Social Attitudes in Japan

by Sasaki, Masamichi; Suzuki, Tatsuzo

• ISBN13: 9789004118539
• ISBN10: 9004118535
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2000-05-01
• Publisher: Brill Academic Pub

Summary

In 1953, the Institute of Statistical Mathematics began nationwide surveys of the Japanese way of thinking. Collected here are ten works describing various aspects of these ongoing surveys, exploring comparative procedures and methodologies on social attitudes research in Japan and cross-nationally.This publication has also been published in

Author Biography

Masamichi Sasaki, Ph.D., Princeton University, is Professor of Sociology at Hyogo Kyoiku University in Japan and President of the International Institute of Sociology Tatsuzo Suzuki, B.S., University of Tokyo, is Professor at the Department of Information Science at Teikyou Heisei University

Table of Contents

Preface	p. vii
Foreword	p. xi
Acknowledgements	p. xviii
Original Places of Publication	p. xxi
Introduction: Empirical Social Research in Japan	p. 1
New Directions in the Study of General Social Attitudes: Trend and Cross-National Perspectives	p. 6
Research Design of Cross-National Attitudinal Surveys	p. 35
Comparative Social Surveys: Current Status, Future Directions	p. 54
Macro Analysis by Means of Cohort Analysis	p. 71
A Study of the Japanese National Character: Fourth Nation-Wide Survey	p. 89
Ways of Life and Social Milieus in Japan and the United States: A Comparative Study	p. 175
Changes in Religious Commitment in the United States, Holland, and Japan	p. 218
Religious Factors and General Social Attitudes among Five Industrial Nations	p. 241
A Trend Study of the Problem of Public Acceptance of Science and Technology in Japan	p. 264
Dimensions of Public Acceptance of Science and Technology among Five Industrialized Nations	p. 280
Index of Names	p. 293
Index of Subjects	p. 296
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