This book presents findings based on a unique source of insight into the role of human values--the World Values Survey and the European Values Survey, covering

This original and engaging book advocates an unabashedly empirical approach to understanding human values: abstract ideals that we consider important, such as f

Provides a wealth of information about values and beliefs of people all over the world

This volume presents theoretical, methodological, and empirical advances in understanding, and also in the effects of understanding, individual and societal val