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Socio-cultural Cleavages in Europe
- Source :
- Regional Statistics. 4:106-125
- Publication Year :
- 2014
- Publisher :
- Hungarian Central Statistical Office, 2014.
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Abstract
- This paper investigates socio-cultural differences among European countries. The theoretical roots of our defined socio-cultural dimensions are elaborated in a multidisciplinary field. According to the considerable scientific literature, various sociocultural aspects such as trust, tolerance, civic norms and social networks have a serious impact on the development potential of a country or a region. We empirically tested the characteristics of these socio-cultural aspects on the European Social Survey database. The main conclusion of the paper is that there is a definite socio-cultural cleavage between the northern/western and the Central and Eastern European countries.
Details
- ISSN :
- 20639538
- Volume :
- 4
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Regional Statistics
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi...........303ce1105d6a1cf09406a6b2357abbe1