Human Values and Social Change : : Findings from the Values Surveys /

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

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 i...

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Superior document:International Studies in Sociology and Social Anthropology ; 89
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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.
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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.

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