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Record Nr.

UNINA9910464834403321

Autore

Gobo Giampietro

Titolo

Constructing survey data : an interactional approach / / Giampetro Gobo & Sergio Mauceri

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London : , : SAGE Publications, , 2014

ISBN

1-4462-8848-X

1-4739-0482-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (393 p.)

Disciplina

001.433

Soggetti

Surveys - Methodology

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

CONSTRUCTING SURVEY DATA COVER; CONSTRUCTING SURVEY DATA; BRIEF CONTENTS; CONTENTS; ABOUT THE AUTHORS; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; INTRODUCTION: RESCUING THE SURVEY FROM THE SURVEYISTS; PART I: THE CONTEXT; CHAPTER 1: SURVEYING THE SURVEY: BACK TO THE PAST; CHAPTER 2: BACK TO THE 'GOLDEN AGE': TOWARDS A MULTILEVEL INTEGRATED SURVEY APPROACH; PART II: FROM QUESTIONS TO ANSWERS; CHAPTER 3: THE ANSWERING PROCESS; CHAPTER 4: ASKING AND QUESTIONING; CHAPTER 5: ANSWERS: COGNITIVE PROCESSES; CHAPTER 6: COMMUNICATIVE PROCESSES; CHAPTER 7: THE LIVING QUESTIONNAIRE: THE SURVEY AT WORK

PART III: CONSTRUCTING ANSWER COMPARABILITYCHAPTER 8: TOWARDS STANDARDIZATION OF MEANINGS: THE INTERACTIONAL SURVEY APPROACH; CHAPTER 9: TRAINING FOR THE INTERACTIONAL SURVEY; PART IV: DESIGNING DATA QUALITY THROUGH MIXED STRATEGIES; CHAPTER 10: RECONCEPTUALIZING DATA QUALITY: BEYOND THE PSYCHOMETRIC APPROACH; CHAPTER 11: QUALITY IN THE QUANTITY: MIXED SURVEY STRATEGIES; CHAPTER 12: PRETESTING STRATEGIES: ASSESSING DATA QUALITY IN ADVANCE; CHAPTER 13: DEVIANT CASE ANALYSIS: IMPROVING (A POSTERIORI) DATA QUALITY; PART V: ENVISIONING THE FUTURE; CHAPTER 14: GLOCALIZING THE SURVEY; REFERENCES

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Sommario/riassunto

Proposing a post-positivist, interviewee-centred approach, Giampietro Gobo and Sergio Mauceri's new book offers students and researchers a practical introduction to the process of collecting and analyzing survey data.

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Record Nr.

UNINA9910449460403321

Autore

Cross Mai'a

Titolo

European-Russian Power Relations in Turbulent Times / edited by Mai’a K. Davis Cross and Ireneusz Pawel Karolewski

Pubbl/distr/stampa

University of Michigan Press

ISBN

0-472-13228-8

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (1 online resource vi, 285 pages)

Classificazione

POL000000POL011010

Disciplina

355.0310940947

Soggetti

Politics and government

Diplomatic relations

Electronic books.

Russia (Federation)

Europe

Russia (Federation) Politics and government 21st century

Europe Politics and government 21st century

Russia (Federation) Foreign relations Europe

Europe Foreign relations Russia (Federation)

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Sommario/riassunto

The Russia-Europe relationship is deteriorating, signaling the darkest era yet in security on the continent since the end of the Cold War. In addition, the growing influence of the Trump administration has destabilized the transatlantic security community, compelling Europe—especially the European Union—to rethink its relations with Russia.The volume editors’ primary goal is to illuminate the nature of the deteriorating security relationship between Europe and Russia, and the



key implications for its future. While the book is timely, the editors and contributors also draw out long-term lessons from this era of diplomatic degeneration to show how increasing cooperation between two regions can devolve into rapidly escalating conflict. While it is possible that the relationship between Russia and Europe can ultimately be restored, it is also necessary to understand why it was undermined in the first place. The fact that these transformations occur under the backdrop of an uncertain transatlantic relationship makes this investigation all the more pressing.Each chapter in this volume addresses three dimensions of the problem: first, how and why the power status quo that had existed since the end of the Cold War has changed in recent years, as evidenced by Russia’s newly aggressive posturing; second, the extent to which the EU’s power has been enabled or constrained in light of Russia’s actions; and third, the risks entailed in Europe’s reactive power—that is, the tendency to act after-the-fact instead of proactively toward Russia—in light of the transatlantic divide under Trump.