ESDinds Virtual Library

Defining and Categorising Values

Websites:

The World Values Survey - a global study of cultural values.

UIA Human Values Project - a searchable database of all described human values.

Humanity Quest - a thematic exploration of values.


Books:

The Nature of Human Values and Understanding human values : individual and societal by Milton Rokeach


Research Papers and Reports:

Hitlin, S., and Piliavin, J. (2004). "Values: Reviving a dormant concept." Annual Review of Sociology 30(1).

Schwartz, S. H., Melech, G., Lehmann, A., Burgess, S., Harris, M., and Owens, V. (2001). "Extending the Cross-Cultural Validity of the Theory of Basic Human Values with a Different Method of Measurement." Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology 32(5).


ESDinds Project Documents:

Excerpt from Draft Handbook on Values

Excerpt from Draft Handbook on Understanding Trust

Excerpt from Draft Handbook on Understanding Justice

Excerpt from Draft Handbook on Understanding Empowerment

Excerpt from Draft Handbook on Understanding Unity

Excerpt from Draft Handbook on Understanding Integrity