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Ronald Inglehart is well-known for his work linking cultural values to political development and democratization. He was instrumental to the creation of the World Values Survey. In addition, he also wrote many influential books including The Silent Revolution, Cultural Evolution, and Cultural Backlash (cowritten with Pippa Norris).

Christian Welzel was among Inglehart's closest collaborators. He cowrote multiple books and articles with him. This conversation explores Inglehart's ideas about cultural values as well as the development of the World Values Survey. It also offers a personal window into the origins of the collaboration between Inglehart and Welzel. 

This is a bonus episode available only for premium subscribers or supports at Patreon. It is the fourth part of a series on the great thinkers of democratic thought through conversations with contemporary scholars.