The theory of human development: A cross-cultural analysis

C. Welzel, R. Inglehart, H-D. Klingemann

By

Ania Bonarska

Olexiey Polkovnikov

Warsaw University

Bonarska, Polkovnikov

Outline

Introduction Theory Analyses More...

Warsaw University

Bonarska, Polkovnikov

Introduction

Socioeconomic development, emancipative value change and democratization

Lack an integrated theory on social change

Previous analyses

The Theory

Warsaw University

Bonarska, Polkovnikov

The main trajectories of societal change

Socioeconomic development Emancipative value change Democratization

Human choice

Warsaw University

Bonarska, Polkovnikov

Warsaw University

Bonarska, Polkovnikov

Linkages of Human Development

The Means-Motives Linkage– Self expression

• Freedom and choice

The Motives-Rules Linkage– Effective freedom rights

• Stability of political regimes

Warsaw University

Bonarska, Polkovnikov

Formal & Effective Democracy

The Indian case

Democracy– Formal rights

• How elites respect these rights

Authors’ analysis

Warsaw University

Bonarska, Polkovnikov

A mass-system linkage in human development

Emancipative values linked to people’s available resources

Effective democracy linked to emancipative mass values

Analyses

Warsaw University

Bonarska, Polkovnikov

Data sources and measurement

European/World Values Surveyswww.worldvaluessurvey.org

Warsaw University

Bonarska, Polkovnikov

Analyses

Cultural zones

Genesis of development

More...

Warsaw University

Bonarska, Polkovnikov

Sustainable Development

Thank you