Comparative Sociology of Changing Values and Social Stratification

2015 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 25285148
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B)
• Allocation Type: Partial Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Sociology
• Research Institution: Kyoto University
• Principal Investigator: Tarohmaru Hiroshi 京都大学, 文学研究科, 准教授 (60273570)
• Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha): NAGAYOSHI Kikuko 東北大学, 文学研究科, 准教授 (50609782) ; SHIBATA Haruka 立命館大学, 社会学部, 准教授 (50631909) ; TANABIKI Yusuke 立命館大学, OIC総合研究機構, 研究員 (80619065) ; MANABE Kazufumi 青山学院大学, 地球社会共生学部, 教授 (90098385)
• Co-Investigator(Renkei-kenkyūsha): YAMATO Reiko 関西大学, 社会学部, 教授 (50240049) ; Sakaguchi Yusuke 桃山学院大学, 社会学部, 准教授 (50589190)
• Project Period (FY): 2013-04-01 – 2016-03-31
• Keywords: 社会変動 / 近代化 / 価値観 / 脱近代 / 国際比較

Outline of Final Research Achievements

We described and explained the changing values in Japan, 1973-2008, comparing with those in other countries. Our main findings are as follows. Firstly, the direction of value changes were not toward the post-modernity, but toward the hyper-modernity. Post-modernization of values means diversification of values, decreasing association between values and social class, and recession of modern values. Hyper-modernization means rising orientation toward private life, and self expression. Secondly, We decomposed the value changes into three factors: age, period, and cohort (APC). Although the effects of APC were inconsistent, the effects of cohort were consistently smaller than previous studies had emphasized. When a large value change happened in a whole society, it happened among older cohorts as well as younger cohorts.

Free Research Field

社会学