Human Values and Social Change : : Findings from the Values Surveys / / edited by Ronald L. Inglehart.

• Superior document: International Studies in Sociology and Social Anthropology ; 89
• TeilnehmendeR: Inglehart, Ronald L.,
• Place / Publishing House: Leiden; , Boston : : BRILL,, 2003.
• Year of Publication: 2003
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Language: English
• Series: International Studies in Sociology and Social Anthropology ; 89.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (297 p.)
• Notes: Description based upon print version of record.

This book presents findings based on a unique source of insight into the role of human values--the World Values Survey and the European Values Survey, covering 78 societies containing over 80 per cent of the world's population. The findings reveal large and coherent cross-national differences in what people want out of life. Four waves of surveys, from 1981 to 1999-2001, reveal the impact of changing values on societal phenomena. Evidence from eleven Islamic societies demonstrates that a distinctive Islamic culture exists-but the democratic ideal is endorsed overwhelmingly. Other analyses examine Gender Equality and Democracy; Corruption and Democracy; Social Capital in Vietnam; the Clash of Civilization; political satisfaction in global perspective; Trust in International Governance; and Israeli and South African values.

Table of Contents

Notes on contributors -- Introduction, Ronald Inglehart -- Islamic Culture and Democracy: Testing the 'Clash of Civilizations' Thesis, Pippa Norriss and Ronald Inglehart -- Is there an Islamic Civilization? Yilmaz Esmer -- The Worldviews of Islamic Publics: The Cases pf Egypt, Iran and Jordan, Mansoor Moaddel and Taqhi Azadarmaki -- Gender Equality and Democracy, Ronald Inglehart, Pippa Norris and Christian Welzel -- Value Priorities in Israeli Society: An Examination of Inglehart's Theory of Modernization and Cultural Variation, Ephraim Yuchtman-Ya'ar -- Social Relations and Social Capital in Vietnam: Findings from the 2001 World Values Survey, Russel J. Dalton, Pham Minh Hac, Pham Thanh Nghi and Nhu-Ngoc T. Ong -- Authority Orientations and Political Support: A Cross-national Analysis of Satisfaction with Governments and Democracy, Neil Nevitte and Mebs Kanji -- Revising the Value Shift Hypothesis: A Descriptive Analysis of South Africa's Value Priorities between 1990 and 2001, Hennie Kotzé and Karin Lombard -- Individual Values and Global Governance: A Comparative Analysis of Orientations towards the United Nations, Thorleif Petterson -- Two contradictory Hyptheses on Globalization: Societal Convergence or Civilization Differentiation and Clash, Juan Díez-Nicholás -- Corruption and Democracy: A Cultural Assessment, Alejandro Moreno -- Index.