Globalization, Value Change And Generations ─ A Cross-national and Intergenerational Perspective

In the 10th volume of the series reporting on large-scale, cross-national, and longitudinal research into fundamental values and their change in Western societies, European sociologists investigate such possibilities as a global world of global values, the individualization of family values, the end of traditional political values, and decreasing desires for income inequality. Annotation c2006 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Peter Ester is Professor of Sociology and Director of the Institute for Labour Studies (OSA) at Tilburg University and visiting fellow at ZUMA, Mannheim. He has published extensively on cross-national and intergenerational trends in attitudes and values, with a special interest in changing cultural values and work orientations.Michael Braun works as a Senior Researcher and Methods Consultant at ZUMA, Mannheim. He has specialized in cross-cultural survey methodology and analysis. He has published widely on international comparative research in the fields of inequality, work orientations, and the family.Peter Ph. Mohler is Director of ZUMA, Mannheim, and Professor at the University of Mannheim. His major fields of interest are comparative survey methodology and computer-assisted text analysis. His most recent publications have been on comparative research, background demographics, survey documentation, and content analysis.