Values and Attitudes across Nations and Time

Values and Attitudes across Nations and Time
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Publisher : BRILL
Total Pages : 174
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ISBN-10 : 9789004476813
ISBN-13 : 9004476814
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Synopsis Values and Attitudes across Nations and Time by : Masamichi Sasaki

Values and Attitudes across Nations and Time contributes to an ever-growing body of work focussing on the elucidation of variations in values and attitudes throughout the world - not only what they actually are, but also strategies for their detection, description and classification. Researchers in the field seek to identify both similarities and differences. In this work, quantitative and qualitative views and methods are explored by nine well-known authors: Masamichi Sasaki, current President of the International Institute of Sociology; Theodore Caplow of the University of Virginia; Mattei Dogan of the National Center of Scientific Research, Paris; S.N. Eisenstadt of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem; Chikio Hayashi of the Institute of Statistical Mathematics, Tokyo; Geert Hofstede of the University of Limburg at Maastricht in The Netherlands; Alex Inkeles of Stanford University; P. Herbert Leiderman of the Stanford University Medical School; Robert M. Marsh of Brown University; and Carmi Schooler of the National Institute of Mental Health, Bethesda, USA.

Measuring Attitudes Cross-Nationally

Measuring Attitudes Cross-Nationally
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Publisher : SAGE
Total Pages : 289
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ISBN-10 : 9781848604964
ISBN-13 : 1848604963
Rating : 4/5 (64 Downloads)

Synopsis Measuring Attitudes Cross-Nationally by : Roger Jowell

Winner of the 2006 The Descartes Prize "for excellence in collaborative scientific research" With the expansion of the European Union and the development of supra-national governance worldwide, the volume of cross-national data and the importance of rigorous comparative analysis has grown rapidly. This book, written by members of the design and implementation team for the groundbreaking European Social Survey (ESS), reviews current best practice in the conduct of cross-national, cross-cultural quantitative research. The first eight chapters cover the background and rationale for the Survey and offer a detailed analysis of the methods and procedures used, as well as exploring ways to overcome the obstacles to successful cross-national research. The final chapter looks ahead to future comparative surveys and discusses the lessons that can be learned from the ESS. As well as examining methodological issues, Measuring Attitudes Cross-Nationally includes four substantive chapters on the findings of the ESS, including the emergence of hitherto unknown national differences in values regarding immigration and perceptions of citizenship. The ESS data is also considered in comparison with that from US General Social Survey. Measuring Attitudes Cross-Nationally offers a practical guide, firmly grounded in theory, for researchers across the social sciences who have an interest the design, planning or interpretation of cross-national social surveys.

The Rhythm of Modernization: How Values Change over Time

The Rhythm of Modernization: How Values Change over Time
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Publisher : BRILL
Total Pages : 321
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ISBN-10 : 9789004411913
ISBN-13 : 9004411917
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Synopsis The Rhythm of Modernization: How Values Change over Time by : Raül Tormos

In The Rhythm of Modernization, Raül Tormos analyses the pace at which belief systems change across the developed world during the modernization process. It is often assumed that value change follows the slow rhythm of generational replacement. This book, however, reports trends that contradict this assumption in the field of values. Challenging Inglehart’s modernization theory, the transition from traditional to modern values happens much quicker than predicted. Many “baby-boomers” who were church-going, morally conservative materialists when they were young, become unchurched and morally tolerant postmaterialists in their later years. Using surveys from multiple countries over many years, and applying cutting-edge statistical techniques, this book shows how citizens quickly adapt their belief systems to new circumstances throughout their lives.

Landmark 1989

Landmark 1989
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Publisher : LIT Verlag Münster
Total Pages : 301
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ISBN-10 : 9783643104496
ISBN-13 : 3643104499
Rating : 4/5 (96 Downloads)

Synopsis Landmark 1989 by : Heinrich Best

The year 1989 marks an upheaval in Central and Eastern Europe and stands for a radical change in such spheres as society, economy, politics and culture in this region. This volume presents a collection of articles and analyses exploring a broad range of aspects of post-1989 developments ranging from historical legacies and politics of history, changing values and mentality, old and new inequalities, elites and European integration, written by recognised social scientists from both Eastern and Western Europe. The chapters included in the volume present not only recent advances and findings, but also state-of-the-art of research and emerging trends and future challenges in the above-mentioned areas.

Social Attitudes in Japan

Social Attitudes in Japan
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Publisher : BRILL
Total Pages : 320
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ISBN-10 : 9789004476103
ISBN-13 : 9004476105
Rating : 4/5 (03 Downloads)

Synopsis Social Attitudes in Japan by : Masamichi Sasaki

Why is it important to study general social attitudes? To compare social attitudes across nations? To conduct such research longitudinally? The answers reveal the significance of such social research under unprecedented globalization, which creates imperatives for mutual international understanding. Though principally focused on Japanese social attitudes, these attitudes must be compared across nations and time, one means being cross-national attitude surveys, encompassing special methodologies and data analytic techniques. In 1953, the Institute of Statistical Mathematics began nationwide, longitudinal surveys of the Japanese way of thinking. All of the work described in this book stems from this research. This book is intended as a learning tool for those engaged in or contemplating social scientific research. At both national and international levels, survey and analytic methodologies are explored, explicated and applied to real world data. This publication has also been published in hardback (no longer available ISBN 90 04 11853 5).

Surveying Climate-Relevant Behavior

Surveying Climate-Relevant Behavior
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Publisher : Springer Nature
Total Pages : 165
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ISBN-10 : 9783030857967
ISBN-13 : 3030857964
Rating : 4/5 (67 Downloads)

Synopsis Surveying Climate-Relevant Behavior by : Markus Hadler

This open access book discusses the contribution of sociology and survey research to climate research. The authors address the questions of which behaviors are of climate relevance, who is engaging in these behaviors, in which contexts do these behaviors occur, and which individual perceptions and values are related to them. Utilizing survey research, the book focuses on the measurement of climate-relevant behaviors with population surveys and develops an instrument that allows a valid estimate of an individual’s GHG emissions with a few core items. While the development of these instruments was based on surveys and qualitative interviews conducted in Austria, the instruments were subsequently tested in a set of 31 European countries, revealing the international relevance of such research. The book also concludes with a brief consideration of the effects of the COVID-19 crisis on environmental attitudes, situating the project globally.

African Brain Circulation

African Brain Circulation
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Publisher : BRILL
Total Pages : 197
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ISBN-10 : 9789047420910
ISBN-13 : 9047420918
Rating : 4/5 (10 Downloads)

Synopsis African Brain Circulation by :

In this book, discussions on African brain circulation and transnational society provide new insights and point to fertile research and policy agendas. Today, a globally important dilemma concerns citizens who either depart from their homeland to enhance their life chances in a rich society - but possibly contribute to a brain drain for their homeland - or stay home and work - but possibly contribute to a brain waste since conditions at home will not allow them to contribute commensurately with their capability. Increasingly, scholars on the subject of global South-to-West emigrants argue that it is not just a possibility of a brain drain occurring when citizens emigrate or brain waste occurring when they stay home, but rather a brain gain when they emigrate strategically and contribute to development in the homeland.

Sociology and Ideology

Sociology and Ideology
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Publisher : BRILL
Total Pages : 164
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ISBN-10 : 9004131043
ISBN-13 : 9789004131040
Rating : 4/5 (43 Downloads)

Synopsis Sociology and Ideology by : Eliezer Ben Rafael

Annotation Representing different views on the role of ideology in sociological pursuits, and on the sociological study of ideology, these seven essays consider the relationship between ideology and relativism, modernity, economic globalization, linguistic pluralism, critical reflexivity, and identity. The authors examine sociological practice as it has varied over time and as it is employed in different geographical locations, contrasting sociological work with that of other social sciences. Annotation 2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com).

Achieving Justice

Achieving Justice
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Publisher : BRILL
Total Pages : 288
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ISBN-10 : 9004129901
ISBN-13 : 9789004129900
Rating : 4/5 (01 Downloads)

Synopsis Achieving Justice by : Toril Aalberg

This book gives a systematic and extensive comparative analysis of public beliefs about social justice. It discuses the explations behind cross-national variations and chang over time, as well as existing welfare practices influence on the public

Convergence of Productivity

Convergence of Productivity
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Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Total Pages : 356
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ISBN-10 : 9780195083903
ISBN-13 : 0195083903
Rating : 4/5 (03 Downloads)

Synopsis Convergence of Productivity by : William J. Baumol

This collection of original articles looks at the convergence hypothesis, which asserts that since the Second World War, industrial countries were growing increasingly homogeneous in terms of productivity, technology, and per capita incomes. The book examines patterns displayed by individual industries within countries as well as the aggregate economies, influences that underlie the process of convergence, and the role that convergence has played and promises to play in the future. Contributors include: Moses Abramovitz, Alice M. Amsden, Magnus Blomstrom, David Dollar, Takashi Hikino, Gregory Ingram, William Lazonick, Frank Lichtenberg, Robert E. Lipsey, Angus Maddison, Gavin Wright, and Mario Zejan.