A new cultural cleavage in post-modern society

Vol. 27 No. 3 (2007)

Jul-Sep / 2007
Published March 17, 2020
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How to Cite

Lane, Jan-Erik. 2007. “A New Cultural Cleavage in Post-Modern Society”. Brazilian Journal of Political Economy 27 (3):375-93. https://centrodeeconomiapolitica.org/repojs/index.php/journal/article/view/571.

A new cultural cleavage in post-modern society

Jan-Erik Lane
Department of Political Science of University of Geneva.
Brazilian Journal of Political Economy, Vol. 27 No. 3 (2007), Jul-Sep / 2007, Pages 375-393

Abstract

The attitudes towards gender and homosexuality tend to be linked at the micro level (individuals), which explains the political saliency of this newly emerging cleavage. At the macro level (country), the main finding is that the value orientations towards gender and homosexuality are strongly embedded in the basic cultural or civilisation differences among countries. As developing countries modernise and enter post-modernity, they will also experience the gender cleavage, especially when they adhere to an individualistic culture. Cultural cleavages in the post-modern society, whether in rich or developing countries, can only be properly researched by the survey method. It opens up a large area for both micro and macro analyses in the social sciences.

JEL Classification: J16.


Keywords: Value orientations attitudes key values gender homosexuality microanalysis macroanalysis