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Showing 1 to 12 of 12 for “"Inglehart"”.
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Does support for democracy matter? : a cross-national study of regime preferences and system change
… between these regime preferences and democracy (Inglehart, 2003; Inglehart & Welzel, 2003; Welzel, Inglehart and Klingemann 2003) do not control for reciprocal causation and use poorly conceptualised and measured variables. They claim that deeply-rooted cultural orientations called …
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The rise of populism within the Economic Freedom Fighters in South Africa: a theoretical case study of anti-establishment, economic inequalities and cultural backlash
… international populism theory from especially Inglehart and Norris is applied to the local context to show why the aforementioned factors can explain the rise of populism.
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The nature of postmaterialism: a comparative study of West Germany and the United States
… determining whether the indicators that Ronald Inglehart developed almost twenty years ago for explaining value-shifts are reliable tools to predict the nature of post-materialist values. These factors are: rising levels of education, a distinct cohort experience, and increased levels of …
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A Transnational and Intergenerational Account of Value Preference Patterns: Revisiting Needs-gratification and Post-materialist Theories
… (Maslow, 1970), and post-materialist theory (Inglehart, 1971), this paper discusses agency in terms of relational autonomy (Oshana, 2006), as it pertains to power. I argue that a) personal and national economic affluence or security may not be sufficient to describe social ecology nor fully …
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From generation to generation : a qualitative single case study of a Pentecostal church in Central Arkansas' successful growth and retention programs involving young adults.
… the problem continues to escalate (Jones, 2021; Inglehart, 2020). Research reveals that the most dramatic decrease in church participation occurs in Generation Z young adults (born 1995 to 2012; Jones, 2021; Twenge, 2017). This problem culminates into one of the most significant challenges facing …
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Cultural Determinants of Global Health
… values models, those of Hofstede, Schwartz and Inglehart, are good predictors of population health outcomes. Indulgence, traditional/rational, intellectual and affective autonomy, long-term orientation and embeddedness dimensions yield largest effect sizes in predicting health outcomes. I also …
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Contextual Effects and Support for Liberalism: A Comparative Analysis
… China does not follow the path anticipated by Inglehart’s popular theory of value change, which expects protracted economic development to result in growing liberalism (Chapter 2). Many societies sharing similar economic and cultural backgrounds (such as Japan, South Korea, Hong Kong, Taiwan) …
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Values and democracy: postmaterialist shift versus cultural particularity in Russia, the USA, Britain and Japan
… theories of values shift presented by Ronald Inglehart and others assume that, as a consequence of industrialisation and post-industrialisation, people's values transform in such a way as to increase an emphasis on self-esteem, self-expression and other qualities. Individuals become …
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Regioninis savižudybių lygio pasiskirstymas Europos Sąjungoje: lyginamoji analizė /
… map that was made by political scientists R. Inglehart and Ch. Welzel, Southern European states are in the middle, which means that they are not explicitly self-expression nor survival countries. And the evidence shows, that on the one hand, rich, advanced countries with self-expression values …
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A CULTURAL BACKLASH ALL OVER EUROPE? INVESTIGATING THE LINK FROM VALUES TO VOTES IN A COMPARATIVE PERSPECTIVE
… made most forcefully by Pippa Norris and Ronald Inglehart in their theory of a "cultural backlash". But upon closer inspection, the argument is not persuasive. Norris and Inglehart's pathway to the renewed popularity of the far right in Western countries relies on a congruence of socially …
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Postmaterialism and Democracy: What Does the Postmaterialist Value Shift Mean for Democracy?
This thesis explores the possible impact of a postmaterialist value shift on the future of democracy in advanced industrial democratic countries. Research over the past few decades has questioned the responsiveness of representative democratic institutions in advanced industrial democracies to …
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Post-Materialism: Its Impact on Presidential Election Year Issues, 1972-2000
This thesis examines the measurable effects of changing cultural values on American presidential election year issues from 1972 to 2000. Topics discussed: the long-term shift in cultural values and their impact on political parties, party support, and political priorities. There is congruence …