Figueroa, Valentin; Fouka, Vasiliki - 2023
What drives change in a society's values? From Marx to modernization theory, scholars have identified a connection … affect its dominant values, we examine the case of the movement for the abolition of slavery in the late 18th and early 19th … values and weak economic interest in the status quo to mobilize for change. Using data on anti-slavery petitions, membership …