Modernization, cultural change, and democracy : the human development sequence /
Ronald Inglehart, Christian Welzel
- Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2005
- x, 333 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
"This book demonstrates that people's basic values and beliefs are changing, in ways that affect their political, sexual, economic, and religious behavior. These changes are roughly predictable: to a large extent, they can be explained by the revised version of modernization theory presented here. Drawing on a massive body of evidence from societies containing 85 percent of the world's population, the authors demonstrate that modernization 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 value systems are likely to evolve in coming decades. They demonstrate that mass values play a crucial role in the emergence and flourishing of democratic institutions."--Jacket
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Social change Social values Democratization Democracy