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Measuring Post-materialism in Post-Socialist Societies

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  • Kyvelidis, Ioannis

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According to Ronald Inglehart, countries move towards more post-materialist values as their GDP per capita increases. There are some problems with his measurement. First of all, it is hard to say whether one country is objectively more or less materialist than another. Originally, Inglehart included in his 1970 analysis only seven OECD countries, which could be said to have a common value dimension. However, when the same indicators are applied within a different culture (Eastern Europe), they could be interpreted differently by the public. Second, Inglehart admits, referring to the 1973 oil crisis, that his indicators are sensitive to short-term economic fluctuations. I argue that by Inglehart's own logic the indicators are too sensitive within the post-Socialist context right now. This sensitivity undermines the validity of his measurement. Both these difficulties pose a question whether it is at all possible to compare Western and Eastern Europe on the materialist/post-materialist continuum.

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  • Kyvelidis, Ioannis, 2001. "Measuring Post-materialism in Post-Socialist Societies," European Integration online Papers (EIoP), European Community Studies Association Austria (ECSA-A), vol. 5, March.
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    1. Maria Kravtsova & Aleksey Oshchepkov & Christian Welzel, 2014. "Corruption and social values: do postmaterialists justify bribery?," HSE Working papers WP BRP 34/SOC/2014, National Research University Higher School of Economics.
    2. Petr Kment & Lucie Kocmánková, 2012. "Rural and environmental concern - focus on the Czech Republic," Agricultural Economics, Czech Academy of Agricultural Sciences, vol. 58(4), pages 191-199.

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