Failed promises of modernization: Temporal trends in religiosity, postmaterialism and Ethno-nationalist attitudes in the Netherlands

Th e process of modernization is understood to imply changing tends in prevalenceof certain value orientations. Th eoretical accounts dealing with theprocesses of global value changes include notions such as secularization, modernization,and postmaterialist value shift, among others. Th e paper analyzestrends in prevalence of thee basic value or ideological orientations: religiosity,postmaterialism and nationalist attitudes. Th e classical theories of valuetransformation imply decrease in religiosity and nationalist orientations, andincrease in post-materialism. Th e problem is examined using... Mehr ...