European values : trends and divides over thirty years /
Bréchon, Pierre,1947-editor.
Gonthier, Frédéric,editor.
"In sharp contrast to the popular belief that values are converging and becoming increasingly standardized, this book draws on the EVS surveys to show that Europe remains very diverse in terms of values orientations toward the major issues of everyday life. It also addresses how and in what direction values are actually changing, thus emphasizing the joint influence of key factors like secularization, economic development, the rise in educational attainment levels and the welfare state. Written by the team of political scientists and sociologists who are carrying out the EVS surveys in France, this books leads to the striking conclusion that increasingly individualized value systems do not necessarily mirror a more individualistic society"--Provided by publisher.
Translated from the French.
"In sharp contrast to the popular belief that values are converging and becoming increasingly standardized, this book draws on the EVS surveys to show that Europe remains very diverse in terms of values orientations toward the major issues of everyday life. It also addresses how and in what direction values are actually changing, thus emphasizing the joint influence of key factors like secularization, economic development, the rise in educational attainment levels and the welfare state. Written by the team of political scientists and sociologists who are carrying out the EVS surveys in France, this books leads to the striking conclusion that increasingly individualized value systems do not necessarily mirror a more individualistic society"--Provided by publisher.
Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Introduction / Pierre Brechon and Frederic Gonthier -- Part 1. Thematic aspects -- A geography of family values in Europe / Sandrine Astor and Nathalie Dompnier -- Cultural liberalism, anti-social conducts and authority : the dynamics of values and their effects / Vincent Tournier -- Political values and repertoires of contention in Europe / Nathalie Dompnier -- Explaining xenophobia : cultural values, political attitudes and perceptions of threat / Guillaume Roux -- Ecocentrism in Europe : a narrative for a post-industrial and post-religious conception of nature / Jean-Paul Bozonnet -- Religious change, public space and beliefs in Europe / Claude Dargent -- Expectations about work / Jean-Francois Tchernia -- More state intervention, more equality : changing economic attitudes in the European Union / Frederic Gonthier -- Citizens' support for European integration : what is the role of traditional cleavages? / Celine Belot and Isabelle Guinaudeau -- Part 2. Cross-cutting aspects -- Are values gender-based? : "gender gaps" in Europe / Abel Francois Raul Magni Berton -- Are values a question of ages or generations? / Vincent Tiberj -- Systems of values and social classes in Europe : socio-economic status does not explain everything / Frederic Gonthier et Pierre Brechon -- Individualization and individualism in European societies / Pierre Brechon -- The frontiers of values in Europe / Olivier Galland and Yannick Lemel -- Conclusion / Pierre Brechon and Frederic Gonthier.
Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on May 15, 2017).
Social values
National characteristics, European.
Social change
Social surveys
POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / Cultural Policy.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Popular Culture.
National characteristics, European.
Social change.
Social conditions.
Social surveys.
Social values.

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