The Diffusion of Values among Democracies and Autocracies
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In: Global Policy, Vol. 7, No. 4, 01.11.2016, p. 563-570.
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T1 - The Diffusion of Values among Democracies and Autocracies
AU - Deutsch, Franziska
AU - Welzel, Christian
PY - 2016/11/1
Y1 - 2016/11/1
N2 - Over the past couple of years, our knowledge about diffusion processes has increased greatly. So far, the focus has been on public policies, political institutions, and civil society repertories. Our paper breaks new ground by exploring value diffusion at the societal level. Using the World Values Survey data, we are interested in the diffusion of emancipative values in different regime types, building a bridge between research on the micro foundations and macro political expressions of democratization and political regimes. In particular, we wish to understand whether the psychological bedrock of a pro-democratic mass culture – emancipative values – is diffusing between countries and, if yes, to what extent this diffusion is limited to democracies or also makes inroads into autocratically governed societies.
AB - Over the past couple of years, our knowledge about diffusion processes has increased greatly. So far, the focus has been on public policies, political institutions, and civil society repertories. Our paper breaks new ground by exploring value diffusion at the societal level. Using the World Values Survey data, we are interested in the diffusion of emancipative values in different regime types, building a bridge between research on the micro foundations and macro political expressions of democratization and political regimes. In particular, we wish to understand whether the psychological bedrock of a pro-democratic mass culture – emancipative values – is diffusing between countries and, if yes, to what extent this diffusion is limited to democracies or also makes inroads into autocratically governed societies.
KW - Politics
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84995972512&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1111/1758-5899.12388
DO - 10.1111/1758-5899.12388
M3 - Journal articles
AN - SCOPUS:84995972512
VL - 7
SP - 563
EP - 570
JO - Global Policy
JF - Global Policy
SN - 1758-5880
IS - 4
ER -