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The complications of using similar concepts in different situations are well known to everyone in comparative politics. This volume faces the problems of comparability and equivalence head on and indicates practical ways they can be tackled. Each contribution focuses on a theoretically relevant theme, such as tolerance, political values, religious orientation, gender roles, voluntary associations, party organisations, party positions, democratic regimes, and the mass media. Chapters cover different approaches, methods, data and countries, making use of widely available empirical research to illustrate the gains of finding equivalent measures in realistic research settings. Many of the strategies show how the complicated search for comparability and equivalence uncovers substantial additional information in comparative politics. Dealing with these problems can enhance the quality and reliability of any research. This edition includes a new introduction from Jan W van Deth, examining developments in the field over the last twenty years.
Contents
contents
List of figures vi
List of tables viii
Notes on contributors x
New Introduction: Equivalence in Comparative Research:
Staying in the Middle of the Road xiii
Preface xxviii
1 Equivalence in comparative political research 1
JAN W. VAN DETH
2 Tolerance 20
BETTINA WESTLE
3 Political values 61
RONALD INGLEHART
4 Religious orientations and church attendance 86
MARTIN FELDKIRCHER
5 Gender roles 111
MICHAEL BRAUN
6 Membership of voluntary associations 135
JAN W. VAN DETH AND FRAUKE KREUTER
7 Party organisations 156
THOMAS POGUNTKE
8 Party positions 180
GÁBOR TÓKA
9 Institutional regimes 205
ANDRÉ KAISER
10 Of readers, viewers, and cat-dogs 222
RÜDIGER SCHMITT-BECK
References 247
Name index 267
Subject index 272
