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Methods, Theories, and Empirical Applications in the Social Sciences

Festschrift for Peter Schmidt

  • Festschrift for Peter Schmidt

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Table of contents (41 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages 1-8
  2. Introduction

    1. Introduction

      • Samuel Salzborn, Eldad Davidov, Jost Reinecke
      Pages 9-10
  3. Theoretical Reflections

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 11-11
    2. Politics, evidence, treatment, evaluation, responsibility – The models PETER and PETER-S

      • Uli Wagner, Gunnar Lemmer, Judith Lanphen, Gesa Wemken, Jost Stellmacher, Stefan Simshäuser et al.
      Pages 13-18
    3. Values, Attitudes, and Behavior

      • Icek Ajzen
      Pages 33-38
  4. Methodological Developments

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 47-47
    2. Faked Interviews

      • Jörg Blasius, Jürgen Friedrichs
      Pages 49-56
    3. Modeling traits and method effects as latent variables

      • Steffi Pohl, Rolf Steyer
      Pages 57-65
    4. Multigroup and Multilevel Approaches to Measurement Equivalence

      • Joop J. Hox, Edith D. de Leeuw, Matthieu J.S. Brinkhuis, Jeroen Ooms
      Pages 91-96
  5. Discrimination, Nationalism, and Authoritarianism

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 115-115
    2. Anomia and Discrimination

      • Sandra Legge, Wilhelm Heitmeyer
      Pages 117-125

About this book

The volume addresses major features in empirical social research from methodological and theoretical perspectives. Prominent researchers discuss central problems in empirical social research in a theory-driven way from political science, sociological or social-psychological points of view. These contributions focus on a renewed discussion of foundations together with innovative and open research questions or interdisciplinary research perspectives.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Institute of Political Science, University of Giessen, Giessen, Germany

    Samuel Salzborn

  • Institute of Sociology, University of Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland

    Eldad Davidov

  • Faculty of Sociology, University of Bielefeld, Bielefeld, Germany

    Jost Reinecke

About the editors

Samuel Salzborn is Assistant Professor at the Institute of Political Science, University of Giessen.
Eldad Davidov is Professor at the Institute of Sociology, University of Zürich.
Jost Reinecke is Professor at the Faculty of Sociology, University of Bielefeld.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Methods, Theories, and Empirical Applications in the Social Sciences

  • Book Subtitle: Festschrift for Peter Schmidt

  • Editors: Samuel Salzborn, Eldad Davidov, Jost Reinecke

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-531-18898-0

  • Publisher: VS Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften Wiesbaden

  • eBook Packages: Humanities, Social Sciences and Law, Social Sciences (R0)

  • Copyright Information: VS Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften | Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden 2012

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-531-17130-2Published: 14 March 2012

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-531-18898-0Published: 30 March 2012

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: 351

  • Number of Illustrations: 21 b/w illustrations

  • Topics: Social Sciences, general

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