Ingleharts theory on value change identifies the fact that many states have moved from Materialist values to Post-Materialist values. Meaning that as states economies have grown, their values have grown and changed with it. Inglehart had suggested that when a state had been developing, their first values were materialist. Why? Because Materialist mostly focus on keeping order in their countries or making sure that prices on goods and services are not rising too much. As a society starts to develop over time, it becomes more and more stable; leading to a change in opinions and values. As Americans, we seem to have very mixed views on many issues and what we believe in to be important to us. For example in class we were asked to choose two of
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Survial values being more about how safe and prepared we are, and how we see our country as superior to others. Also not trusting others countries so we may protect ourselves in the end. While Self-expression focuses more on the country itself and how things are handled within it. Mostly focusing on how to fix problems related to things like the environment, the economy and political problems. With Self-expression values, we are more likely to accept people of all races, backgrounds and sexual preferences. One way our Self-expression values are shown is when asked (V170) how secure they felt in their neighborhoods. About 70% agreed to feeling very to quite secure in their own neighborhoods. So most feel comfortable in their homes and do not feel threatened by others. Showing interest in politics is also a factor of self-expression. And when surveyed (V84) almost 58% were at least interested in politics. And what was surprising was when then comparing the answers with age groups, there were more elderly who were very interested, but with the 2 other younger age groups they had higher percentages at somewhat interested. This is where I think the shift is starting to happen. Because the percentages that showed somewhat interested surpassed the 50+ year olds who had been very interested. Even though the elderly had the highest percentage in the very interested in politics column there were even higher percentages in somewhat interested. Which leads me to believe that soon somewhat interested will turn into very interested as time continues
Survial values being more about how safe and prepared we are, and how we see our country as superior to others. Also not trusting others countries so we may protect ourselves in the end. While Self-expression focuses more on the country itself and how things are handled within it. Mostly focusing on how to fix problems related to things like the environment, the economy and political problems. With Self-expression values, we are more likely to accept people of all races, backgrounds and sexual preferences. One way our Self-expression values are shown is when asked (V170) how secure they felt in their neighborhoods. About 70% agreed to feeling very to quite secure in their own neighborhoods. So most feel comfortable in their homes and do not feel threatened by others. Showing interest in politics is also a factor of self-expression. And when surveyed (V84) almost 58% were at least interested in politics. And what was surprising was when then comparing the answers with age groups, there were more elderly who were very interested, but with the 2 other younger age groups they had higher percentages at somewhat interested. This is where I think the shift is starting to happen. Because the percentages that showed somewhat interested surpassed the 50+ year olds who had been very interested. Even though the elderly had the highest percentage in the very interested in politics column there were even higher percentages in somewhat interested. Which leads me to believe that soon somewhat interested will turn into very interested as time continues