SOC101Y1 Chapter Notes -Ronald Inglehart, Real Income, Tertiary Sector Of The Economy
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Ronald inglehart: people tend to be more concerned with the immediate needs or threats than with things that seem remote or non-threatening, today, large western population has been raised under conditions of exceptional economic security. This has lead to a switch from elite-directed to elite-challenging in political participation: elite-directed elites mobilizing mass support through established organizations such as political parties, labor unions, elite-challenging gives public more choices during polls. Cannot assume that if large number of people holds some beliefs, their political system will reflect those values. Depends on how skilled those people are: changes in values and skills among industrial societies more or less universal. Changes in values among political institutions differ profoundly from nation to nation: three variable crucial to analysis: values. skills, structure. Changes in occupational structure: daniel bell emphasized the importance of changes in occupational structure.
