, the volume is a valuable complement to studies that deal with the topic from a global perspective without providing any detail about individual societies. The countries covered are: Argentina, Austria, Canada, Denmark, France, Germany, Mexico, the Netherlands, South Africa, South Korea, Spain, Sweden, Turkey and the United States.

Table of Contents

Preliminary Material -- Introduction -- Chapter One. America the traditional / Wayne E. Baker -- Chapter Two. Cleavages, value gaps and regime support: Evidence from Canada and 26other societies / Neil Nevitte and Mebs Kanji -- Chapter Three. Value change in Mexico, 1980–2000: Evidence From the world values surveys / Miguel Basáñez and Alejandro Moreno -- Chapter Four. Cultural trends in Argentina: 1983–2000 / Marita Carballo -- Chapter Five. Changing swedish civic orientations: From Solidarity to activism? -- Chapter Six. Denmark: Solid or fluid? / Peter Gundelach -- Chapter Seven. What happened to dutch values? Investigating general and differential trends in values in The Netherlands / Loek Halman and Ruud Luijkx -- Chapter Eight. Civic values and value change in Austria and Germany / Franziska Deutsch , Christian Welzel and Julian Wucherpfennig -- Chapter Nine. French values: Between southern and northern Europe / Pierre Bréchon -- Chapter Ten. Values and generations in Spain / Juan Díez-Nicolás -- Chapter Eleven. Islam, gender, democracy and values: The case of Turkey, 1990–2001 -- Chapter Twelve. Value change and democratization in South Korea / Soo Young Auh -- Chapter Thirteen. The constant of transformation: Eleven Years of value change in South Africa, 1990–2001 / Hennie Kotze -- References -- Index.