Do Changing Values Explain the New Politics? A Critical Assessment of the Postmaterialist Thesis
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2276708 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Clem Brooks (0000-0002-1406-2291, Stony Brook University, corresponding author), Jeff Manza (0000-0002-8163-8334, University of California, Berkeley) |
| Year | 1994 |
| Volume | 35 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 541-570 |
| Publication date | 1994-11-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Sociological Quarterly (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0038-0253 • E-ISSN: 1533-8525 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/j.1533-8525.1994.tb00416.x |
| OpenAlex | W2160188651 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 26 |
| References cited | 76 |
Many social scientists have argued that major political changes have occurred in the postindustrial societies of Western Europe, North America, and Australasia since the 1960s. These changes include partisan dealignment accompanied by a breakdown in traditional political orientations, the appearance of “new social movements,” and increasing use of non-traditional forms of political action. One of the most influential account of the origins of the “New Politics” is Ronald Inglehart's “postmaterialist” thesis. Analyzing data from the Political Action surveys, we test two central propositions of the postmaterialist thesis: that postmaterialism constitutes an emerging and categorically distinct type of value commitment in these societies; and that a commitment to postmaterialism leads to a rejection of the state as a means of accomplishing policy objectives. Neither of these propositions is supported. The analyses instead provide evidence for an alternative account that we characterize as “value pluralism,” and they show further that even citizens with postmaterialist values endorse the intervention of state institutions to achieve desired political outcomes
Action (physics) · Economics · Epistemology · Pluralism (philosophy) · Political action · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Positive economics · Post-industrial society · Social science · Sociology · State (computer science) · Value (mathematics) · Electoral Systems and Political Participation · Law · Social and Cultural Dynamics · Social Policy and Reform Studies
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The NEP scale
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The interaction of materialist and postmaterialist values in predicting dimensions of personal and social identity
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Benevolent authority beliefs, democratic values, and public support
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Value Change and Political Action
Uncertain states
Political Culture as a Catalyst for Political Change in American Cities
Testing the Internal Validity of the Inglehart Thesis by Means of a Latent Class Choice Model
Right-Wing Extremism in Contemporary France
Values or Views of Government? Analyzing the Ideological Sources of Public Policy Preferences
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The grounding of modern feminism
Protest and political consciousness
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The Silent Revolution
The cultural contradictions of capitalism
Challenging the political order
After Full Employment
Reasoning and Choice
Electoral Change in Advanced Industrial Democracies
New Politics in Western Europe
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Civil Society and Political Theory
The Future of Intellectuals and the Rise of the New Class
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The Coming of the Post-Industrial Society
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The condition of postmodernity
Political Participation and Attitudes in the Church of England
Political Realignment in Advanced Industrial Society
The Persistence of Materialist and Post‐Materialist Value Orientations
Value Change and Partisan Change in Japan
Postmaterialism in a Social Democratic State
Measuring Value Change in Advanced Industrial Societies
Was There A Revolution
Changing Values in Advanced Industrial Societies
New Perspectives on Value Change
Postmaterialism of the Left and Right
In an Environment of Insecurity
Value Change and Postmaterialist Politics
Postmaterialism, Collective Action, and Political Protest
Post-Industrial Society
Measuring Value Change in Western Industrialized Societies
Post-Materialism in an Environment of Insecurity
The "Silent Revolution," Value Priorities, and the Quality of Life in Britain
Economic Security and Value Change
Economic Growth and Intergenerational Change in Japan
Value Change in Industrial Societies
The Post-Industrial Utopians
The Condition of Postmodernity
The new class
Rebels Against War
Approaches to Value Research and Value Measurement
Post-Materialist Values and Subjective Satisfaction
Basic Needs and Political Values
Intragenerational stability of postmaterialism in Germany, the Netherlands and the United States
The Two Lefts? Occupation and Party Choice in France, Italy, and the Netherlands
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| Unique citing works | 26 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,9 |
| Citation span | 1997 - 2025 (29) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 25 |