Revising the Value Shift Hypothesis: A Descriptive Analysis of South Africa’s Value Priorities between 1990 and 2001

Kotzè, Hennie; Lombard, Karin

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“…Concurrently, there is a transformation in people's modes of participation, moving from conventional political activities to unconventional forms of politic engagement [1][2][3]. However, research on this subject has predominantly centered around Western countries [4][5][6][7], with limited exploration in non-Western nations. Chinese rural farmers emerge as an excellent experimental cohort for this theory, as they have witnessed rapid economic growth while remaining deeply influenced by traditional authoritarianism culture.…”

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How does perceptions of social justice affect farmers’ political participation?—Evidence from China

2023

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Ronald Inglehart’s postmaterialist theory suggests that with the advancement of industrialization and economic prosperity, there will be a significant transformation in people’s societal values. Concurrently, their forms of political participation shift from conventional activities to unconventional politic activities. However, most research on this topic has been predominantly focused on Western countries. In fact, rural farmers in China serve as an excellent experimental group for testing this theory since they have experienced rapid economic growth while still being deeply influenced by traditional authoritarianism culture.Using a sample of 6,689 respondents from the 2019 Chinese Social Survey (CSS) and employing a Binary Logistic Regression Model, we discovered that Chinese farmers’ perception of overall societal justice exhibits a U-shaped relationship with various forms of political participation. Specifically, it shows a significant negative correlation with non-institutional political participation, such as contact-officer participation, but a significant positive correlation with institutional political participation types like community participation and election participation.Our further research indicates that the three subtypes of perception of societal justice are significantly negatively correlated only with non-institutional political participation, while their statistical relationship with institutional political participation is not significant. We believe that the underlying reason for this phenomenon lies in the unique interpretation of societal justice within Chinese traditional culture. Additionally, through a comparative analysis of models on political participation behavior and willingness, we found that despite significant inequalities and disparities in institutional structures and levels of economic development between rural and urban areas in China, rational considerations of the risks and costs associated with defying the government deter Chinese farmers from engaging in non-institutional politic activities unless their emotional resentment towards unjust practices reaches a certain threshold.

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How does perceptions of social justice affect farmers’ political participation?—Evidence from China

2023

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Postmodern Values in Seven Confucian Societies: Political Consequences of Changing World Views

Wang¹

2007

Japanese Journal of Political Science

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Economic development and the social changes it brings are changing people's world views among the East Asia Confucian societies. Most notable is a change from stressing hard work and achievement toward stressing enjoyment, self expression, and a fulfilling lifestyle. With this people also have become more pro-equality and tolerant toward different ideas and styles. These newly emerged views of modernized societies can be called ‘postmodern’ values. People with stronger postmodern values are more active politically, more assertive in demanding individual and political rights, and more emphatic in their preference for democratic government. The implication is that people in East Asia will demand more democracy as economic development proceeds and as they acquire these postmodern values.

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Liberalism and Postmaterialism in China: The Role of Social Class and Inequality

Zhang

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Andersen

2016

Chinese Sociological Review

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Revising the Value Shift Hypothesis: A Descriptive Analysis of South Africa’s Value Priorities between 1990 and 2001

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How does perceptions of social justice affect farmers’ political participation?—Evidence from China

How does perceptions of social justice affect farmers’ political participation?—Evidence from China

Postmodern Values in Seven Confucian Societies: Political Consequences of Changing World Views

Liberalism and Postmaterialism in China: The Role of Social Class and Inequality

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