Culture Shift in Advanced Industrial Society

Economic, technological, and sociopolitical changes have been transforming the cultures of advanced industrial societies in profoundly important ways during the past few decades. This ambitious work examines changes in religious beliefs, in motives for work, in the issues that give rise to political conflict, in the importance people attach to having children and families, and ...

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Economic, technological, and sociopolitical changes have been transforming the cultures of advanced industrial societies in profoundly important ways during the past few decades. This ambitious work examines changes in religious beliefs, in motives for work, in the issues that give rise to political conflict, in the importance people attach to having children and families, and in attitudes toward divorce, abortion, and homosexuality. Ronald Inglehart's earlier book, "The Silent Revolution" (Princeton, 1977), broke new ground by discovering a major intergenerational shift in the values of the populations of advanced industrial societies. This new volume demonstrates that this value shift is part of a much broader process of cultural change that is gradually transforming political, economic, and social life in these societies. Inglehart uses a massive body of time-series survey data from twenty-six nations, gathered from 1970 through 1988, to analyze the cultural changes that are occurring as younger generations gradually replace older ones in the adult population. These changes have far-reaching political implications, and they seem to be transforming the economic growth rates of societies and the kind of economic development that is pursued.

Preface
Culture Shift In Advanced Industrial Society
Introduction: The Impact Of Economic And Sociopolitical Change On Culture And The Impact Of Culture On Economics, Society, And Politics In Advanced Industrial Society
Chapter 1. Culture, Stable Democracy, And Economic Development
Chapter 2. The Rise Of Postmaterialist Values
Chapter 3. Stability And Change In Mass Belief Systems
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Preface
Culture Shift In Advanced Industrial Society
Introduction: The Impact Of Economic And Sociopolitical Change On Culture And The Impact Of Culture On Economics, Society, And Politics In Advanced Industrial Society
Chapter 1. Culture, Stable Democracy, And Economic Development
Chapter 2. The Rise Of Postmaterialist Values
Chapter 3. Stability And Change In Mass Belief Systems
Chapter 4. Structure In Mass Value Systems: The Materialist/Postmaterialist Dimension
Chapter 5. Values, Social Class, And Economic Achievement
Chapter 6. Changing Religious Orientations, Gender Roles, And Sexual Norms
Chapter 7. Subjective Well-Being And Value Change: Aspirations Adapt To Situations
Chapter 8. The Diminishing Marginal Utility Of Economic Determinism: The Decline Of Marxism
Chapter 9. The Impact Of Values On Ideology And Political Behavior
Chapter 10. From Elite-Directed To Elite-Directing Politics: The Role Of Cognitive Mobilization, Changing Gender Roles, And Changing Values
Chapter 11. New Social Movements: Values, Ideology, And Cognitive Mobilization
Chapter 12. Cultural Change And The Atlantic Alliance
Chapter 13. The Role Of Culture In Social Change: Conclusion
Appendix
References
Index
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