Modernization Cultural Change and Democracy

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. The Authors Present A Model Of Social Change That Predicts How The Value Systems Play A Crucial Role In The Emergence And Flourishing Of Democratic Institutions - And That Modernisation Brings Coherent Cultural Changes That Are Conducive To Democratisation.