Other western societies as well. in fact, if you use the size of trade in a country s economy as a measure, america is less globalized than many european countries. it s not even special when it comes to immigration. canada and sweden have a larger share of foreign-born people in their societies than does the united states. of course, technology is at work everywhere. in his last book religions sudden decline the distinguished social definer ronald inglehart added an answer . he pointed out the shift in times is the decline of religiosity in most countries. when inglehart and his colleagues looked at attitudes on religion from 1981 to 2007,