Postmaterialist Values and Adult Political Learning. Intracohort Value Change in Western Europe

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ID7998935
AuthorsRaül Tormos (0000-0002-7861-2221, corresponding author)
Year2012
Publication date2012-01-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueRevista Española de Investigaciones Sociológicas (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0210-5233 • E-ISSN: 1988-5903
PublisherCentro de Investigaciones Sociologicas (PUBLISHER • ES)
DOI10.5477/cis/reis.140.201
OpenAlexW2313268479
LanguageEN
Citations received4

Research on value change and stability tends to underline the importance of generational effects, Inglehart's theory of post-materialism being an example of this. According to his theory, formative experiences shape the values of each age-cohort, and social change takes place progressively due to the force of generational replacement. This article analyzes survey data covering a wider period of observations than the one Inglehart used to draw his conclusions. By applying time series techniques, I find signifi cant changes within each generation over time. I show how an important adult learning process in the field of post-materialist values has taken place, which has been neglected by the empirical literature. Contrary to Inglehart's point of view, I conclude that period effects are not just minor short-term infl uences affecting the "normal" change due to generational replacement, but a systematic intracohort trend linked to the European economic prosperity of recent decades

Political change · Political science · Politics · Sociology · Statistics · Value (mathematics · Mathematics · Youth Education and Societal Dynamics · Law

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