Values, Economic Crisis and Democracy

ISBN-13: 9780367597139 / Angielski / Miękka / 2020 / 318 str.

Mălina Voicu; Ingvill C. Mochmann; Hermann Dülmer

Opis

Social values shape and are shaped by historical, political, cultural and socio-economic circumstances. This book focuses on the interrelationship of social values, attitudes and economic scarcity in the context of the last economic crisis experienced by many European countries. It will appeal to scholars and students of sociology, political sci

Spis treści

Preface  Part I: Introduction  1. Values and attitudes in times of economic scarcity  PART II: Stability and change of measurement model  2. Basic Human Values: Stability of Value Typology in Europe  3. Trust in political institutions: Stability of Measurement Model in Europe  PART III: Values and attitudes in time of crisis: nexus and over time variation  4. Economic crisis, human values and political attitudes  5. Economic crisis, human values and attitudes towards immigrants  6. Economic crisis, human values and attitudes towards European Union  7. Economic crisis and Non-Institutionalized Political Participation  8. Economic crisis and democratic legitimacy  PART IV: Case studies: higher scarcity and value change  9. Greece in times of crisis: Shaping political identification  10. Portugal in times of crisis: value change and policy representation  11. Romania in times of crisis: economic conditions and support for democracy  12. Conclusions

O autorze

Malina Voicu has a PhD in Sociology and works at GESIS Leibniz Institute for the Social Sciences. Her main research interests deal with social values and attitudes in the area of religion, political and family life. She is secretary of the Executive Committee and of the Theory Group of the European Values Study.

Ingvill C. Mochmann is head of the EUROLAB at GESIS-Leibniz Institute for the Social Sciences and Vice President for Research and Professor of International Politics at the Cologne Business School. Her research interests include democracy and minority rights and research methodology.

Hermann Dülmer is Assistant Professor (Private Lecturer) of Sociology at the University of Cologne. His substantive research interests focus on comparative value research, including value change and cultural change, and on electoral research with a particular emphasis on right-wing extremism. His methodological interests focus on multilevel analysis and on factorials surveys.