Measuring and Mapping Cultures: 25 Years of Comparative Value Surveys

Preliminary Materials /Yilmaz Esmer and Thorleif Pettersson -- Introduction /Yilmaz Esmer and Thorleif Pettersson -- Mapping Global Values /Ronald Inglehart -- A Theory Of Cultural Value Orientations: Explication And Applications /Shalom H. Schwartz -- Globalization, \'Mcdonaldization\' And Values: Quo Vadis? /Yilmaz Esmer -- Individualization In Europe And America: Connecting Religious And Moral Values /Neil Nevitte and Christopher Cochrane -- Religion In Contemporary Society: Eroded By Human Well-Being, Supported By Cultural Diversity /Thorleif Pettersson -- Democratization In The Human Development Perspective /Christian Welzel -- Index /Yilmaz Esmer and Thorleif Pettersson.

Based on the data from the European and World Values Studies, this volume discusses basic theoretical and methodological issues of value research and focuses on some of the most basic processes of value change: cultural globalization, individualization, secularization and democratization