全球价值观的分歧
Joshua Conrad Jackson1, Danila Medvedev2
1Booth School of Business, University of Chicago, Chicago, USA. joshua.jackson@chicagobooth.edu.
Nature communications
|April 9, 2024
概括
全球文化价值观正在分歧,而不是趋同,在宽容和自我表达方面存在显著差异,特别是在西方和非西方国家之间. 尽管全球存在分歧,但也观察到区域的趋同.
科学领域:
- 社会学 社会学 社会学
- 文化研究 文化研究
- 全球化研究 全球化研究
背景情况:
- 社会科学家之间关于现代化和全球化社会中文化变化的长期争论.
- 相互竞争的预测:文化趋于西方民主价值观的融合与文化差异的持续或增加.
- 需要经验数据来测试文化融合和分歧理论.
研究的目的:
- 实证地测试文化融合与分歧的竞争预测.
- 分析四十年来国家文化价值观的发展轨迹.
- 确定与文化价值相似性和差异性相关的因素.
主要方法:
- 对跨越1981年至2022年的大规模国际调查数据的分析.
- 包括来自76个国家文化的数据,包括超过40万个人的数据.
- 统计分析以跟踪价值变化并确定GDP和地理接近等相关因素.
主要成果:
- 全球价值观存在分歧的证据,特别是宽容和自我表达的价值观.
- 在高收入西方国家与世界其他国家之间观察到的最大分歧.
- 具有相似GDP水平的国家在历史上表现出相似的价值;地理接近是价值相似性的日益相关的关联.
结论:
- 国家文化在全球范围内正在分歧,挑战融合理论.
- 价值观的区域趋同正在发生,与全球分歧一起.
- 经济和地理因素在塑造文化价值轨迹方面发挥着重要作用.
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