The nature of postmaterialism: a comparative study of West Germany and the United States

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dc.contributor.authorAnderson, Christopher Johannesen
dc.contributor.committeechairShaiko, Ronald G.en
dc.contributor.committeememberShingles, Richard D.en
dc.contributor.committeememberTaylor, Charles L.en
dc.contributor.departmentPolitical Scienceen
dc.date.accessioned2014-03-14T21:50:28Zen
dc.date.adate2012-11-21en
dc.date.available2014-03-14T21:50:28Zen
dc.date.issued1989-06-27en
dc.date.rdate2012-11-21en
dc.date.sdate2012-11-21en
dc.description.abstractThe social and economic structures in western societies are changing and with them are the political values of their citizens. This study investigates the nature of post-materialist value orientations in the United States and West Germany. The research aimed at determining whether the indicators that Ronald Inglehart developed almost twenty years ago for explaining value-shifts are reliable tools to predict the nature of post-materialist values. These factors are: rising levels of education, a distinct cohort experience, and increased levels of economic security.With the help of mass-survey data from 1974 and 1980 that were collected in the United States and west Germany it was shown that there are other factors that are more powerful for predicting post-material values than the ones specified in Inglehart's theory. Moreover, the predictors are of a different explanatory power in the two countries under consideration. A preliminary attempt was made to find the reasons for the phenomenon of national differences.en
dc.description.degreeMaster of Artsen
dc.format.extentviii, 143 leavesen
dc.format.mediumBTDen
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdfen
dc.identifier.otheretd-11212012-040232en
dc.identifier.sourceurlhttp://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-11212012-040232/en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10919/45964en
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherVirginia Techen
dc.relation.haspartLD5655.V855_1989.A633.pdfen
dc.relation.isformatofOCLC# 20499660en
dc.rightsIn Copyrighten
dc.rights.urihttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/en
dc.subject.lccLD5655.V855 1989.A633en
dc.subject.lcshMaterialism -- Germany (West)en
dc.subject.lcshMaterialism -- United Statesen
dc.subject.lcshGermany (West) -- Politics and governmenten
dc.subject.lcshUnited States -- Social conditions – 1945-en
dc.titleThe nature of postmaterialism: a comparative study of West Germany and the United Statesen
dc.typeThesisen
dc.type.dcmitypeTexten
thesis.degree.disciplinePolitical Scienceen
thesis.degree.grantorVirginia Polytechnic Institute and State Universityen
thesis.degree.levelmastersen
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Artsen

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