Islam, gender, culture, and democracy.(World Values Survey)(Editorial) From: International Journal of Comparative Sociology | Date: December 1, 2002| Author: Inglehart, Ronald | COPYRIGHT 2002 E.J. Brill. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

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This collection of articles presents findings from the World Values Survey (WVS) and the European Values Surveys (EVS). These surveys cover 78 societies, containing over 80 percent of the world's population; they extend over the full range of cross-national variation, including societies with per capita incomes as low as $300 per year, ranging up to societies with per capita incomes of more than $35,000 per year; and long-established democracies with market ...

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