Scott J
Faculty of Social and Political Science, University of Cambridge.
Br J Sociol. 2000 Jun;51(2):355-76.
In this paper, I explore the way in which people view how the world has changed since they were growing up. This is done both quantitatively and qualitatively, using open-ended responses from the British Household Panel Survey. The theoretical perspective draws on Mannheim's insight that generational location predisposes individuals to characteristic modes of thought and experience and Moscovici's contention that generations may have distinctive social representations. The data largely support the generational hypothesis. The ten most frequent changes mentioned are unemployment, lack of safety, lack of discipline, increased pressure, moral decline, increased crime, drugs, environmental problems, and family breakdown. These social representations of how the world has changed are significant predictors of child-rearing values, especially for women. More generally, I argue that despite the broad consensus concerning the problems facing children born today, the social representations of men and women who grew up in different epochs exacerbate the value clash between generations.
在本文中，我探讨了人们看待自其成长以来世界如何变化的方式。这通过定量和定性的方法来进行，使用了英国家庭追踪调查中的开放式回答。理论视角借鉴了曼海姆的观点，即代际定位使个体倾向于特定的思维和体验模式，以及莫斯科维奇的观点，即不同代人可能有独特的社会表征。数据在很大程度上支持了代际假说。提及最多的十大变化是失业、缺乏安全感、缺乏纪律、压力增加、道德滑坡、犯罪增加、毒品、环境问题和家庭破裂。这些关于世界如何变化的社会表征是育儿价值观的重要预测指标，对女性而言尤其如此。更普遍地说，我认为尽管对于当今出生的儿童所面临的问题存在广泛共识，但在不同时代成长起来的男性和女性的社会表征加剧了代际之间的价值观冲突。
