European Values Studies

3 primary works

From Cold War to Cold Peace?

by Loek Halman, Peter Ester, and Vladimir Rukavishnikov

Published 1 June 1997

Atlas of European Values

by Loek Halman, Ruud Luijkx, and Marga van Zundert

Published 29 June 2005

The Atlas presents European ideas and beliefs in the form graphs, charts and maps. Values such as democracy, freedom, equality, human dignity and solidarity are held by almost all Europeans, but the survey points to differing views about marriage, religion, work and such topics as euthanasia, happiness, sexuality and death.
This unique Atlas covers all European nations from Iceland to Turkey, from Portugal to the Ukraine. It graphically illustrates the rich diversity that is Europe.

European Values in Numbers

by Ruud Luijkx, Loek Halman, Inge Sieben, Evelyn Brislinger, and Markus Quandt

Published 1 November 2016

This volume presents the beliefs and values of people in European countries and the trends that appeared at turn of the century. Based on survey data from the 1981, 1990, 1999, and 2008 values studies in Europe, trends in human values are examined concerning important life domains such as religion and morality, primary relations and family life, work and leisure time, society and political culture. It shows the cultural varieties and similarities in value profiles of the Europeans at the end of the 20th and beginning of the 21st century.