Long‐term dynamics of political values in international perspective
Comparing the results of content analysis of political documents in the USA, GB, FRG and Switzerland
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6259730 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Manuel Eisner, Manuel P Eisner (0000-0001-5436-9282, University of Zurich, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1990 |
| Volume | 18 |
| Issue | 6 |
| Pages | 605-621 |
| Publication date | 1990-11-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | European Journal of Political Research (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0304-4130 • E-ISSN: 1475-6765 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/j.1475-6765.1990.tb00250.x |
| OpenAlex | W2035377925 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 16 |
Recent empirical research on the long‐term cultural dynamics of political values in the USA and Great Britain suggested that modern societies might be characterized by long cycles of recurring value orientations. This paper analyzes and criticizes the theoretical and methodological foundations that guided this content‐analytic approach which is based on an application of the Lasswell‐value dictionary to political documents. Taking this critique into account, a similar analysis is done on Swiss material. The results are compared to empirical results gained in the United States, Great Britain and the Federal Republic of Germany. They show that there exists a considerable degree of independence in the process of thematic change in national societies. Moreover Swiss data reveal a content‐analytic dimension that distinguishes texts according to the degree to which either instrumental or ethical themes predominate. This dimension seems to be related to long‐term processes of modernisation
Content (measure theory · Content analysis · Dimension (graph theory · Dynamics (music · Economics · Epistemology · Independence (probability theory · Modernization theory · Perspective (graphical · Political science · Politics · Positive economics · Qualitative research · Social science · Sociology · Statistics · Term (time · Thematic analysis · Value (mathematics · Electoral Systems and Political Participation · Law · Mathematics · Philosophy · Qualitative Comparative Analysis Research · Religion and Society Interactions
Processes of the world-system
The Long Wave in Economic Life
Long waves of capitalist development
The Capitalist World-Economy
Cyclical Ideology
Cycles of the fourth kind
Social and Cultural Dynamics
The Historical Alternation of Moods in American Foreign Policy
Cycles of Political Control
Cycles of value change
Wheels of Time and the Interdependence of Value Change in America
Society and Economy in the Western World System
Legitimacy and comparative economic success at the core of the world system
| Unique citing works | 1 |
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| Citations per year | 0,03 |
| Citation span | 1995 - 1995 (1) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |