Value change in Switzerland / edited by Simon Hug and Hanspeter Kriesi.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Hug, Simon.

Kriesi, Hanspeter.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Public opinion--Switzerland.

Public opinion.

Politics and government.

Social conditions.

Swiss.

Values.

Switzerland.

Values--Switzerland.

Swiss--Attitudes.

Switzerland--Social conditions--Public opinion.

Switzerland--Politics and government--Public opinion.

Physical Description:

xv, 264 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Lanham, Md. : Lexington Books, [2010]

Summary:

Values form fundamental principles that help orient individuals in their daily lives, and as such are rather stable across time. Changes in the political, economic, and social environment, as those experienced by Switzerland in the last two decades, may affect these value priorities through generational change and individual reorientations. This book documents how values have changed over the last twenty years in Switzerland as it navigated the rough waters of an increasingly globalized environment and a changing international political context.

This collection shows how Swiss citizens position themselves in their social relations, including the large share of foreigners among the residents in the Alpine Republic. Contributions to this volume also show the consequences of value change in the social and political sphere, particularly through changing religious values and immigration. Values influence the citizens' views on European integration, their disposition to provide volunteer work, their electoral choices, and so forth. This book thus offers a detailed view on how values have changed in Switzerland and how these changes have affected the social and political sphere. Book jacket.

Contents:

Part I The Swiss in the Age of Secularization and Individualization

1 Values and Value Change: Theoretical Approaches and Empirical Patterns / Marco R. Steenbergen Steenbergen, Marco R., Philipp Leimgruber Leimgruber, Philipp 3

2 Changing Religiosity, Changing Politics? The Influence of Traditional and Posttraditional Forms of Religiosity on Political Attitudes / Sarah Nicolet Nicolet, Sarah, Anke Tresch Tresch, Anke 23

3 The Transformation of the Ideological Gender Gap in Switzerland / Sarah Bütikofer Bütikofer, Sarah, Isabelle Engeli Engeli, Isabelle 45

Part II The Swiss in the Age of Globalization

4 Islamophobia in Switzerland: A New Phenomenon or a New Name for Xenophobia? / Marc Helbling Helbling, Marc 65

5 Intolerance Begets Intolerance: Explaining Negative Attitudes toward Foreigners and Muslims in Switzerland, 1996-2007 / Marco Giugni Giugni, Marco, Miruna Morariu Morariu, Miruna 81

6 Swiss Euroskepticism: Economically or Culturally Determined? / Katayoun Safi Safi, Katayoun 99

7 Integrating the Defense of Traditional Communities into the Libertarian-Authoritarian Divide: The Role of the Swiss People's Party in the Redefinition of Cultural Conflicts / Simon Bornschier Bornschier, Simon 121

8 Restructuring Swiss Welfare Politics: Postindustrial Labor Market, Globalization, and Welfare Values / Silja Häusermann Häusermann, Silja, Stefanie Walter Walter, Stefanie 143

Part III The Swiss in the Age of an Alleged Decline in Social Capital

9 Why Do the Swiss Trust Their Government Less and Other People More Than They Used To? The Impact of Cohorts and Periods on Political Confidence and Interpersonal Trust in Switzerland / Eric Widmer Widmer, Eric, Ivan de Carlo Carlo, Ivan de 171

10 Benevolent Against the Odds? Volunteering Patterns in an Individualist Society / Ursula Häfliger Häfliger, Ursula 191

11 Swiss Democracy in Crisis? An Analysis of Exit and Voice / Marc Bühlmann Bühlmann, Marc, Laurent Bernhard Bernhard, Laurent, and Lisa Müller Müller, and Lisa 211.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780739139332

0739139339

9780739139356

0739139355

OCLC:

489438936