25 Years of Comparative Values Surveys

Written by Yilmaz Esmer and Thorleif Pettersson, eds.

This volume presents key findings concerning cultural globalization, individualization, secularization and democratization. These analyses give new life to the work of such major figures as Tocqueville, Durkheim, Marx and Weber.

Measuring and Mapping Cultures: 25 Years of Comparative Values Surveys

Yilmaz Esmer and Thorleif Pettersson, editors.
Leiden and Boston: Brill, 2007.

From 1981 to the present, the Values Surveys have explored the changing values of publics throughout the world, and their impact on social and political change. This volume presents key findings concerning cultural globalization, individualization, secularization and democratization. These analyses give new life to the work of such major figures as Tocqueville, Durkheim, Marx and Weber.

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