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Analyzing the world's social values
Though Prof. Ronald Ingle-
hart has been teaching compara-
tive politics at the University since
1966, he says the most important
achievement of his research career
is designing and conducting the
World Values Survey.
The survey - the largest survey
of its kind - coordinates social sci-
entists in 97 nations.
The World Values Survey Asso-
ciation first collected data in 1981
and is currently preparing for the
collection of its fifth wave of sur-
veys on the cultural, economic and
political values of people across the
globe.
"The World Values Survey is a
project where we study the basic
values and beliefs of people all
over," Inglehart said in an inter-
view yesterday at his home. "We
find that what people want out of
life is changing, and is changing in a
couple of clear ways. As a social sci-
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entist this is very exciting - to have
rather coherent patterns in which
economic development seems to
bring roughly predictable changes
in beliefs and values in nations."
In April 2009, Inglehart was
named to the prestigious Ameri-
can Academy of Arts and Sciences
in recognition of his work on the
World Values Survey and his exten-
sive publications analyzing the data
it has collected.
Inglehart says that the study of
changes in social values over time
can be used to anticipate future
national trends.
"We've analyzed the results now
and we're pretty much on target -
we didn't expect we'd be perfectly
accurate but on the basis of the data
we analyzed we can tell ifa coun-
try is getting richer, we can tell ifa
country is getting more secular, "
Inglehart said.
Inglehart said he is enthusias-
tic bout continuing to expand the
World Values Survey, and hopes
that the information it has collect-
ed can be used to take an intelligent
approach to improving the quality
of life in unstable nations.
For example, he said he believes
it is important for political lead-
ers to recognize that an effective
democracy is difficult to establish
in a country where many or most
citizens still struggle with personal
and economic security.
"The more secure you feel, the
more open you are to diversity and
change, so this dynamic is linked
with subsistence," Inglehart said.
In addition to his research, Ingle-
hart is currently teaching introduc-
tion to Comparative Politics and
a graduate level seminar on com-
parative politics. He spends time in
both classes discussing the results
of the World Values Survey.
- ROBIN VEECK
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Ronald Inglehart, a professor of political science, sits in his Ann
Arbor home yesterday.
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