ISBN:
9780511790881
Language:
English
Pages:
1 online resource (x, 333 pages)
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DDC:
303.4
Keywords:
Demokratisierung
;
Social change
;
Social values
;
Democratization
;
Democracy
;
Demokratie
;
Wert
;
Wertwandel
;
Kulturwandel
;
Modernisierung
;
Sozialer Wandel
;
Demokratie
;
Kulturwandel
;
Modernisierung
;
Demokratie
;
Wert
;
Sozialer Wandel
;
Demokratie
;
Kulturwandel
;
Wertwandel
Abstract:
This book demonstrates that people's basic values and beliefs are changing, in ways that affect their political, sexual, economic, and religious behaviour. These changes are roughly predictable: to a large extent, they can be interpreted on the basis of a revised version of modernisation theory presented here. Drawing on a massive body of evidence from societies containing 85 percent of the world's population, the authors demonstrate that modernisation is a process of human development, in which economic development gives rise to cultural changes that make individual autonomy, gender equality, and democracy increasingly likely. The authors present a model of social change that predicts how the value systems play a crucial role in the emergence and flourishing of democratic institutions - and that modernisation brings coherent cultural changes that are conducive to democratisation
Description / Table of Contents:
A revised theory of modernization -- Value change and the persistence of cultural traditions -- Exploring the unknown : predicting mass responses -- Intergenerational value change -- Value changes over time -- Individualism, self-expression, and civic virtues -- The causal link between democratic values and democratic institutions : theoretical discussion -- The causal link between democratic values and democratic institutions : empirical analyses -- Social forces, collective action, and international events -- Individual level values and system level democracy : the problem of cross-level analysis -- Elements of a pro-democratic civic culture -- Gender equality, emancipative values, and democracy -- The implications of human development -- An emancipative theory of democracy
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DOI:
10.1017/CBO9780511790881
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https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511790881
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