Shifting Maltese values [Book review]

Abstract

Good quality sociological studies on contemporary issues in Maltese society are not easy to come across. Professor Abela's most recent work on values is one such book. It is a valuable text to students and lecturers in the social sciences, and a practical tool to researchers and policy makers. Values of Women and Men in the Maltese Islands is written with policy makers in mind. One of the objectives of the book is to identify the values of women and men in the Maltese Islands in a comparative European perspective Abela demonstrates how people in the Maltese Islands share basic value orientations with other European countries but have different value priorities on matters of religion. [Excerpt]