AZ EURÓPAI TÁRSADALMAK ÉRTÉKMINTÁZATAINAK JELLEMZŐI AZ EZREDFORDULÓ ÓTA
CHARACTERISTICS OF VALUE PATTERNS IN EUROPEAN SOCIETIES SINCE THE TURN OF THE MILLENNIUM

Summary/Abstract: Research on European integration has mostly untouched the seemingly justified question of what characterizes the value patterns of European societies, what trends these value structures are changing according to, and whether we can speak of a unified European value system. Based on one of the most frequently used value theories, the concept associated with Ronald Inglehart, and drawing on data from international questionnaire surveys, the current paper examines how the value patterns of European societies have changed over the past twenty years. The first part of the paper traces the development of Inglehart’s theory, identifies its main cornerstones, and outlines the most important empirical conclusions of research to date. The second part examines the value patterns of more than twenty European societies and reveals the trends in value change: whether we should talk about value convergence or rather value polarization. The analysis also focuses on the values represented by the youngest age group, i.e., the future generation, in this process of change.

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