Some Characteristics of Value Systems in Three Balkan States
Some Characteristics of Value Systems in Three Balkan States

Summary/Abstract: The analyzed results show that in the Balkans at this moment there are two basic groups of value systems or orientations relevant to the ongoing social and cultural changes. The first one is nationally and traditionally oriented, the second one is more reformist and cosmopolitan leaning. Certainly, those two orientations could be isolated and confronted only in mind, and for strictly methodical purposes. That is because between those two Weberian "ideal types" there is also a significant interval-space fulfilled by various elements of both types. Those elements are subject to change concerning the improvement or deterioration of political or economic situation into the specific Balkan country, or in its position within international community. In addition, the instant psychological reasons of orientations toward different values are not either consistent or rational. Both kinds of values are rather the product of long-lasting frustrations and the urgent need to recuperate the damaged cultural identity, than the result of rational choice between the offered political and other alternatives.

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