ISBN:
9780203880050
Language:
English
Pages:
1 Online-Ressource (493 pages)
Edition:
1st ed
Series Statement:
Social Research Today
Parallel Title:
Print version Haller, Max The International Social Survey Programme 1984-2009 : Charting the Globe
DDC:
303.3809045
Keywords:
International Social Survey Programme
Abstract:
Cross-country comparisons are critical to a nuanced understanding of society and are central to the social sciences. For 25 years the International Social Survey Programme has profoundly influenced the development of mass comparative surveys. Now, origina
Abstract:
The International Social Survey Programme, 1984-2009 Charting the globe -- Copyright -- Contents -- List of figures and tables -- List of contributors -- Preface -- Part I The International Social Survey Programme: a new approach to macro-sociological comparative research -- 1 The ISSP: history, organization and members, working principles and outcomes: an historical-sociological account -- 2 A breakthrough in comparative social research: the ISSP compared with the Eurobarometer, EVS and ESS surveys -- Part II Social and political attitudes: Class-related inequalities and the role of government -- Introduction -- 3 Economic development reduces tolerance for inequality: a comparative analysis of thirty nations -- 4 Views about a just wage compensation: Comparing temporal changes in ex-communist and never-communist countries -- 5 Macro-inequalities and micro-justice -- 6 Subjective social mobility: Data from thirty nations -- 7 Attitudes towards state-organized welfare in twenty-two societies: a question of convergence? -- 8 Facts and artifacts in crossnational research: The case of political efficacy and trust -- Part III Social, national and global attitudes and identities -- Introduction -- 9 Social identities in comparative perspective -- 10 National pride in comparative perspective -- 11 National identity in comparative perspective -- 12 Shaping of national identity in the processes of separation and integration in Central and Eastern Europe -- 13 Tangled paths to a world culture: Contradictory trends in attitudes to globalization -- Part IV Religion, society and the state -- Introduction -- 14 Decline or persistence of religion?: Trends in religiosity among Christian societies around the world -- 15 Religiosity: A comparison between Latin Europe and Latin America -- 16 On the similarity of religiosity in different cultures
Abstract:
17 The measurement of religious beliefs in ISSP and EVS surveys -- Part V Gender roles and civic participation in family, work and society -- Introduction -- 18 Changing public views of gender roles in seven nations, 1988-2002 -- 19 Gender empowerment, economic development and spouses' housework in thirty-four countries -- 20 The role of cultural contexts in item interpretation: the example of gender roles -- 21 Participation in voluntary activities in Austria and Australia: how valid are the results of international social surveys? -- 22 Preferred working hours: variations across time and space -- 23 Where's a great place to work: a global analysis from the perspective of a labor-exporting country
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