Human values and social change : findings from the values surveys /
edited by Ronald Inglehart
- x, 285 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- International studies in sociology and social anthropology, v. 89 .
Includes bibliographical references and index
Introduction / Ronald Inglehart -- Islamic Culture and Democracy: Testing the 'Clash of Civilizations' Thesis / Pippa Norris and Ronald Inglehart -- Is There an Islamic Civilization? / Yilmaz Esmer -- The Worldviews of Islamic Publics: The Cases of 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 / Russell 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 Kotze and Karin Lombard -- Individual Values and Global Governance: A Comparative Analysis of Orientations towards the United Nations / Thorleif Pettersson -- Two Contradictory Hypotheses on Globalization: Societal Convergence or Civilization Differentiation and Clash / Juan Diez-Nicolas -- Corruption and Democracy: A Cultural Assessment / Alejandro Moreno.
The Values Surveys reveal the impact of changing values on societal phenomena, demonstrating that a distinctive Islamic culture exists-and it favors democracy. Other analyses examine Gender Equality, Corruption and Democracy; political satisfaction; and Vietnamese, Israeli and South African values.
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Huntington, Samuel P
Civilization, Modern--1950- Social change Social values World politics--1989-