Access to Power: Cross-National Studies of Women and Elites.

Social Forces ◽  
1982 ◽  
Vol 60 (4) ◽  
pp. 1213
Author(s):  
Gwen Moore ◽  
Cynthia Fuchs Epstein ◽  
Rose Laub Coser
Keyword(s):  
National Studies ◽  
Cross National

Cross-National Studies in Crime and Justice

2004 ◽  
Author(s):  
David P. Farrington ◽  
◽  
Patrick A. Langan ◽  
Michael Tonry
Keyword(s):  
National Studies ◽  
Cross National

scholarly journals Current Rates and Symptom Profiles of Panic Disorder in Six Cross-National Studies

1995 ◽  
Vol 18 ◽  
pp. S1-S6 ◽  
Author(s):  
Myrna M. Weissman ◽  
Glorisa J. Canino ◽  
Steven Greenwald ◽  
Peter R. Joyce ◽  
Elie G. Karam ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Panic Disorder ◽  
Symptom Profiles ◽  
National Studies ◽  
Cross National

scholarly journals The Long March: Deep Democracy in Cross-National Perspective

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mohammad Ali Kadivar ◽  
Adaner Usmani ◽  
Benjamin H. Bradlow
Keyword(s):  
State Office ◽  
National Studies ◽  
Deep Democracy ◽  
Self Rule ◽  
National Perspective ◽  
Case Based ◽  
Cross National ◽  
The Ideal ◽  
Self Organizing

Over the last several decades, dozens of dictatorships have become democracies. Yet while each has held free and fair elections, they have varied in the extent to which their citizens realize the ideal of self-rule. Why do some democracies distribute power to citizens while other democracies withhold it? Existing research is suggestive, but its implications are ambiguous. Cross-national studies have focused on democracy’s formal dimensions, while work on substantive democracy is case-based. We find that one of the most consistent and powerful explanations of substantive democratization is the length of unarmed pro-democratic mobilization prior to a transition. Through a case study of Brazil, we illustrate that these movements matter in three ways: first, because practices of self-organizing model and enable democratic reforms; second, because movement veterans use state office to deepen democracy; and third, because long movements yield civil societies with the capacity to demand the continuous deepening of democracy.

scholarly journals Transparency and Replication in Cross-national Survey Research: Identification of Problems and Possible Solutions

2019 ◽  
pp. 004912411988245
Author(s):  
Elena Damian ◽  
Bart Meuleman ◽  
Wim van Oorschot
Keyword(s):  
Social Sciences ◽  
Theoretical Model ◽  
Survey Research ◽  
National Survey ◽  
Great Majority ◽  
Sufficient Information ◽  
Validity And Reliability ◽  
Research Transparency ◽  
National Studies ◽  
Cross National

In this article, we examine whether cross-national studies disclose enough information for independent researchers to evaluate the validity and reliability of the findings (evaluation transparency) or to perform a direct replication (replicability transparency). The first contribution is theoretical. We develop a heuristic theoretical model including the actors, factors, and processes that influence the transparency of cross-national studies and provide an overview of the measures currently taken to improve research transparency. The second contribution is empirical, in which we analyze the level of transparency in published cross-national studies. Specifically, using a random sample of 305 comparative studies published in one of 29 peer-reviewed social sciences journals (from 1986 to 2016), we show that, even though all the articles include some methodological information, the great majority lack sufficient information for evaluation and replication. Lastly, we develop and propose a set of transparency guidelines tailored for reporting cross-national survey research.

scholarly journals Translation, cultural adaptation and construct validity of the German version of the Adult Social Care Outcomes Toolkit for informal Carers (German ASCOT-Carer)

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Birgit Trukeschitz ◽  
Assma Hajji ◽  
Judith Litschauer ◽  
Juliette Malley ◽  
Adiam Schoch ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Construct Validity ◽  
Cultural Adaptation ◽  
Content Validity ◽  
Social Care ◽  
Group Validity ◽  
Care Outcomes ◽  
National Studies ◽  
Informal Carers ◽  
Translation And Cultural Adaptation ◽  
Cross National

Abstract Purpose The Adult Social Care Outcomes Toolkit for Carers (ASCOT-Carer), developed in England, measures the effects of long-term care (LTC) services and carer support on informal carers’ quality of life (QoL). Translations of the ASCOT-Carer into other languages are useful for national and cross-national studies. The aim of this paper was to report on the translation and cultural adaptation of the original English ASCOT-Carer into German, to assess its content validity and to test for its construct validity (convergent and discriminative/known-group validity). Methods Translation and cultural adaptation followed the ISPOR TCA guidelines. As part of the translation and adaptation process, five cognitive debriefing interviews with informal carers were used for evaluating linguistic and content validity. In addition, a sample of 344 informal carers of older adults, who received home care services in Austria, was used for hypothesis testing as suggested by the COSMIN checklist to assess convergent and discriminative/known-group validity as part of construct validity. Results Cognitive interviews provided evidence that questions and response options of the German ASCOT-Carer were understood as intended. Associations between ASCOT-Carer scores/domains and related outcome measures (convergent validity) and expected groups of informal carers and the care service users they care for (discriminative validity) supported construct validity of the translated instrument. Conclusion The German ASCOT-Carer instrument meets the required standards for content and construct validity which supports its usefulness for (cross-)national studies on LTC-service-related QoL-outcomes in informal carers. Research is encouraged to assess further measurement properties of the translated instrument.

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