CHANGING HUMAN BELIEFS AND VALUES 1981-2007

This book gives insight into how people’s basic values and attitudes differ across almost 100 countries containing most of the world’s population—and how these orientations have been changing during the last three decades, from 1981 to 2007. Using data from the World Values Survey and European Values Study Surveys, it examines human values and goals concerning politics, economics, religion, sexual behavior, gender roles, family values, communal identities, civic engagement, and ethical concerns, and such issues as environmental protection, scientific progress and technological development, and human happiness.