This section of wp article is a good start: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Post-materialism#Measuring_post-materialism http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Post-materiali

This section of wp article is a good start: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Post-materialism#Measuring_post-materialism http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Post-materialism#Measuring_post... "If you had to choose among the following things, which are the two that seem the most desirable to you? Maintaining order in the nation. Giving people more say in important political decisions. Fighting rising prices. Protecting freedom of speech. ... On the basis of the choices made among these four items, it is possible to classify our respondents into value priority groups, ranging from a 'pure' acquisitive type to a 'pure' post-bourgeois type, with several intermediate categories." There was a longer test with more items in, I remember one was looking after the environment. Inglehart claimed that a certain type of generous life could incubate people into his "post-materialist" mindset, and then they wouldn't change to "materialist" even if they were subsequently exposed to hardship. Long time since I read any of it. This being one of those topics where I got to write an essay and then reuse it for another subject the next year. For shame! :) It stuck with me partly because I found "Giving people more say in important political decisions." to be a very uncomfortable idea. I've changed position somewhat since I last thought about this.