Modernization, cultural change, and democracy: the human development sequence

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This book demonstrates that people’s basic values and beliefs are changing, in ways that affect their political, sexual, economic, and religious behaviour. These changes are roughly predictable: to a large extent, they can be interpreted on the basis of a revised version of modernisation theory presented here. Drawing on a massive body of evidence from societies containing 85 percent of the world’s population, the authors demonstrate that modernisation is a process of human development, in which economic development gives rise to cultural changes that make individual autonomy, gender equality, and democracy increasingly likely.

Original languageEnglish
Place of PublicationCambridge
PublisherCambridge University Press
Number of pages333
ISBN (print)978-0-521-60971-5, 0521609712
ISBN (electronic)9780511790881
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Publication statusPublished - 01.01.2005
Externally publishedYes

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Publisher Copyright:
© Ronald Inglehart and Christian Welzel 2005.

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