This paper argues that social transformation processes generate shifts in public opinion among the public. More specifically, increasing rates of modernization and globalization in the Arab world over the past half century have led to a moving away from religion, tradition, and ethnocentrism to embracing more secular, liberal, and egalitarian values. Ordinary citizens in today’s Arab world are more tolerant towards non-Muslims, Americans, and other Westerners more than ever before. They support recognizing Israel as a state at a rate previously unprecedented in the region. Arabs are politically, socially, and culturally more liberal than they have been in the twentieth century. Evidence from the World Values Survey and Arab Barometer clearly convey this observable value change in the region. Underlying causes for this change are arguably due to macro, mezzo, and micro-level changes in peoples’ lives resulting from increased modernization and globalization compared to earlier periods. This confirms earlier findings from Western Europe and North America which propose that social transformation processes yield predictable changes in values among mass publics.

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阿拉伯世界价值观变化的现代化和全球化的影响

本文认为，社会转型过程会引起公众舆论的转变。更具体地说，在过去的半个世纪中，阿拉伯世界现代化和全球化的速度不断提高，导致人们从宗教，传统和民族中心主义转向拥抱更加世俗，自由和平等的价值观。当今阿拉伯世界的普通公民比以往任何时候都更加容忍非穆斯林，美国人和其他西方人。他们支持以该地区前所未有的速度承认以色列为一个国家。阿拉伯人在政治，社会和文化上比20世纪更加自由。来自世界价值调查和阿拉伯晴雨表的证据清楚地传达了该地区这种可观察到的价值变化。可以说，造成这种变化的根本原因是由于与早期相比，现代化和全球化程度的提高导致人们生活的宏观，中间和微观层面的变化。这证实了来自西欧和北美的较早发现，这些发现提出社会转型过程会在大众中产生可预测的价值变化。