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The silent revolution : changing values and political styles among Western publics / Ronald Inglehart.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Publication details: Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, (c)1977.Description: 1 online resource (496 pages) : illustrationsContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781400869589
Subject(s): Genre/Form: LOC classification:
  • JN94 .S554 1977
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Subject: This book contends that beneath the frenzied activism of the sixties and the seeming quiescence of the seventies, a ""silent revolution"" has been occurring that is gradually but fundamentally changing political life throughout the Western world. Ronald Inglehart focuses on two aspects of this revolution: a shift from an overwhelming emphasis on material values and physical security toward greater concern with the quality of life; and an increase in the political skills of Western publics that enables them to play a greater role in making important political decisions. Originally published i.
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Includes bibliographies and index.

Cover; Contents; Part I: Introduction; 1 Changing Values and Skills Among Western Publics: An Overview.

This book contends that beneath the frenzied activism of the sixties and the seeming quiescence of the seventies, a ""silent revolution"" has been occurring that is gradually but fundamentally changing political life throughout the Western world. Ronald Inglehart focuses on two aspects of this revolution: a shift from an overwhelming emphasis on material values and physical security toward greater concern with the quality of life; and an increase in the political skills of Western publics that enables them to play a greater role in making important political decisions. Originally published i.

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