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The Impact of Values (Paperback, New ed)
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The Impact of Values (Paperback, New ed)
Series: Beliefs in Government, 4
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A decline in religious belief, waning class values, rising
postmaterialism, along with green values, feminism, and
postmodernism - all these phenomena are indicative of widespread
change in value orientations among West European citizens during
the last two decades. The extent of these changes and their impact
on politics are the dual concerns of this volume. The first
chapters present a simple model of the relationship between value
orientations and political participation, and follow this up with
an account of how value orientations can be identified empirically.
Subsequent chapters draw on a vast data set from across Europe over
the last two decades to track changes in three central value
orientations - religious-secular, left-right materialism,
materialism-postmaterialism - as well as the emergence of feminism,
postmodernism, and green orientations. The third part of the volume
examines the impact on the three central orientations on political
efficacy, political trust, interest in politics, voting, and
involvement in new social movements. The volume concludes with an
assessment of the effects of changing value orientations for
government in advanced industrial societies. A Choice `Outstanding
Academic Book of the Year'. Series description This set of five
volumes is an exhaustive study of beliefs in government in post-war
Europe. Based upon an extensive collection of survey evidence, the
results challenge widely argued theories of mass opinion, and much
scholarly writing about citizen attitudes towards government and
politics. The series arises from a research project sponsored by
the European Science Foundation. Reviews of the series: `The
quality of the empirical analysis is consistently high...[an]
important collection of empirical studies addressing the debate
about the "crisis of representation" in Europe,' Journal of Public
Policy `These volumes contain the work of many of the most
important scholars in the field of public opinion in Europe
today...These five volumes represent a major contribution to
comparative politics, especially the study of mass politics. The
chapters provide a wealth of information about public opinion in
contemporary Europe and the relationship between state and
society...The volumes clearly will be read by all students of
European politics...' Times Educational Supplement `The Beliefs in
Government series is a monumental achievement. It tells us at least
everything we want to know about the structure of European public
opinion'. The Good Society Reviews of The Impact of Values: `The
Impact of Values does not disappoint. Meticulously organized
chapters ensure that this is a volume which can either be read
comfortably from cover to cover, or dipped into at leisure'.
Democratization ` a well-integrated and informative account of the
subject...a painstakingly-crafted and meticulously researched
exercise which will stand as a major reference work for many years
to come...' Political Studies
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