New Frontiers in Comparative Sociology
Biographical note
Masamichi Sasaki, Ph.D.(1980), Sociology, Princeton University; Professor of Sociology, Chuo University, Tokyo; Past President of International Institute of Sociology 1997-2001. Founding Editor of Comparative Sociology. Recent publications: (ed.) Elites: New Comparative Perspectives (Brill, 2008).
Readership
All those interested in Comparative sociology, Methodology, Theory, Sociology of Language, Social Change, Social Values, Sociology of Democracy.
Reviews
"The comparative perspective wins ever new ground in the social sciences and through this collection Professor Sasaki enables us to sample broadly and comparatively many of the works which exemplify this new wave."
Alex Inkeles
Emeritus Professor of Sociology
Stanford University
Alex Inkeles
Emeritus Professor of Sociology
Stanford University
Table of contents
Introduction, Masamichi Sasaki
I. METHODS IN COMPARATIVE SOCIOLOGY
Strategies in Comparative Sociology, Mattei Dogan
Methods for Assessing and Calibrating Response Scales across Countries and Languages, Tom W. Smith, Peter Ph. Mohler, Janet Harkness, and Noriko Onodera
II. RADICAL SOCIAL CHANGE
The Transition to Capitalism in China and Russia, Erich Weede
Social Structure and Personality during the Process of Radical Social Change: A Study of Ukraine in Transition, Melvin L. Kohn, Valeriy Khmelko, Vladimir I. Paniotto, and Ho-fung Hung
III. VALUES, CULTURE AND DEMOCRACY
A Theory of Cultural Value Orientations: Explication and Applications, Shalom H. Schwartz
Islamic Culture and Democracy: Testing the ‘Clash of Civilizations’ Thesis, Pippa Norris and Ronald Inglehart
The Cultural-Economic Syndrome: Impediments to Democracy in the Middle East, Brigitte Weiffen
IV. INSTITUTIONS IN COMPARATIVE PERSPECTIVE
Running Uphill: Political Opportunity in Non-Democracies, Maryjane Osa and Cristina Corduneanu-Huci
Does a Strong Institution of Religion Require a Strong Family Institution?, Kristen R. Heimdal and Sharon K. Houseknecht
V. SOCIAL PROCESSES
Globalization and Income Inequality in the Developing World, Margit Bussmann, Indra de Soysa, and John R. Oneal
English as an International Language in Non-Native Settings in an Era of Globalization, Masamichi Sasaki, Tatsuzo Suzuki and Masato Yoneda
A New Test of Convergence Theory, Robert M. Marsh
Notes on Contributors
Index
I. METHODS IN COMPARATIVE SOCIOLOGY
Strategies in Comparative Sociology, Mattei Dogan
Methods for Assessing and Calibrating Response Scales across Countries and Languages, Tom W. Smith, Peter Ph. Mohler, Janet Harkness, and Noriko Onodera
II. RADICAL SOCIAL CHANGE
The Transition to Capitalism in China and Russia, Erich Weede
Social Structure and Personality during the Process of Radical Social Change: A Study of Ukraine in Transition, Melvin L. Kohn, Valeriy Khmelko, Vladimir I. Paniotto, and Ho-fung Hung
III. VALUES, CULTURE AND DEMOCRACY
A Theory of Cultural Value Orientations: Explication and Applications, Shalom H. Schwartz
Islamic Culture and Democracy: Testing the ‘Clash of Civilizations’ Thesis, Pippa Norris and Ronald Inglehart
The Cultural-Economic Syndrome: Impediments to Democracy in the Middle East, Brigitte Weiffen
IV. INSTITUTIONS IN COMPARATIVE PERSPECTIVE
Running Uphill: Political Opportunity in Non-Democracies, Maryjane Osa and Cristina Corduneanu-Huci
Does a Strong Institution of Religion Require a Strong Family Institution?, Kristen R. Heimdal and Sharon K. Houseknecht
V. SOCIAL PROCESSES
Globalization and Income Inequality in the Developing World, Margit Bussmann, Indra de Soysa, and John R. Oneal
English as an International Language in Non-Native Settings in an Era of Globalization, Masamichi Sasaki, Tatsuzo Suzuki and Masato Yoneda
A New Test of Convergence Theory, Robert M. Marsh
Notes on Contributors
Index
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