Download or read book European Social Survey Round 2 written by and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 220 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The European Social Survey (ESS) is a multi-country biennial survey now in its third round (though it has recently obtained core funding for Round 4 as well). While the first round of the ESS was carried out in 22 countries, its second round - on which this report is based - embraced 26 countries, thus expanding the scope of the project and consolidating its initial success. The ESS has three main aims: to measure, monitor and interpret changing public attitudes within Europe and to explain how they interact with changing European institutions; to advance and consolidate improved methods of cross-national quantitative measurement within Europe and beyond; to develop a series of social indicators, including attitudinal indicators, which monitor trends in the quality of life within and between European nations. Drawing on the best traditions of quantitative social measurement, and combining them with a range of pioneering new methods, a rich, publicly available dataset consisting of two rounds of data is already in place and being widely quarried. The innovative format in which it is made available via the World Wide Web, enables easy access to the dataset not just to the social science and policy communities, but also to the mass media and other less sophisticated users. A hallmark of the ESS is that its dataset is freely available without charge to any interested user. Designed to measure social change over time both regularly and rigorously, the ESS questionnaire is in two parts. A core section comprises a stable set of key measures covering critical aspects of the social condition of Europe. A second section comprises two or three rotating modules of questions on subjects that change from round to round. The subject matter and content of these modules are influenced by specialist teams selected via a European-wide competition. While in Round 1, the two rotating modules were on 'Immigration and asylum', and 'Citizen engagement', the three selected modules in Round 2 were on 'Family, work and well-being', 'Health and care-seeking', and 'Economic morality'. So, while Round 1 provided the core benchmark measures against which future data may be compared, Round 2 has begun the process of collecting evidence on the direction of change in underlying public values over time. Future rounds will continue that process. But, even at this early stage of its life, the ESS has begun to provide rigorous measures of changing cross-national attitudes and values of a kind that have hitherto been very scarce, whether in Europe or anywhere else. As important, however, the ESS has pioneered and 'proved' a standard of methodology for cross-national attitude measurement that has hitherto not been considered achievable. The project's sampling standards, questionnaire design tools, translation protocols, event monitoring techniques, response enhancement mechanisms, fieldwork management tools and data dissemination arrangements have all broken fresh ground and are already influencing standards at both a national and international level. The project's impact on governance within an expanding EU may take somewhat longer to become evident, but is also likely to be considerable. But an authoritative source of new data that allows shifts in social attitudes to be definitively measured and explained, is bound to play an important role in the evaluation of future policies and institutional practices. Above all, the ESS is designed to provide a sophisticated appreciation of long term changes in public attitudes in Europe. As such it should contrast sharply with the range of instant opinion polls that are often used improbably for the same purpose. In an era of declining political participation and electoral turnout, such data should help to mitigate the democratic deficit. The unprecedented demand for the ESS data set throughout Europe from the very moment it became available (see later sections) is testimony to its perceived value and utility among the academic and policy communities.
Download or read book The European Social Survey ESS a Research Instrument for the Social Sciences in Europe written by Fondation européenne de la science. Steering committee for an European social survey and published by . This book was released on 1999 with total page 60 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Values and Identities in Europe written by Michael J. Breen and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2017-01-20 with total page 341 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Contrary to what is suggested in media and popular discourses, Europe is neither a monolithic entity nor simply a collection of nation states. It is, rather, a union of millions of individuals who differ from one another in a variety of ways while also sharing many characteristics associated with their ethnic, social, political, economic, religious or national characteristics. This book explores differences and similarities that exist in attitudes, beliefs and opinions on a range of issues across Europe. Drawing on the extensive data of the European Social Survey, it presents insightful analyses of social attitudes, organised around the themes of religious identity, political identity, family identity and social identity, together with a section on methodological issues. A collection of rigorously analysed studies on national, comparative and pan-European levels, Values and Identities in Europe offers insight into the heart and soul of Europe at a time of unprecedented change. As such, it will appeal to scholars across the social sciences with interests in social attitudes, social change in Europe, demographics and survey methods.
Download or read book European Social Survey written by and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 174 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The European Social Survey (ESS) is a new multi-country biennial survey, the first round of which comprised 22 nations. It has two main aims. First, it seeks to measure, monitor and interpret changing public attitudes within Europe and the way in which they interact with Europe's changing institutions. Second, it seeks to advance and consolidate improved methods of cross-national quantitative measurement within Europe and beyond. Drawing on the best examples at national and international level, the ESS has already produced a rich, publicly available dataset. The format in which it is available makes it easily accessible not only to the social science and policy communities in Europe and beyond, but also to the mass media and other interested users via the worldwide web. The dataset is freely available without charge to any interested user. The ESS has been designed as a regular biennial study that will measure change over time. The questionnaire is in two parts. A core section comprises a stable set of key measures designed to monitor critical aspects of social change within and between countries over time. A second section comprises rotating modules, the content of which changes at each round in response to a Europe-wide competition for proposals. In Round 1 these modules were on 'Attitudes to immigration' and 'Citizenship, involvement and democracy' respectively. Round 1 has provided benchmark measures which, when supplemented by data from future rounds, will provide evidence on the speed and direction of change in underlying public values over time. Even in an increasingly well-documented age, such data have hitherto been far from widely available. In addition, the ESS has attempted to pioneer and 'prove' a standard of methodology for cross-national attitude surveys that has hitherto not been considered achievable.
Download or read book European Social Survey written by and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 490 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Values and Identities in Europe written by Michael J. Breen and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2017-01-20 with total page 340 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Contrary to what is suggested in media and popular discourses, Europe is neither a monolithic entity nor simply a collection of nation states. It is, rather, a union of millions of individuals who differ from one another in a variety of ways while also sharing many characteristics associated with their ethnic, social, political, economic, religious or national characteristics. This book explores differences and similarities that exist in attitudes, beliefs and opinions on a range of issues across Europe. Drawing on the extensive data of the European Social Survey, it presents insightful analyses of social attitudes, organised around the themes of religious identity, political identity, family identity and social identity, together with a section on methodological issues. A collection of rigorously analysed studies on national, comparative and pan-European levels, Values and Identities in Europe offers insight into the heart and soul of Europe at a time of unprecedented change. As such, it will appeal to scholars across the social sciences with interests in social attitudes, social change in Europe, demographics and survey methods.
Download or read book The European Social Survey ESS a Research Instrument for the Social Sciences in Europe written by Steering Committee for an ESS. and published by . This book was released on 1999 with total page 16 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Measuring Attitudes Cross Nationally written by Roger Jowell and published by SAGE. This book was released on 2007-04-02 with total page 289 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Winner of the 2006 The Descartes Prize "for excellence in collaborative scientific research" With the expansion of the European Union and the development of supra-national governance worldwide, the volume of cross-national data and the importance of rigorous comparative analysis has grown rapidly. This book, written by members of the design and implementation team for the groundbreaking European Social Survey (ESS), reviews current best practice in the conduct of cross-national, cross-cultural quantitative research. The first eight chapters cover the background and rationale for the Survey and offer a detailed analysis of the methods and procedures used, as well as exploring ways to overcome the obstacles to successful cross-national research. The final chapter looks ahead to future comparative surveys and discusses the lessons that can be learned from the ESS. As well as examining methodological issues, Measuring Attitudes Cross-Nationally includes four substantive chapters on the findings of the ESS, including the emergence of hitherto unknown national differences in values regarding immigration and perceptions of citizenship. The ESS data is also considered in comparison with that from US General Social Survey. Measuring Attitudes Cross-Nationally offers a practical guide, firmly grounded in theory, for researchers across the social sciences who have an interest the design, planning or interpretation of cross-national social surveys.
Download or read book Contemporary Perspectives on Ageism written by Liat Ayalon and published by Springer. This book was released on 2018-05-22 with total page 582 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This open access book provides a comprehensive perspective on the concept of ageism, its origins, the manifestation and consequences of ageism, as well as ways to respond to and research ageism. The book represents a collaborative effort of researchers from over 20 countries and a variety of disciplines, including, psychology, sociology, gerontology, geriatrics, pharmacology, law, geography, design, engineering, policy and media studies. The contributors have collaborated to produce a truly stimulating and educating book on ageism which brings a clear overview of the state of the art in the field. The book serves as a catalyst to generate research, policy and public interest in the field of ageism and to reconstruct the image of old age and will be of interest to researchers and students in gerontology and geriatrics.
Download or read book ESS DACE written by and published by . This book was released on 2012 with total page 2 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Attitudes, beliefs, priorities -- the European Social Survey (ESS) has been charting public opinion since 2001. Based on interviews with respondents in up to 34 countries, its ever-expanding database reflects how Europeans view the world, and how their values and perceptions are changing. The ESS delivers crucial information for all who need to understand European hearts and minds, compiled to exacting standards. The expertise of the seven leading infrastructures comprising the ESS Core Scientific Team ensures that ESS-DACE marks a new milestone for this ambitious endeavour. The EU supports under FP7 more than 70 networks of research infrastructures covering all scientific fields. The aim is to optimise the use of the facilities by providing support to transnational access and to develop joint research activities.
Download or read book Blueprint for a European Social Survey ESS written by European Science Foundation and published by . This book was released on 1998 with total page 16 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Health Inequalities written by Katherine E. Smith and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2016 with total page 351 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Provides wide-ranging anaylses and reviews of the UK's experiences of health inequalities research and policy to date, and reflects on the lessons that have been learnt from these experiences, both within the UK and internationally.
Download or read book Democratic Transformations in Europe written by Yvette Peters and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2016-12-01 with total page 357 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Democracies evolve. Their evolution is not only key to their survival; it is also a reflection of the changing environment in which they operate. This book contributes to the analysis and understanding of how democratic states have transformed over time by examining a number of challenges and opportunities that they face. With a focus on ‘Europe 31’, understood as the EU28 plus Switzerland, Norway, and Iceland, the book brings together separate strands of literature which often remain disconnected in political science narratives. Looking at citizen–state relations, the restructuring of politics and institutions of the state, and developments which reach 'beyond and below' the state, it interrogates a variety of issues ranging from the decline of parties or the re-emergence of nationalism as a political force, to liberal challenges to social democracy, terrorist threats, and climate change. The book combines these different dimensions into a comprehensive overview of the state of contemporary democracy, its challenges and opportunities, and its dynamic capacity to adapt. In other words, it deals with the perpetual threats to and transformations of democracy, and the state’s ability to protect and strengthen its democratic attributes. This text will be of key interest to scholars of European Politics, Comparative Politics, and Democracy Studies.
Download or read book Tyranny of the Majority written by Anna Krämling and published by Verlag Barbara Budrich. This book was released on 2024-04-29 with total page 210 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Resultiert direkte Demokratie in einer Tyrannei der Mehrheit über Minderheiten? Diese erstmalige Untersuchung von über 500 Volksabstimmungen zeigt, dass Minderheiten im Gegenteil oft von direkter Demokratie profitieren konnten. Gefährdet sind aber die Interessen der queeren Community, Menschen mit niedrigem sozioökonomischem Status und Ausländer*innen. Zu ihrem Schutz werden Wege zur Gestaltung minderheitenfreundlicher Abstimmungen aufgezeigt.
Download or read book Trust Life Satisfaction and Opinions on Immigration in 15 European Countries written by Jeroen Boelhouwer and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2020-09-10 with total page 64 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Europe is in flux. The economiccrisis, large migration flows, andterrorist attacks have put pressureon international solidarity and attitudestowards civil liberties suchas freedom of movement. To whatextent do European countries favorimmigration and receiving refugees?To what extent do they trust policymakersand one another? Are thereshared values, beliefs, and attitudesamong Europeans from differentcountries? This report analyzes the most recent data from theEuropean Social Survey (ESS), a large-scale biennial study ofattitudes and values in 15 European countries, with specialattention to attitudes towards immigration.
Download or read book Euroscepticism and the Future of European Integration written by Catherine E. De Vries and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2018-01-19 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The European Union (EU) is facing one of the rockiest periods in its existence. No time in its history has it looked so economically fragile, so unsecure about how to protect its borders, so divided over how to tackle the crisis of legitimacy facing its institutions, and so under assault of Eurosceptic parties. The unprecedented levels of integration in recent decades have led to increased public contestation, yet at the same the EU is more reliant on public support for its continued legitimacy than ever before. This book examines the role of public opinion in the European integration process. It develops a novel theory of public opinion that stresses the deep interconnectedness between people's views about European and national politics, and suggests that public opinion cannot simply be characterized as either Eurosceptic or not, but rather consists of different types. This is important because these types coincide with fundamentally different views about the way the EU should be reformed and which policy priorities should be pursued. These types also have very different consequences for behaviour in elections and referenda. Euroscepticism is such a diverse phenomenon because the Eurozone crisis has exacerbated the structural imbalances within the EU. As the economic and political fates of member states diverged, people's experiences with and evaluations of the EU and national political systems also grew further apart. The heterogeneity in public preferences that this book has uncovered makes a one-size-fits-all approach to addressing Euroscepticism unlikely to be successful.
Download or read book Social Capital and Subjective Well Being written by Anna Almakaeva and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2021-10-01 with total page 274 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book presents a cross-cultural investigation into the interplay between social capital and subjective well-being. Based on a quantitative analysis of the latest large-N cross-cultural data sets, including the World Value Survey and the European Social Survey, and covering various countries, it offers a comparative perspective on and new insights into the determinants of social capital and well-being. By identifying both universal and culture-specific patterns, the authors shed new light on the spatial and temporal differentiation of social capital and subjective well-being. The book is divided into two main parts: The first discusses mutual trust, religious and cultural tolerance, and pro-social and human values as essential dimensions of social capital. In turn, the second part studies social capital as a source of subjective well-being and life satisfaction. Given its scope, the book will appeal to scholars of sociology, social psychology, political science and economics seeking a deeper understanding of the multi-faceted nature of social capital and well-being.
