This book contends that beneath the frenzied activism of the sixties and the seeming quiescence of the seventies, a "silent revolution" has been occurring that is gradually but fundamentally changing political life throughout the Western world. Ronald Inglehart focuses on two aspects of this revolution: a shift from an overwhelming emphasis on material values and physical security toward greater concern with the quality of life; and an increase in the political skills of Western publics that enables them to play a greater role in making important political decisions.
Originally published in 1977.
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- ISBN10 0691075859
- ISBN13 9780691075853
- Publish Date 21 October 1977
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 13 March 2021
- Publish Country US
- Imprint Princeton University Press
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 496
- Language English
- URL https://press.princeton.edu/titles/1209.html