New Frontiers in Comparative Sociology (International Studies in Sociology and Social Anthropology)

Contents\n......Page 6
Introduction (Masamichi Sasaki)......Page 8
PART ONE METHODS IN COMPARATIVE SOCIOLOGY......Page 18
Strategies in Comparative Sociology (Mattei Dogan)......Page 20
Methods for Assessing and Calibrating Response Scales across Countries and Languages (Tom W. Smith, Peter Ph. Mohler, Janet Harkness, and Noriko Onodera)......Page 52
PART TWO RADICAL SOCIAL CHANGE......Page 102
The Transition to Capitalism in China and Russia (Erich Weede)......Page 104
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)......Page 126
PART THREE VALUES, CULTURE AND DEMOCRACY......Page 178
A Theory of Cultural Value Orientations: Explication and Applications (Shalom H. Schwartz)......Page 180
Islamic Culture and Democracy: Testing the \'Clash of Civilizations\' Thesis (Pippa Norris and Ronald Inglehart)......Page 228
The Cultural-Economic Syndrome: Impediments to Democracy in the Middle East (Brigitte Weiffen)......Page 258
PART FOUR INSTITUTIONS IN COMPARATIVE PERSPECTIVE......Page 282
Running Uphill: Political Opportunity in Non-Democracies (Maryjane Osa and Cristina Corduneanu-Huci)......Page 284
Does a Strong Institution of Religion Require a Strong Family Institution? (Kristen R. Heimdal and Sharon K. Houseknecht)......Page 320
PART FIVE SOCIAL PROCESSES......Page 358
Globalization and Income Inequality in the Developing World (Margit Bussmann, Indra de Soysa, and John R. Oneal)......Page 360
English as an International Language in Non-Native Settings in an Era of Globalization (Masamichi Sasaki, Tatsuzo Suzuki and Masato Yoneda)......Page 386
A New Test of Convergence Theory (Robert M. Marsh)......Page 412
Notes on Contributors......Page 456
Index......Page 464