Comparative Social Research: v. 2

Introduction, Richard F. Tomasson. Part 1 The developed societies: social policy and ideology - public opinion in eight rich nations, Richard M. Coughlin; social equality and the impact of education in Western Europe, Gunther Luchen; migration and workers conflicts in Western Europe, Martin Slater; labour parties, economic growth and the redistribution of income in five capitalist democracies, Lars Bjorn; religion and politics in three Northwest European democracies, John D. Stephens; ideological profiles of West German and Italian socialists and Christian democrats - a factor analysis, Peter H. Merkl. Part 2 Studies in underdevelopment: comparative advantage - the world division of labour and undevelopment, Charles C. Ragin and Jacques Delacroix; does democracy hinder economic development in the latecomer developing nations?, Robert M. Marsh; elites and the population problem in five Third World nations, Robert E. Kennedy, Jr. and Pablo Pindas. Part 3 Theories in comparative sociology: Alexis de Tocqueville and the political sociology of liberalism, Timothy A. Tilton; egalitarian political movements, social welfare effort and convergence theory - a cross-national analysis, John B. Williamson and Joseph W. Weiss; inequality and political conflict, Peter G. Sinden; interorganizational relations - a comparison of Western and Maoist approaches, Bariman Taraki and David L. Westby.