Cultural evolution : people's motivations are changing, and reshaping the world /

Inglehart, Ronald, 1934-

Cultural evolution : people's motivations are changing, and reshaping the world / Ronald F. Inglehart - xvii, 273 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm - American political thought . - American political thought .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction : overview of this book -- Evolutionary modernization and cultural change -- The rise of postmaterialist values in the West and the world -- Global cultural patterns -- The end of secularization? -- Cultural change, slow and fast : the distinctive trajectory of norms governing gender equality and sexual orientation -- The feminization of society and declining willingness to fight for one's country : the individual-level component of the long peace -- Development and democracy -- The changing roots of happiness -- The silent revolution in reverse : the rise of Trump and the authoritarian populist parties -- The coming of artificial intelligence society.

Written for a non-specialist audience, Cultural Evolution presents and tests a theory that helps explain the causes of the changes in people's motivations that have led to the rise of

9781108489317 (hardback : alk. paper)

2018000014


Social change.
Social values.
Populism--Social aspects.
Populismo --Aspectos sociales
Cambio social
Valores sociales

HM 831 / I51c 2018

303.4