Comparing Nations and Cultures
Readings in a Cross-Disciplinary Perspective
Published on 18. July 1995
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648 pages
978-0-13-297029-7 (ISBN)
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For courses in Comparative Societies or as a supplemental text in Introductory Sociology where a cross-national approach is emphasized.
This collection of readings serves as a broad introduction to comparative research in the social sciences - stressing mainly work in sociology, but also representing anthropology, political science, and other disciplines. The articles were chosen for readability, but also represent the best work in the field.
This collection of readings serves as a broad introduction to comparative research in the social sciences - stressing mainly work in sociology, but also representing anthropology, political science, and other disciplines. The articles were chosen for readability, but also represent the best work in the field.
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I. THE CASE FOR A COMPARATIVE APPROACH.
1. Karl W. Deutsch, Prologue: Achievements and Challenges in 2000 Years of Comparative Research.
2. Ariane Berthoin Antal, Meinolf Dierkes and Hans N. Weiler, Cross-National Policy Research: Traditions, Achievements and Challenges.
3. Stein Rokkan, Cross-Cultural, Cross-Societal and Cross- National Research.
4. Melvin L. Kohn, Cross-National Research as an Analytic Strategy: American Sociological Association, 1987 Presidential Address.
II. METHODS.
5. Erwin K. Scheuch, Theoretical Implications of Comparative Survey Research: Why the Wheel of Cross-Cultural Methodology Keeps on Being Reinvented.
6. Charles C. Ragin, The Distinctiveness of Comparative Social Structure.
7. Neil J. Smelser, The Methodology of Comparative Analysis of Economic Activity.
III. SOCIAL STRATIFICATION.
8. Alex Inkeles and Peter H. Rossi, National Comparisons of Occupational Prestige.
9. Donald J. Treiman and Kermit Terrell, The Process of Status Attainment in the United States and Great Britain.
10. Erik Olin Wright, The Comparative Project on Class Structure and Class Consciousness: An Overview.
IV. FAMILY.
11. Franz Hoellinger and Max Haller, Kinship and Social Networks in Modern Societies: A Cross-Cultural Comparison among Seven Nations.
12. Godfrey J. Ellis, Gary R. Lee, and Larry R. Petersen, Supervision and Conformity: A Cross-Cultural Analysis of Parental Socialization Values.
13. William M. Bridgeland, Philip R. Smith, and Edward A. Duane, Child-Care Policy Arenas: A Comparison between Sweden and the United States.
V. WOMEN, GENDER, AND FEMINISM.
14. Alice Schlegel, Gender, Issues, and Cross-Cultural Research.
15. Nancy J. Davis and Robert V. Robinson, Men's and Women's Consciousness of Gender Inequality: Austria, West Germany, Great Britain, and the United States.
16. Patricia A. Roos, Marriage and Women's Occupational Attainment in Cross-Cultural Perspective.
VI. DEVIANCE AND CONTROL.
17. Norman L. Farberow, Cultural History of Suicide.
18. Paul C. Friday, International Review of Youth Crime and Delinquency.
19. Rosemary Gartner, The Victims of Homicide: A Temporal and Cross-National Comparison.
VII. EDUCATION.
20. Gail P. Kelly and Philip G. Altbach, Comparative Education: Challenges and Response.
21. Aaron Benavot, Yung-Kyung Cha, David Kamens, John W. Meyer, and Suk-Ying Wong, Knowledge for the Masses: World Models and National Curricula, 1920-1986.
22. Harry G. Judge, Cross-National Perceptions of Teachers.
VIII. WELFARE AND SOCIAL SERVICES.
23. Jens Alber, Goesta Esping-Andersen, and Lee Rainwater, Studying the Welfare State: Issues and Queries.
24. John B. Williamson and Jeanne J. Fleming, Convergence Theory and the Social Welfare Sector: A Cross-National Analysis.
25. Vincent A. Mahler and Claudio J. Katz, Social Benefits in Advanced Capitalist Countries: A Cross-National Assessment.
IX. ORGANIZATIONS.
26. Karlene H. Roberts and Nakiye A. Boyacigiller, Cross-National Organizational Research: The Grasp of the Blind Men.
27. Geert Hofstede, The Cultural Relativity of Organizational Practices and Theories.
28. Erhard Blankenburg, Comparing the Incomparable-Study of Employment Agencies in Five Countries.
X. POLITICS.
29. Gabriel A. Almond and Sidney Verba, Five Political Cultures.
30. Seymour Martin Lipset, The Social Requisites of Democracy Revisited.
31. S.N. Eisenstadt, Frameworks of the Great Revolutions: Culture, Social Structure, History, and Human Agency.
XI. THE STUDY OF NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT.
32. Samuel P. Huntington, The Goals of Development.
33. Immanuel Wallerstein, National Development and the World System at the End of the Cold War.
34. Theotonio Dos Santos, The Structure of Dependence.
XII. POPULATION: ANALYSIS AND ADVOCACY.
35. Samuel Keyfitz, Population Theory and Doctrine: A Historical Survey.
36. Kingsley Davis, Population and Resources: Fact and Interpretation.
37. James P. Grant, The State of the World's Children 1993: The Age of Neglect and the Age of Concern.
XIII. ATTITUDES AND VALUES.
38. Alex Inkeles, Making Men Modern: On the Causes and Consequences of Individual Change in Six Developing Countries.
39. Masamichi Sasaki and Tatsuzo Suzuki, Changes in Religious Commitment in the United States, Holland, and Japan.
40. Ronald Inglehart, Postmaterialism in an Environment of Insecurity.
1. Karl W. Deutsch, Prologue: Achievements and Challenges in 2000 Years of Comparative Research.
2. Ariane Berthoin Antal, Meinolf Dierkes and Hans N. Weiler, Cross-National Policy Research: Traditions, Achievements and Challenges.
3. Stein Rokkan, Cross-Cultural, Cross-Societal and Cross- National Research.
4. Melvin L. Kohn, Cross-National Research as an Analytic Strategy: American Sociological Association, 1987 Presidential Address.
II. METHODS.
5. Erwin K. Scheuch, Theoretical Implications of Comparative Survey Research: Why the Wheel of Cross-Cultural Methodology Keeps on Being Reinvented.
6. Charles C. Ragin, The Distinctiveness of Comparative Social Structure.
7. Neil J. Smelser, The Methodology of Comparative Analysis of Economic Activity.
III. SOCIAL STRATIFICATION.
8. Alex Inkeles and Peter H. Rossi, National Comparisons of Occupational Prestige.
9. Donald J. Treiman and Kermit Terrell, The Process of Status Attainment in the United States and Great Britain.
10. Erik Olin Wright, The Comparative Project on Class Structure and Class Consciousness: An Overview.
IV. FAMILY.
11. Franz Hoellinger and Max Haller, Kinship and Social Networks in Modern Societies: A Cross-Cultural Comparison among Seven Nations.
12. Godfrey J. Ellis, Gary R. Lee, and Larry R. Petersen, Supervision and Conformity: A Cross-Cultural Analysis of Parental Socialization Values.
13. William M. Bridgeland, Philip R. Smith, and Edward A. Duane, Child-Care Policy Arenas: A Comparison between Sweden and the United States.
V. WOMEN, GENDER, AND FEMINISM.
14. Alice Schlegel, Gender, Issues, and Cross-Cultural Research.
15. Nancy J. Davis and Robert V. Robinson, Men's and Women's Consciousness of Gender Inequality: Austria, West Germany, Great Britain, and the United States.
16. Patricia A. Roos, Marriage and Women's Occupational Attainment in Cross-Cultural Perspective.
VI. DEVIANCE AND CONTROL.
17. Norman L. Farberow, Cultural History of Suicide.
18. Paul C. Friday, International Review of Youth Crime and Delinquency.
19. Rosemary Gartner, The Victims of Homicide: A Temporal and Cross-National Comparison.
VII. EDUCATION.
20. Gail P. Kelly and Philip G. Altbach, Comparative Education: Challenges and Response.
21. Aaron Benavot, Yung-Kyung Cha, David Kamens, John W. Meyer, and Suk-Ying Wong, Knowledge for the Masses: World Models and National Curricula, 1920-1986.
22. Harry G. Judge, Cross-National Perceptions of Teachers.
VIII. WELFARE AND SOCIAL SERVICES.
23. Jens Alber, Goesta Esping-Andersen, and Lee Rainwater, Studying the Welfare State: Issues and Queries.
24. John B. Williamson and Jeanne J. Fleming, Convergence Theory and the Social Welfare Sector: A Cross-National Analysis.
25. Vincent A. Mahler and Claudio J. Katz, Social Benefits in Advanced Capitalist Countries: A Cross-National Assessment.
IX. ORGANIZATIONS.
26. Karlene H. Roberts and Nakiye A. Boyacigiller, Cross-National Organizational Research: The Grasp of the Blind Men.
27. Geert Hofstede, The Cultural Relativity of Organizational Practices and Theories.
28. Erhard Blankenburg, Comparing the Incomparable-Study of Employment Agencies in Five Countries.
X. POLITICS.
29. Gabriel A. Almond and Sidney Verba, Five Political Cultures.
30. Seymour Martin Lipset, The Social Requisites of Democracy Revisited.
31. S.N. Eisenstadt, Frameworks of the Great Revolutions: Culture, Social Structure, History, and Human Agency.
XI. THE STUDY OF NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT.
32. Samuel P. Huntington, The Goals of Development.
33. Immanuel Wallerstein, National Development and the World System at the End of the Cold War.
34. Theotonio Dos Santos, The Structure of Dependence.
XII. POPULATION: ANALYSIS AND ADVOCACY.
35. Samuel Keyfitz, Population Theory and Doctrine: A Historical Survey.
36. Kingsley Davis, Population and Resources: Fact and Interpretation.
37. James P. Grant, The State of the World's Children 1993: The Age of Neglect and the Age of Concern.
XIII. ATTITUDES AND VALUES.
38. Alex Inkeles, Making Men Modern: On the Causes and Consequences of Individual Change in Six Developing Countries.
39. Masamichi Sasaki and Tatsuzo Suzuki, Changes in Religious Commitment in the United States, Holland, and Japan.
40. Ronald Inglehart, Postmaterialism in an Environment of Insecurity.