The International Social Survey Programme 1984-2009

Abstract

Foreword - Max Haller, Roger Jowell and Tom W. Smith. Part I: The International Social Survey Programme. A new approach to macro-sociological comparative research. 1. The ISSP: History, organisation and members, working principles and outcomes. A historical-sociological account - Tom W. Smith. 2. A breakthrough in comparative social research. ISSP compared with the Eurobarometers, EVS and ESS surveys - Pierre Brechon. Part II: Social and political attitudes: Class-related inequalities and the role of government. Introduction - Roger Jowell. 3. Economic Development Reduces Tolerance for Inequality: A Comparative Analysis of 30 Nations - Jonathan Kelley and MDR Evans. 4. Views about a just wage compensation. Comparing temporal changes in ex-communist and never-communist countries - Peter Robert. 5. Macro-inequalities and micro-justice - Michel Forse. 6. Subjective Social Mobility: Data from 30 Nations - S.M.C. Kelley and C.G.E. Kelley. 7. What should be the responsibility of government - Attitudinal convergence or divergence? The role of modernization and political institutions - Jonas Edlund. 8. Facts and artifacts in cross-national research.The case of political efficacy and trust - Joerg Blasius and Victor Thiessen. Part III: Social, national and global attitudes and identities. Introduction - Max Haller. 9. Social Identities in the cross-cultural perspective - Bernadette Muller and Max Haller. 10. National pride in comparative perspective - Tom W. Smith. 11. National identity in comparative perspective - Max Haller, Gerd Kaup and Regina Ressler. 12. Shaping of National Identity in the Processes of Separation and Integration in Central and Eastern Europe - Magdalena Piscova and M. Tizik, M. Bahna. 13. Tangled paths to a world culture. Contradictory trends in attitudes to globalisation - Markus Hadler and John Meyer. Part IV: Religion, society and the state. Introduction - Max Haller. 14. Decline of persistence of religion? Trends in religiosity among Christian societies around the world - Franz Hoellinger and Max Haller. 15. Religiosity: a comparison between Latin Europe and Latin America - Ianina Rossi and Maximo Rossi. 16. On the similarity of religiosity in different cultures - Wolfgang Jagodzinski and Kazufumi Manabe. 17. The measurement of religious beliefs in ISSP and EVS surveys - Pierre Brechon. Part V: Gender roles and civic participation in family, work and society. Introduction - Tom Smith. 18. Changing public views of gender roles in seven nations, 1988 - 2002 - Michael Braun and Jackie Scott. 19. Gender Empowerment, economic development and spouses' housework in 34 countries - Knud Knudsen and Kari Waerness. 20. The role of cultural contexts in item interpretation. The example of gender roles - Michael Braun. 21. Participation in voluntary associations in Austria and Australia: How valid are the results of International Social Surveys? - Christine Brandl, Margit Gross and Max Haller. 22. Preferred working hours: Variations across time and space - Noah Lewin Epstein, Lior Kadish and Anat Oren. 23. Where's a Great Place to Work: A Global Analysis from the Perspective of a Labor Exporting Country - Linda Luz Guerrero, Gerardo Sandoval and Mahar Mangahas. About the Editors.