1st Edition
Values, Economic Crisis and Democracy
Preface Part I: Introduction 1. Values and attitudes in times of economic scarcity PART II: Stability and change of measurement model 2. Basic Human Values: Stability of Value Typology in Europe 3. Trust in political institutions: Stability of Measurement Model in Europe PART III: Values and attitudes in time of crisis: nexus and over time variation 4. Economic crisis, human values and political attitudes 5. Economic crisis, human values and attitudes towards immigrants 6. Economic crisis, human values and attitudes towards European Union 7. Economic crisis and Non-Institutionalized Political Participation 8. Economic crisis and democratic legitimacy PART IV: Case studies: higher scarcity and value change 9. Greece in times of crisis: Shaping political identification 10. Portugal in times of crisis: value change and policy representation 11. Romania in times of crisis: economic conditions and support for democracy 12. Conclusions
Biography
Malina Voicu has a PhD in Sociology and works at GESIS Leibniz Institute for the Social Sciences. Her main research interests deal with social values and attitudes in the area of religion, political and family life. She is secretary of the Executive Committee and of the Theory Group of the European Values Study.
Ingvill C. Mochmann is head of the EUROLAB at GESIS-Leibniz Institute for the Social Sciences and Vice President for Research and Professor of International Politics at the Cologne Business School. Her research interests include democracy and minority rights and research methodology.
Hermann Dülmer is Assistant Professor (Private Lecturer) of Sociology at the University of Cologne. His substantive research interests focus on comparative value research, including value change and cultural change, and on electoral research with a particular emphasis on right-wing extremism. His methodological interests focus on multilevel analysis and on factorials surveys.
