Global Publics, Political Parties and Morality

An Analysis Based on the World Values Survey
Erscheinungsjahr 2025
ISBN: 978-3-031-97550-9
Verlag: Springer

Buch, Englisch, 128 Seiten, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 224 g

Reihe: SpringerBriefs in Political Science

This book provides a groundbreaking empirical study on the persistence of religious morality in an increasingly secular world. Analyzing data from the 2019–2022 World Values Survey and European Values Survey, it examines religious adherence and morality across 82 countries and over 400 political parties. Using advanced index methodologies, the study reveals where and how religious norms, particularly those rooted in the Ten Commandments, continue to shape social values and how this affects political party support.

Essential for scholars, policymakers, and religious communities, this book challenges the notion that secularization is inevitable and explores the complex relationship between faith, politics, and global development.

Werner J. Patzelt, Professor Emeritus of Political Systems and Comparative Politics, TU Dresden / MCC Brussels, Visiting Professor of Research
  
Professor Hussein Solomon, Centre for Gender and Africa Studies, University of the Free State, South Africa

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Tausch, Arno

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Systeme Wahlen und Volksabstimmungen
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politikwissenschaft Allgemein Politische Theorie, Politische Philosophie
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziologie Allgemein Empirische Sozialforschung, Statistik
• Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Religionswissenschaft Allgemein Religion & Politik, Religionsfreiheit

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Chapter 1. Introduction: The Vengeance of the Ten Commandments. Chapter 2. Background: The Secularist Error of Giving Up on God: why secularists are wrong in an increasingly multicultural society.- Chapter 3. Methodology and Data.- Chapter 4. Empirical results based on the non-parametric Index of Religious Morality.- Chapter 5. Empirical results based on the non-parametric Index of Religious Morality.- Chapter 6. Direct Measurements of Observing the “Ten Commandments” in the World Values Survey.- Chapter 7. The Kuznets Curves of Religious Morality.- Chapter 8. Good-Bye 1968:multicultural values and Generations.- Chapter 9. Overall Conclusion: Giving Up on the Ten Commandments: Not a Good Idea for Society?.

Über Autor(innen)

Arno Tausch is currently a visiting professor of Political Studies and Governance at the University of the Free State, Bloemfontein, South Africa. He is also an adjunct professor of Political Science at Innsbruck University, Department of Political Science, Innsbruck University, Austria (since 1988). Tausch authored or co-authored books and articles for major international publishers and journals, including 33 books in English, 2 books in French, 9 books in German, and currently 123 articles in peer-reviewed journals, 32 articles in edited volumes, and numerous press articles in the media of several countries.