Als Operationalisierung schlägt Inglehart (1971: 994) einen Index vor, den er aus der folgenden Frage ableitet: „If you had to choose among the following things, which are the two that seem most desirable to you? • Maintaining order in the nation. • Giving people more say in important political decisions. • Fighting rising prices. • Protecting freedom of speech." 
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