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Value change in global perspective / Paul R. Abramson and Ronald Inglehart.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Abramson, Paul R.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Social surveys--Europe.
- Social surveys.
- Social values--Europe.
- Social values.
- Europe--Social conditions--20th century.
- Europe.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xi, 180 pages) : illustrations
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Ann Arbor : University of Michigan Press, c1995.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- In this pioneering work, Paul Abramson and Ronald Inglehart show that the gradual shift from Materialist values (such as the desire for economic and physical security) to Post-materialist values (such as the desire for freedom, self-expression, and the quality of life) is in all likelihood a global phenomenon.
- Contents:
- 1. Studying Political Values 2. Value Trends in Western Europe and the United States 3. Short-Term Value Change in Western Europe 4. Long-Term Value Change in Western Europe 5. Education, Security, and Postmaterialism in Western Europe 6. The Future of Postmaterialism in Western Europe 7. The Structure of Values on Five Continents 8. Economic Security and Value Change on Five Continents 9. Conclusions Appendix: Distribution of the Adult Population in Eight West European Societies, by Years of Birth
- Notes:
- Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
- Description based on print version record.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 169-175) and index.
- ISBN:
- 1-282-42268-5
- 9786612422683
- 0-472-02239-3
- OCLC:
- 593239812
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