Source: http://timesonline.typepad.com/photos/uncategorized/2007/10/01/obama2.jpg

Small town folk, “bitter” over their economic

troubles, “cling to guns and religion.”

Source: http://www.fcservices.org/images/spot_deaf-services.jpg

I’m going to clean the stream behind

my house

I’m going to invest all my money in

growth stocks like Exxon-Mobil.

Source: http://www.omafra.gov.on.ca/english/rural/facts/96-001f1.gif

PostmaterialistValues

MaterialistValues

Secular-RationalValues

Self-ExpressionValues

EmphasizeReligiosity

EmphasizePatriotism

RespectAuthority

TeachObedience

SupportTraditionalFamilism

EmphasizeCivic & Political

Freedom

Support & UsePublic Expression

TolerateNonconformity

FeelSelf-Directed

SenseHuman Trust

+ -

+ -

+ -

+ -

+ -

- +

- +

- +

- +

- +

Mor

e A

ctio

n R

esou

rces

Ava

ilabl

e

MoreMaterialMeans

HigherIntellectual

Skills

WiderSocial

Connectivity

StronglySecular-Rational

Community

StronglySelf-Expressive

Individual

Emphasis on

HumanChoice

Less Action R

esources Available

LessMaterialMeans

LowerIntellectual

Skills

NarrowerSocial

Connectivity

WeaklySecular-Rational

Community

WeaklySelf-Expressive

Individual

Emphasis on

HumanConstraint

Increasing Misery

Increasing Prosperity

Source: Hal Knowles, adapted from Christian Welzel’s A Human Development View on Value Changehttp://margaux.grandvinum.se/SebTest/wvs/articles/folder_published/article_base_83

Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Inglehart-Values-Map-Big.png

0.10

0.15

0.20

0.25

0.30

0.35

0.40

0.45

0.50

0.55

0.60

0.65

0.15 0.20 0.25 0.30 0.35 0.40 0.45 0.50 0.55 0.60 0.65 0.70

Africa

before 1921

1921-30

1931-40

1941-50

1951-60

1961-70

1971-80

after 1980

before 1921

1931-40

1941-50

1951-601961-70

1971-80

after 1980

Self-Expression Values +_

Se

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lar-

Ra

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na

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+

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before 1921

after 1980

after 1980

after 1980

after 1980

before 1921

before 1921

Source: http://margaux.grandvinum.se/SebTest/wvs/articles/folder_published/article_base_83

But isn’t environmentalism spreading worldwide?

Source: http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b17/TaintedBalance/Great_Depression_Soup_Line.jpg