Values

Rhetorical Criticism of the 2008 Presidential Campaign: Establishing Premises of Agreement in Announcement Speeches

by Emma Frances Bloomfield

Subterranean Sources of Juvenile Delinquency In China: Evidence From Birth Cohort Surveys

by David Drissel

Foundations for Moral Relativism

by J. David Velleman

I attempt to explain the normative force and moral content of what are nevertheless independent, mutually... more I attempt to explain the normative force and moral content of what are nevertheless independent, mutually incompatible, but equally valid moralities.

The Uses of a Good Theory

by Steve Bearman

Co-authored with Faye Crosby

How does one diminish discrimination? Many members of SPSSI, including the present authors, have tried to reduce... more How does one diminish discrimination? Many members of SPSSI, including the present authors, have tried to reduce discrimination through the application of good theories. We outline three theoretical approaches that Crosby, like many other psychologists, has taken as she has struggled with discrimination. Sometimes missing in Crosby's approach, and often missing in the approach of others, is a frank avowal of values. We argue that the attempt to divorce science from values renders theories less effective than they need be and even allows unexamined values to contaminate good research.

What Matters to Australians? Our Social Economic and Political Values

by Timothy Devinney

Co-Authored with P. Auger & R. DeSailly

This is the first report relating to the Anatomy of Civil Societies Research Project.  It covers an omnibus study... more This is the first report relating to the Anatomy of Civil Societies Research Project.  It covers an omnibus study of Australian society using a mixture of different methods.  The report is a public report and hence simple and non-technical.

Individualization and Political Trust in The Netherlands What role do value orientations play?

by Bengü Hosch-Dayican

Chapter prepared for the book project “Democratic Audit in The Netherlands”

Published in Dutch in “De democratie doorgelicht: evaluatie van het Nederlandse democratische bestel“ (The Democratic Audit: Evaluation of the democratic system of The Netherlands), edited by Rudy Andeweg and Jacques Thomassen, Leiden: Leiden University Press, 2011, pp. 45-63

La importancia de los valores personales en el contexto de la terapia psicológica con menores infractores

by Carlos Belda

DERECHO, UTOPISMO Y VALORES EN LA CONSTITUCIÓN “CIUDADANA” BRASILEÑA

by Paulo Ferreira da Cunha

in "Revista Europea de Historia de las Ideas Politicas y de las Instituciones Publicas", n.º 2 (2012), pp. 99-137.

In an interdisciplinary exercise, this article seeks to capture some essential aspects of the Constitution of Brazil.... more In an interdisciplinary exercise, this article seeks to capture some essential aspects of the Constitution of Brazil.
It recalls some fundamental concepts in the semantic fields of utopia and values, in order to make the necessary reading guidelines of this analysis.
We emphasize the constitution main goals, which we consider linked to the Principle of Hope, or utopianism.
And in connection with it, we detect the importance of political and juridical values of this Constitution. It is explicitly evaluative, and creats a new balance between values that are often pointed out as antagonistic.
In addition, the Brazilian Constitution is compared here with one of its recognized sources, the Portuguese Constitution of 1976, concluding that both fit into the modern constitutionalism, the Western concept of constitution, and political liberal and social paradigms.

Social identity: Looking through micro-macro lenses

by Boushra Dalile

Constituição, Utopia e Utopismo - O Exemplo da Constituição Cidadã Brasileira

by Paulo Ferreira da Cunha

in "Revista Jurídica Cesumar – Mestrado",  vol. 9, n.º 1, 2009, pp. 35-55.

Sumário: A Questão Conceitual. 1.1 Constituintes, Mito e Utopia; 2 O Género Literário Constituição; 3 Utopia e... more Sumário: A Questão Conceitual. 1.1 Constituintes, Mito e Utopia; 2 O Género Literário Constituição; 3 Utopia e Constituição; 4 Categorias; 4.1 Os grandes paradigmas ou épocas (tempos) do Direito; 4.2 As grandes formas de pensamento crítico; 5 O Lugar e o Papel da Constituição; 6 Utopia e Utopismo na Constituição Cidadã brasileira; 6.1 Os Valores e o Preâmbulo; 6.2 Alguns traços de utopismo constitucional; 7 O Paradigma da Cláusula Geral e o Paradigma Detalhista; 8 Conclusão. De novo os Conceitos e as Coisas: utopia e utopismo; Referências.

Governmental Stakeholder and Project Owner's Views on Regulative Frameworks in Nuclear Projects

by Liisa Sallinen

Authors: Sallinen, L., Ahola, T., Ruuska, I.

Conference paper presented in IRNOP (International Research Network on Organizing by Projects) conference in June 19th-22nd 2011 in Montreal, Canada.

The paper was chosen as one of the ten best papers of the conference and awarded as the Best Student Paper of the conference.

Published in Project Management Journal Vol. 42, No. 6, 33–47, 2011.

This paper aims at increasing understanding on a specific type of stakeholder, namely governmental stakeholders that... more This paper aims at increasing understanding on a specific type of stakeholder, namely governmental stakeholders that have significant influence over projects and base their influence on a regulative framework. Different parties in nuclear projects make their own interpretations on the framework. To understand why there are differences in these interpretations, we used three institutional elements: (1) laws and rules, (2) practices, and (3) values for analysis. This paper uses interview data from a nuclear industry governmental stakeholder and a project owner. The results show that interpretations aren’t always coherent, and the incoherencies are clearest in the practice element.

Les valeurs de l'Europe: entre l'idéal, le discours et la réalité / European Values: Between Ideal, Speech-making, and Reality

by Stella Ghervas

Published in "Rethinking Democracy", Kiev (Ukraine), February 2012
Article in Russian, Ukrainian, and French.

La démocratie est un projet idéal qui a joué un rôle clef dans les évolutions des deux derniers siècles, en se... more La démocratie est un projet idéal qui a joué un rôle clef dans les évolutions des deux derniers siècles, en se matérialisant de façon imparfaite dans une variété de constructions politiques. L'Union européenne ne fait pas exception, en présentant un discours dont la démocratie est certes une valeur essentielle, mais qui est néanmoins différent de celui des États-nations à cause de l'emphase qu'il met sur des valeurs dites "européennes" (diversité, tolérance, liberté de mouvement des personnes et des biens, etc.).

Or ce discours ne dit pas tout sur les idéaux philosophiques qui ont mené à la construction européenne, ni sur les compromis quotidiens voire les contradictions de la politique communautaire. Dans une perspective historique, cette contribution illustrera l'évolution de ces trois "niveaux" des valeurs, du XIXe siècle à nos jours. Leur opposition dialectique, toujours en mouvement, fournit un éclairage sur la "crise identitaire" que vit l'Europe élargie d'aujourd'hui.

BİREYSEL DEĞERLER ENVANTERİ’NİN DİLSEL EŞDEĞERLİK GEÇERLİK VE GÜVENİRLİK ÇALIŞMASI

by Halil Eksi

Tezer ASAN
Füsun EKŞİ
Aydın DOĞAN
Halil EKŞİ

Bu araştırmanın amacı Roy (2003) tarafından geliştirilen “Personal Values Inventory”
(Kişisel Değerler Envanteri)... more Bu araştırmanın amacı Roy (2003) tarafından geliştirilen “Personal Values Inventory”
(Kişisel Değerler Envanteri) ölçeğinin Türkçe formunun geçerlik ve güvenirliği
çalışmasıdır. Araştırma toplam 200 üniversite öğrencisi (19-32 yaş aralığındaki 117 kadın
ile 83 erkek öğrenci) üzerinde yürütülmüştür. Ayrıca dilsel eşdeğerlilik analizi için 50
üniversite öğrencisi üzerinde iki hafta arayla ölçeğin Türkçe ve İngilizce formu uygulanmış
sonuçlar karşılaştırmalı olarak analiz edilmiştir. Faktör analizi sonucunda ölçeğin orijinal
formda olduğu gibi beş faktörden oluştuğu ve faktör yüklerinin .40 ile .76 arasında değiştiği
görülmüştür. Ölçeğin Cronbach Alpha iç tutarlılık kat sayısı .63 olarak bulunmuştur. Kriter
geçerliliği analizi için “Kişisel Değerler Envanteri” ile bu ölçeğe eşdeğer ölçme araçlarından
olan “Schwartz Değerler Ölçeği” tesadüfi olarak seçilen 50 öğrenciye uygulanmıştır.
Sonuçlar Kişisel Değerler Envanteri Ölçeği’nde yer alan alt boyutlar ile Schwartz Değerler
Ölçeği’nde yer alan alt boyutların paralellik gösterdiği görülmüştür. Tüm sonuçlar Kişisel
Değerler Envanteri’nin dilsel eşdeğerlilik ile yüksek düzeyde geçerlik ve güvenirliğe sahip
olduğunu göstermektedir.

The aim of this research is to review the validity and reliability of the Turkish version
of the Scale of PIV- Personal Values Inventory developed by Roy&Andersen (1996).
The study was carried out on 200 university students. In addition, to analyse linguistic
equivalence, Turkish and English versions of the scale were applied to 50 university
students at different time periods (Turkish version was applied to the same students a week
after the English versions were returned), and results were analysed by comparing them to
each other, according to the results of paired samples statistics and the t-test the scale has
linguistic equivalence. Factor analysis showed that like the original form of the scale, the
scale consisted of five factors and factor loadings varied between .40 to .76. Cronbach Alpha
internal consistency quotient of the scale was calculated as .63. To analyse criterion validity
“Personal Values Inventory-PVI” and “Schwartz Values Inventory”, one of the equivalent
scales to PIV, were applied to randomly chosen 50 people at different time periods. Pearson
Product Momentum Correlation Analysis was used to determine whether
there is a significant relation between the answers for the two scales. The results showed
that the sub-dimensions in Personal Values Inventory were parallel to the sub- dimensions in “Schwartz Values Inventory”. Overall results showed that “Personal Values inventory
has high reliability and validity”

Yönetici ve Öğretmenlerin Değer Tercihleri ile Örgütsel Vatandaşlık Davranışları Arasındaki İlişki

by Halil Eksi

Ali Aktay*, Halil Ekşi**
İş Ahlakı Dergisi Turkish Journal of Business Ethics, Mayıs May 2009, Cilt Volume 2, Sayı Issue 3, s. pp. 19-65

Özet: Bu araştırmayla yönetici ve öğretmenlerin değer tercihleri ile örgütsel vatandaşlık
davranışı arasındaki... more Özet: Bu araştırmayla yönetici ve öğretmenlerin değer tercihleri ile örgütsel vatandaşlık
davranışı arasındaki ilişkinin ortaya çıkarılması amaçlanmıştır. Araştırmanın evrenini
İstanbul ili Avrupa Yakası’ndaki resmî ortaöğretim kurumlarında görev yapan 252 yönetici
ve öğretmenden oluşmaktadır. Ayrıca bu araştırmada; demografi k değişkenlerin toplanmasına
yönelik kişisel bilgi formu, Schwartz Değerler Ölçeği ve Yücel Örgütsel Vatandaşlık
Davranışı Ölçeği yer almaktadır. Yönetici ve öğretmenlerin değer tercihleri, demografi k
özellikleri ile örgütsel vatandaşlık davranışı arasındaki ilişkinin var olduğu bu araştırmanın
sonuçlarıyla ortaya konmuştur. Yönetici ve öğretmenlerin değer tercihleri ile örgütsel
vatandaşlık davranışı arasında anlamlı bir ilişki vardır.
Anahtar Kelimeler: Yöneticiler, öğretmen davranışı, değerler, değer ölçüleri, örgütsel
vatandaşlık davranışı.
Abstract: The main purpose of this research is to investigate the relationship between
organizational citizenship behaviours and value preferences of teachers and principals.
The participants of this research includes 252 principals and teachers who are on duty in
state schools in west side of Istanbul province. In addition, in the research personal information
form, Schwartz value scale and Yücel organizational citizenship behaviours scale
are used for collecting data. As result of the analyses, there is a meaningful relationship
between the value preferences the organizational citizenship behaviours. As the importance
given to the organizational citizenship behaviours increases, also the organizational
citizenship behaviour increases.
Keywords: Principals, teacher behavior, values, standard of value, organizational citizenship
behaviour

Metaphoric Wealth: Finance, Financialization and the End of Narrative

by Max Haiven

Chapter forthcoming in an collection tentatively titled "Social Theory and the Economy" edited by Todd Dufresne

This chapter asks us to understand finance as a cultural system. The past 40 years have seen the rise of... more This chapter asks us to understand finance as a cultural system. The past 40 years have seen the rise of “financialization”: the growing influence of financial speculation on the global economy, and the deep imbrications of financial “logics” into everyday life the world over. Throughout this period, finance has come both to influence culture (as a realm of shared understandings, representations and human relationships) and to be increasingly “cultural” in that it both influences and relies upon social action and meaning, shared belief and linguistic participation. In this chapter I argue that financialization is both a cause and a consequence of a broad shift away from narrative and towards metaphor. Financialization forces us to contend with a fragmentary world where narratives no longer seem to hold and where our shared understandings of social and economic processes are increasingly disjunctive and chaotic. But while finance may be is a metaphoric system, where abstractions of money and risk create a hyper-complex interwoven system of representations, it is not merely an elite hallucination of “imaginary money.” On the contrary finance expresses the phenomenal power and obscene perversion of the collective imagination under an incredibly dangerous form of global capitalism.

"Aristotle's Argument that Goods are Irreducible." In Just the Arguments: 100 of the Most Important Arguments in Western Philosophy, edited by M. Bruce and S. Barbone. Blackwell, 2011.

by Jurgis (George) Brakas

JUST THE ARGUMENTS "[is] a survey and presentation of 100 of the most important arguments in Western philosophy, wherein experts will write brief encyclopedia-like entries presenting arguments in their essence, including a representative quotation, explication of the context and the aim of the argument, and the argument's logical form."

The Image of Yugoslavia among Post-Yugoslav Youth

by Andrej Kirbis

Co-authored with Sergej Flere, published in Südosteuropa 59(3), 330–348.

This article discusses the results of a cross-cultural survey regarding the perception of Yugoslavia among social... more This article discusses the results of a cross-cultural survey regarding the perception of Yugoslavia among social sicence students in former Yugoslav countries. A favourable attitude
toward the former Yugoslavia was detected in Montenegro, Macedonia and in both bosnian entities. The resolutely negative perception of Yugoslavia prevailing in Kosovo and Croatia
has to do with a long-term commitment to independence among Kosovo-Albanians and Croats. The rather reserved stance towards Yugoslavia among Serbs is a historical novelty.
Pro-Yugoslav attitudes generally correlated positively with individuals inclined toward a leftist ideological identification and economic egalitarianism, whereas such associations were
not found for those who identify with authoritarianism and traditionalism. The Slovenian and Croatian samples support this finding while the Serbian and Macedonian samples associate
pro-Yugoslav attitudes with authoritarianism. This reflects differences in the perception of Yugoslavia in various environments. it was likewise found that significant variation exists among attitudes regarding the political natures of the present states and the hypothetical renewal of Yugoslavia.

Subject political culture in post-communist societies: a comparative study of post-Yugoslav students [Podložniška politična kultura v postkomunističnih družbah: primerjalna študija postjugoslovanskih študentov]

by Andrej Kirbis

Co-authored with Sergej Flere, Published in Družboslovne razprave, 27 (66), 45-66

The present study examined several measures of political culture among 2,178 social science students (M age = 19.8... more The present study examined several measures of political culture among 2,178 social science students (M age = 19.8 years, SD = 1.89) in eight post-Yugoslav entities. The aggregate level results indicated that socio-economically less developed environments had higher average levels of subject political culture, which is characterized by authoritarianism, general traditionalism, traditional gender roles attitudes, state paternalism and general distrust. The only exception from this tendency was the measure of economic egalitarianism, where between-country differences were not significant. Authors demonstrate that nearly two decades after the dissolution of Yugoslavia some of the same value differences are still found in its successor territories. They conclude that the process of democratic consolidation is far from over in post-Yugoslav entities and that Slovenia comes closest to achieving that goal in political-cultural context.

Authoritarian political culture and political participation: A comparative study of established and postcommunist European democracies

by Andrej Kirbis

Co-authored with Musil, B., Flere, S., Tavčar Krajnc, M., & Naterer, A. (2011).
Paper presented at the Political Psychology Networking Conference for the Post-Communist Region – Political Behavior Research Group (PolBeRG) at the Central European University (CEU), November 25–27, Budapest, Hungary.

Inglehart’s theory of postmodernization (1997) and theory of human development (Inglehart and Welzel, 2007) predict... more Inglehart’s theory of postmodernization (1997) and theory of human development (Inglehart and Welzel, 2007) predict that political cultural orientations are strongly associated with political and cognitive mobilization. It is argued that non-authoritarian (i.e. postmaterialist, libertarian, democratic) orientations are based in participatory component and self-actualization, while traditional orientations contribute to political pasivization (Gabriel, 2004). Past research in established Western democracies has largely confirmed these predictions (see, among others, Inglehart, 1997; Shin, 1999; Flanagan and Lee, 2003; Gabriel, 2004; Gabriel and van Deth, 2004; Gundelach, 2004) and similar results have also been found in a few studies that included postcommunist countries (e.g., Klingemann et al., 2006). Such findings are especially important since it is also argued that consolidation of postcommunist democracies could be halted if “authoritarians” are found significantly more active in public life (e.g., in electoral turnout, party membership, contacting politicians, etc.) than “democrats”  (Thomassen and van Deth, 1998). The aim of our research was twofold: firstly, we compared levels of political participation and authoritarian orientations in three regions: seventeen established EU democracies, ten Central and Eastern European EU member states, and six post-Yugoslav non-EU countries. Secondly, we analyzed the relationship between three measures of authoritarian political culture (e.g., Klingemann et al., 2006) and three types of political participation: electoral turnout, conventional non-electoral participation (party membership) and protest participation (signing petitions, joining in boycotts, and attending lawful/peaceful demonstrations) in all three regions. We employed the newest (2008) wave of European Values Study. The results indicated that 1) postcommunist citizens are more authoritarian oriented than their Western counterparts; and 2) in all three regions “authoritarians” are less likely to be engaged in all three types of political participation. As expected, the associations are strongest in Western democracies. Implications of the results and future research suggestions are discussed.

An Examination of the Humane Values Education Program on a Group of Science High School Students

by Halil Eksi

Bülent DİLMAÇ; Adnan KULAKSIZOĞLU, Halil EKŞİ
Educational Sciences: Theory & Practice
7 (3) • September 2007 • 1241-1261

The purpose of this study is to find out whether the humane values education program
has produced any changes on... more The purpose of this study is to find out whether the humane values education program
has produced any changes on the students’ level of humane values. The research
was conducted with the first-and second-grade students in Konya Meram Science
High School in the 2006-2007 academic year. Thirty students participated in
the study. Half of the participants were assigned to the experimental group and the
other half to the control group. The research period spans April & May. Having prepared
the education program and the scale, the experimental and control groups were
formed objectively. The experimental group, consisting of 15 students, was provided
with the Humane Values Education Program lasting 14 sessions. Two sessions
were held in a week. Statistical methods were used to balance the control and
experimental group. The control group didn’t receive any program. Findings of the
research can be summarized as follows: Between the pre-test and post-test of the experimental
group, a significant difference can be seen in favor of the post- test. There
is no such a difference for the control group. According to the post-test results of
the control and experimental group, there are meaningful differences in favor of the
experimental group in the sub-dimensions of responsibility, friendship, amiability,
respect, honesty, and tolerance. Thus, these results show the effectiveness of the
program presented. The sub-dimensions of the Humane Values Education Program
given above show that this study is effective with regard to affective, cognitive, and
behavioral outcomes. Suggestions are made in the light of the findings and it has been
concluded that the program is effective in the development of secondary education
students’ value acquisition.