Christopher Swader
Docent | Universitetslektor
On Family, Work, Money, and Morals: Intergenerational Value Differences in China
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Summary, in English
In which ways has China‘s rapid social change crystallized into differences between its generations’ values? The significance of intergenerational value gaps in values involving work,family, materialism, and individualism is reported based on a mixed-methods approach. A set of qualitative interviews with businessmen and their fathers was conducted in Shanghai in late 2005. Semi-structured interviews with individuals from these two groups are analyzed to see if there may be intergenerational breaks and continuities. The issue is then explored quantitatively through an analysis of the 4th
wave (2000) of World Values Survey data in China. Results from both methods indicate the middle-aged cohort, compared to the older, to be less focused on thrift, more materialistic, more individualistic, and less mindful in the parental duty of norm transmission, while the valuation of hard-work is equal within the middle and older cohorts.
wave (2000) of World Values Survey data in China. Results from both methods indicate the middle-aged cohort, compared to the older, to be less focused on thrift, more materialistic, more individualistic, and less mindful in the parental duty of norm transmission, while the valuation of hard-work is equal within the middle and older cohorts.
Publiceringsår
2010
Språk
Engelska
Sidor
118-142
Publikation/Tidskrift/Serie
Chinese Journal of Sociology
Volym
30
Issue
4
Dokumenttyp
Artikel i tidskrift
Förlag
SAGE Publications
Ämne
- Sociology (excluding Social Work, Social Psychology and Social Anthropology)
Nyckelord
- norm transmission
- values
- China
- traditional values
- materialism
- individualism
Aktiv
Published
ISBN/ISSN/Övrigt
- ISSN: 2057-150X