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Record Nr.

UNINA9910800056003321

Titolo

Comparative politics : the problem of equivalence / / edited by Jan W. van Deth

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 1998

ISBN

1-134-73895-1

1-134-73896-X

1-280-56673-6

9786610566730

0-203-02372-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (547 p.)

Collana

Routledge advances in international relations and politics ; ; 6

Altri autori (Persone)

DethJan W. van

Disciplina

320.3/01

Soggetti

Comparative government

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 (p. [247]-266) and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Halftitle; Title; Copyright; Contents; List of Figures; List of Tables; Preface; 1. Equivalence in comparative political research; 2. Tolerance; 3. Political values; 4. Religious orientations and church attendance; 5. Gender roles; 6. Membership of voluntary associations; 7. Party organisations; 8. Party positions; 9. Institutional regimes; 10. Of readers, viewers, and cat-dogs; References; Name index; Subject index

Sommario/riassunto

This book tackles the issues involved and explores strategies to deal with many of the problems of establishing equivalence. Each contribution focuses on a theoretically relevant theme, such as: tolerance; political values; religious orientations; gender roles; voluntary associations; party organizations and party positions; democratic regimes, and the mass media. Each chapter covers different topics, methods, data and countries, making use of research to show the problems of finding similar or identical indicators in realistic research settings.