ABSTRACT

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.

chapter 2|41 pages

Tolerance

chapter 3|25 pages

Political Values

chapter 5|24 pages

Gender Roles

chapter 6|21 pages

Membership of Voluntary Associations

chapter 7|24 pages

Party Organisations

chapter 8|25 pages

Party Positions

chapter 9|17 pages

Institutional Regimes

chapter 10|25 pages

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