ISBN:
9780080313344
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (185 p)
Edition:
Online-Ausg.
Parallel Title:
Print version International Comparative Research : Social Structures and Public Institutions in Eastern and Western Europe
DDC:
305.094
Keywords:
Electronic books
Abstract:
International Comparative Research: Social Structures and Public Institutions in Eastern and Western Europe is a seven-chapter book prepared for the Second International Seminar on Cross-National Comparative Research. Chapters 1 and 2 describe developments in comparative research on social structure and comparisons of social mobility in different socio-economic systems. Subsequent chapters explore structural changes and mobility in a capitalist and a socialist society; comparative research on public institutions; a comparative perspective on social problems and the law; and comparison of publi
Description / Table of Contents:
Front Cover; International Comparative Research; Copyright Page ; Table of Contents; List of Contributors; Editors' Note; Acknowledgements; Some Introductory Notes on the Second Vienna Centre Training Seminar; REFERENCES; Part I: SOCIAL STRUCTURE; Chapter 1. Recent Developments in Comparative Research on Social Structure and Stratification; 1. INTRODUCTION; 2. RECENT DEVELOPMENTS; 3. EAST-WEST PERSPECTIVES; 4. TWO COMPARATIVE STUDIES; 5. CONCLUSIONS; REFERENCES; Chapter 2. Comparisons of Social Mobility in Different Socio-economic Systems; 1. INTRODUCTION; 2. WHAT IS COMPARATIVE RESEARCH?
Description / Table of Contents:
3. THE PROBLEM OF COMPARABILITY IN SOCIAL STRUCTURE AND MOBILITY ANALYSES4. ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND TYPES OF SOCIAL MOBILITY; 5. THE ROLE OF EDUCATION IN STATUS ATTAINMENT; REFERENCES; Chapter 3. Structural Changes and Mobility in a Capitalist and a Socialist Society; Comparison of Men in Austria and Poland; 1. INTRODUCTION; 2. SOCIO-ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IN CAPITALISM AND SOCIALISM - EXTENDED REPRODUCTION OR THE TRANSFORMATION OF SOCIAL INEQUALITY?; 3. THE STRUCTURAL AND HISTORICAL CONTEXT OF THE INVESTIGATION; 4. HISTORICAL CHANGES IN THE PATTERNS OF MOBILITY AND STATUS ALLOCATION
Description / Table of Contents:
5. CONCLUSIONS AND DISCUSSIONREFERENCES; Part II: PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS; Chapter 4. Comparative Research on Public Institutions: Re-defining the Status of Law in Social Science Research on Law and Institutions; 1. COMPLEMENTARY AND CONTROVERSIAL RESEARCH FIELDS; 2. INTERNATIONAL EMPIRICAL RESEARCH ON LAW AND PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS; 3. CONCLUSION; REFERENCES; Chapter 5. Social Problems and the Law: A Comparative Perspective; 1. ROLES OF MODERNISATION; 2. POLITICS AND LAW-MAKING IN EAST-CENTRAL EUROPE; 3. LAW AND LEGAL TRADITIONS IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
Description / Table of Contents:
4. LAW-MAKING AND ITS CONSEQUENCE FOR LEGAL TRADITION IN HUNGARY5. THE ROLE OF LAW IN DISPUTE TREATMENT - A COMPARATIVE PERSPECTIVE; REFERENCES; Chapter 6. Comparing Public Institutions, Their Organisation and Procedures: East-West Cooperation in East-West Comparisons; 1. INTRODUCTION; 2. COMPARABILITY; 3. THE CONCEPT OF COMPARISON; 4. LIMITS OF COMPARISON; Chapter 7. High Level Public Officials in Eastern and Western European Countries: Problems Encountered in Comparative Research; 1. THE BASIC CONCEPT, ITS ELABORATION AND THE METHODOLOGY; 2. THE MAIN RESULTS; 3. CONCLUSION
Description / Table of Contents:
Appendix: LIST OF PUBLICATIONS OF THE VIENNA CENTRE
Note:
Description based upon print version of record
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