Comparative Social Research: v. 4
Richard F. Tomasson(Editor)
JAI Press Inc.
Published in April 1982
Book
Hardback
375 pages
978-0-89232-188-9 (ISBN)
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Oxford
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Elsevier Science & Technology
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 230 mm
Width: 150 mm
Weight
676 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-89232-188-9 (9780892321889)
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Content
Introduction, Richard F. Tomasson. Part 1 Focus on Canada: voting and class politics in Canada and the United States, John F. Myles and Dennis Forcese; the politics of devolution - Quebec, Wales and Scotland, Edward A. Tiryakian; politics and moral causes in Canada and the United States, Mildred A. Schwartz; occupational status in Canada and Australia - the native and the foreign born, Anthony H. Richmond and Jerzy Zubrzycki; Canadian and American policies toward their Japanese minorities during the Second World War, Daniel J.O'Neil; Canadian and American approaches to foreign direct investment and international trade policies, Peter Karl Kresl. Part 2 Historical-comparative studies: political repression and political development - the human rights issue in 19th-century Europe, Robert Justin Goldstein; the urban middleman, Jack Nusan Porter. Part 3 Comparative demography: illegitimacy in Sweden and Australia, William R. Kelly and Phillips Cutright; foreign workers in the industrial societies of East and West Europe, Karl H. Kahrs. Part 4 Two-case studies: working-class divisions and political consensus in France and the United States, William Form; silk and steel - Italy and Japan between the two World Wars, Walter Goldfrank. Part 5 Latin America: challenging the divine right of generals in Latin America - Brazil, Bolivia and Peru, Jan Knippers Black.