Introduction -- Islamic Culture and Democracy:Testing the 'Clash of Civilizations' Thesis --- PIPPA NORRIS AND RONALD INGLEHART -- Is There an Islamic Civilization? --- YILMAZ ESMER -- The Worldviews of Islamic Publics: The Cases of Egypt, Iran, and Jordan --- MANSOOR MOADDEL AND TAQHI AZADARMAKI -- Gender Equality and Democracy --- RONALD INGLEHART, PIPPA NORRIS AND CHRISTIAN WELZEL -- Value Priorities in Israeli Society: An Examination of Inglehart's Theory of Modernization and Cultural Variation --- EPHRAIM YUCHTMAN-YA'AR -- Social Relations and Social Capitalin Vietnam: Findings from the 2001 World Values Survey --- RUSSELL J. DALTON , PHAM MINH HAC , PHAMTHANH NGHI AND NHU-NGOC T. ONG -- Authority Orientations and Political Support: A Cross-national Analysis of Satisfaction with Governments and Democracy --- NEIL NEVITTE AND MEBS KANJI -- Revising the Value Shift Hypothesis: A Descriptive Analysis of South Africa's Value Priorities between 1990 and 2001 --- HENNIE KOTZÉ AND KARIN LOMBARD -- Individual Values and Global Governance A Comparative Analysis of Orientations towards the United Nations --- THORLEIF PETTERSSON -- Two Contradictory Hypotheses on Globalization: Societal Convergence or Civilization Differentiation and Clash --- JUAN DÍEZ-NICOLÁS -- Corruption and Democracy: A Cultural Assessment --- ALEJANDRO MORENO -- General Index.