Who Are the Czech Materialists, Post-Materialists, and Those Who Are 'Mixed', and How Do They Differ in Their Opinions and Attitudes on Selected - Primarily Political - Subjects

Abstract

Research carried out over the last 30 years in many countries shows that there exists a relationship between postmaterialist values & a wide spectrum of social issues, from protection of the environment at one end to voting behavior at the other. The aim of this article is to verify whether the observed relationships in selected, primarily political, issues are valid in the case of the Czech Republic. Data have been drawn from the 1991 & 1999 European Value Study, which provide us with the opportunity to trace changes over time. Among the issues studied here are xenophobia & ethnocentrism, relationships to the environment, voting behavior, freedom, equality, & a just society.