Changing Values, Persisting Cultures

Changing Values, Persisting Cultures
Author: Thorleif Pettersson
Publisher: BRILL
Total Pages: 413
Release: 2008
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 9004162348

In 1981, the European and World Values surveys started the empirical investigation of cultural values on a global scale. This volume builds upon the findings of these surveys and analyzes value change in a number of key countries around the globe. The authors track value change and stability in their respective countries during the last decade (the last two decades where data are available) of the 20th century. All authors have been actively involved in value surveys and have a great deal of expertise in countries that they write on. Thus, the volume is a valuable complement to studies that deal with the topic from a global perspective without providing any detail about individual societies. The countries covered are: Argentina, Austria, Canada, Denmark, France, Germany, Mexico, the Netherlands, South Africa, South Korea, Spain, Sweden, Turkey and the United States.

Cultural Change and Persistence

Cultural Change and Persistence
Author: W. Ascher
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 480
Release: 2010-12-12
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 0230117333

This book is about the ways that traditional cultural practices either change or persist in the face of social and economic development, whether the latter proceeds primarily from internal or external forces.

Culture Moves

Culture Moves
Author: Thomas R. Rochon
Publisher:
Total Pages: 282
Release: 1998
Genre: Culture
ISBN:

Some periods in history are marked by stability in cultural values; at other times, values undergo rapid change. How and why do cultural transformations, such as those affecting race and gender relations, take place? How does one value win acceptance in society when there are conflicting values competing for attention? In Culture Moves, Thomas Rochon addresses this complex process and develops a theory to explain both how values originate and how they spread. In particular, he analyzes the crucial role that small communities of critical thinkers play in developing new ideas and inspiring their dissemination through larger social movements. Rochon develops this theory by drawing from such sources as survey research, content analysis of the mass media, and historical accounts. He focuses mainly on contemporary issues in the United States, such as feminism, civil rights, and environmentalism, but also discusses cases ranging from the French Revolution to the abolition of slavery.

To See Ourselves

To See Ourselves
Author: Zhongdang Pan
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 223
Release: 2019-08-22
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 1000612252

This study compares the ever-changing cultural values of contemporary China and the contemporary United States. Surveying 2000-Shanghi area residents and villagers as well as 2500 US citizens, the authors examine to what extent there has been a loss of "traditional" values in the United States. The book looks at value systems in both cultures associated with family relationships, kinship ties, male-female relationships, and general interpersonal relationships - the fundamental social relationships comprising the social fabric of a society. The authors conclude that although both societies have experienced changes in this century, they have followed quite different paths. In exploring the extent to which this process has differed, the authors address the following questions: what traditional Confucian values persist in China after 40 years of communist indoctrination and the recent "invasion" of Western culture? How are fundamental human relationships viewed in the United States? How do these two societies differ today, both in adherence to traditional values and in the dynamics of value change? These and many more issues are explored.

Cultural Persistence

Cultural Persistence
Author: Scott Rushforth
Publisher: University of Arizona Press
Total Pages: 201
Release: 2022-09-13
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 0816551332

The Bearlake Athapaskan-speaking Indians of Canada's Northwest Territories have valued industriousness, generosity, individual autonomy, and emotional restraint for many generations. They also highly esteem "control" in human thought and behavior. The latter value integrates the others in a coherent framework of moral responsibility that persists as a central feature of Bearlake culture. Rushforth here provides an ethnographic description and analysis of these beliefs and values, which considers their relationship to examples of Bearlake social behavior.

Change Across Cultures

Change Across Cultures
Author: Bruce Bradshaw
Publisher: Baker Academic
Total Pages: 272
Release: 2002-03
Genre: Literary Criticism
ISBN: 0801022894

"Points out the necessity of changing [cultural] narratives if real values-transformation is to take place. This is an important work." --Peter Riddell, London Bible College

Cultural Change and Persistence

Cultural Change and Persistence
Author: W. Ascher
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 269
Release: 2010-12-12
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 0230117333

This book is about the ways that traditional cultural practices either change or persist in the face of social and economic development, whether the latter proceeds primarily from internal or external forces.

Changing Values and Beliefs in 85 Countries

Changing Values and Beliefs in 85 Countries
Author: Loek Halman
Publisher: BRILL
Total Pages: 280
Release: 2007-11-30
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 9047429397

This book presents the trends in beliefs and values of people in 85 countries around the world from 1981 to 2004. Based on survey data collected in 1981-1984 and 1989-1993 by the European Values Study, the 1995-1997 World Values Surveys and the 1999-2004 European Values Study and World Values Surveys, it examines trends in human values concerning economics, politics, religion, family, gender roles, civic engagement and ethical concerns and important contemporary issues such as the environment, technology, identity, life satisfaction and human happiness. It is a valuable tool for understanding the cultural patterns of countries and how human values are changing. It will be useful to social scientists, journalists, business executives, politicians and policy-makers working in an increasingly globalized world.

The International Social Survey Programme 1984-2009

The International Social Survey Programme 1984-2009
Author: Max Haller
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Total Pages: 493
Release: 2009-09-11
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 1134007531

The social sciences rely more on the comparative method than on experimental data mainly because the latter is difficult to acquire amongst human populations. The International Social Survey Programme has played a pioneering role in creating and sustaining methodologically-sophisticated mass attitude surveys across the globe. Starting in 1984 with five nations, it now encompasses forty-five nations spread over five continents, each administering an identical annual survey to a random sample of their population. Analyses of the data or descriptions of the methodology already appear in over 3,000 publications. This book contains new contributions from three dozen eminent scholars who analyse and compare the perceptions and attitudes of citizens across all five continents, nations and over time. Subjects range from inequality and the role of the state; ethnic, national and global identities; the changing relevance of religion, beliefs and practices; gender roles, family values and work orientations; household and society. Some chapters focus on methodological issues; others focus on substantive findings. This book sets new standards for cross-cultural research.