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The Oxford Handbook of Political Behavior
Klingemann, Hans-Dieter, Professor of Political Science and former Director of the research unit Institutions and Social Change at the Social Science Research Centre, Berlin
Dalton, Russell J., Professor of Political Science, University of California, Irvine
Print publication date: 2007 (this edition) Print ISBN-13: 978-0-19-927012-5
Published to Oxford Handbooks Online: September 2009




10 Individual Modernity
doi:10.1093/oxfordhb/9780199270125.003.0010

Christian Welzel
Abstract: The Individual Modernity Scale – Individual Modernity and the Civic Culture – Two Variants of Modernity: Democratic and Totalitarian – Democratic Personality and Open-Mindedness – Open-Mindedness and Personality Strength – The Universality of Psychological Orientations – Theories of Modern Value Change – Continuing Salience of Economic Orientations – Liberal rather than Postmaterialist Values – Economic Security and Individual Autonomy – Pre-Industrial Freeholder Societies and Rich Oil-Exporting Societies – Value Change through Generational Shifts and Periodic Fluctuations – Two Sets of Modern Values: Rational Values and Emancipative Values – Rational Values: Modern but not Democratic – Emancipative Values: Modern and Democratic – Conclusion

Keywords: autonomy, civic culture, modernization, political behaviour,

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Full Book Contents
Preface
I Introduction
1 Citizens and Political Behavior
II Mass Belief Systems and Communication
2 Political Socialization
3 Belief Systems and Political Decision Making
4 Elite Beliefs and the Theory of Democratic Elitism
5 Political Psychology and Choice
6 Information, Persuasion, and Political Communication Networks
7 Political Communication
8 Perspectives on Mass Belief Systems and Communication
III Modernization and Social Change
9 The Political Culture Paradigm
10 Individual Modernity
11 Left–Right Orientations
12 Postmaterialist Values and the Shift from Survival to Self-Expression Values
13 Clash of Values across Civilizations
14 Democratization: Perspectives from Global Citizenries
15 Perspectives on Political Behavior in Time and Space
IV Political Values
16 Political Values
17 Political Intolerance in the Context of Democratic Theory
18 Social and Political Trust
19 The Welfare State: Values, Policy Preferences, and Performance Evaluations
20 Citizen Opinion on Foreign Policy and World Politics
21 Norms of Citizenship
22 Democratic Values
V New Debates in Political Behavior
23 An Institutional Theory of Political Choice
24 The Decline of Social Class?
25 The Effects of Religion and Religiosity on Voting Behavior
26 Race and Political Behavior
27 Economic Models of Voting
28 New Dimensions of Political Cleavage
29 Partisanship Reconsidered
30 The Personalization of Politics
31 The Interaction of Structures and Voter Behavior
32 Perspectives on Electoral Behavior
VI Political Participation
33 Turnout in Elections
34 Political Activism and Party Members
35 Social Capital
36 Civil Society and Democratization
37 Social Movements
38 The Spread of Protest Politics
39 New Feminist Challenges to the Study of Political Engagement
40 New Modes of Campaigning
41 E-Government and Democracy
42 Perspectives on Political Participation
VII Does Public Opinion Matter?
43 The Relationship between Public Opinion and Policy
44 Political Elites
45 Political Representation and Democracy
46 Perspectives on Representation: Asking the Right Questions and Getting the Right Answers
VIII The Methodology of Comparative Political Behavior Research
47 Research Resources in Comparative Political Behavior
48 Comparative Opinion Surveys
49 Methods of Elite Research
Index
 
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