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  • A theoretical explanation other than modernization theory for the diverse value profiles in European countries emerging from the 1990 European Values Survey is pursued. Countries are characterized by different social institutions in the areas of family, the welfare state, & nationalism, & the impact of these characteristics on values is examined. Per regression analyses at the country level, the % of women in paid jobs is negatively correlated with the degree of traditional authoritarian familism, & the % of Catholics is positively correlated with familism. Decommodification predicts the type of welfare state, but the relationship between that type & values is complex. The level of national pride in a society is predicted by its religious & cultural homogeneity, not by the economic factors that modernization theory would propose. Analysis shows that these important types of values cannot be condensed, nor can countries be ordered on traditional-modern dimensions without loss of explanatory power.-------------All research shows substantial between-country differences in values. How can these be explained? This article argues that a social institution's approach is more effective than the often-used modernization theory to explain value differences among countries. The analysis is based on European data from the European Values Study Group's surveys in 1990. It is shown that familism is best explained by examining particular denominations, that dominate a country. Welfare-state values are explained by the character of the welfare state and nationalistic values by the heterogeneity of the nation. The result is a picture of fragmentation of values among the European countries based on fundamental institutional arrangements in the various countries, the conclusion being that it cannot be expected that it is possible to create common European values. (xsd:string)
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