Islam, Gender, Culture, And Democracy: Findings From The World Values Survey And The European Values Survey

The 2000-2001 WVS covers an unprecedented broad range of African and Islamic societies, extending from Morocco to Indonesia. This volume includes articles analyzing Islamic worldviews; the relationship between culture and democratic institutions; and the changing role of gender in society.

This collection of articles presents findings from the World Values Survey (WVS) and the European Values Survey (EVS). In planning the fourth wave of the World Values Survey, the Association set a high priority on attaining substantially better coverage of African countries and Islamic societies. As a result, the articles in this volume deal with the relationship between Islam and democracy, Islamic worldviews, culture and democratic institutions, and the changing role of gender. Survey findings cover societies such as Egypt, Jordan, Morocco, Algeria, Pakistan, India, and other regions of the world. Ronald Inglehart is the president of the World Values Survey Association and professor of political science and program director at the Institute for Social Research, University of Michigan. He is the author of over 170 publications dealing with changing belief systems and their impact on social and political change. He has been a visiting professor or visiting scholar in France, Germany, The Netherlands, Switzerland, Japan, South Korea, Taiwan, Brazil and Nigeria and has served as a consultant to the U.S. State Department and the European Union. For more information about his projects, please visit his website at: http: //wvs.isr.umich.edu/ringlehart/index.html