The AsiaBarometer Survey Questionnaire of 2006

2007 ◽  
Vol 8 (3) ◽  
pp. 427-453
Author(s):  
TAKASHI INOGUCHI
Keyword(s):  
Political Institutions ◽  
Political Action ◽  
Economic Conditions ◽  
Government Performance ◽  
Survey Questionnaire ◽  
Ordinary People ◽  
Daily Lives ◽  
National Analysis ◽  
Social Entities ◽  
Cross National

The AsiaBarometer Survey questionnaire of 2006 focuses on the daily lives of ordinary people in Asia. The idea behind this project is that without knowing at least some aspects of people's daily lives, it would be less productive to register the array of social scientist's concerns about their norms, values, identities, beliefs, and their relationships to societal and political action. Furthermore, in order to carry out any comparative and cross-national analysis in Asia, the questions must be able to be answered in the first place. Such topics as economic conditions, political institutions, and public policy do not constitute the core of their life. To ordinary people, matters of daily life are more important and easier to answer than those questions that the scientists are interested in. Asia is a region of full of diversity and is changing fast. There is no other region in the world that is more diverse and fast changing. By looking at the daily lives of ordinary people we are able to perceive and assess ordinary people's concerns, including in relationship to the larger social entities such as patriotism and confidence in government performance (Inoguchi, 2004).

Which party members participate in direct political action? A cross-national analysis

2016 ◽  
Vol 39 (2) ◽  
pp. 225-241 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bram Wauters
Keyword(s):  
Relative Deprivation ◽  
Political Action ◽  
Direct Action ◽  
Party Membership ◽  
Party Government ◽  
Activity Rate ◽  
Party Members ◽  
The Government ◽  
National Analysis ◽  
Cross National

As a reaction to the erosion of political parties, citizens increasingly engage in participation independently from parties (such as boycotts, petitions and street demonstrations). Looking beyond the often-stated contradiction between party membership and these forms of non-institutionalized participation, we tried to determine whether party members participate in non-institutionalized participation as a complement or an alternative to their party membership activities. Based on the relative deprivation and civic voluntarism model, three party variables were selected: activity rate in the party, government status and ideological orientation of the party. The results of our analysis conducted on party members in 22 European countries show that the government status and the ideological position of a party have the largest effects on the propensity to participate in direct action. Activity rate does not have a significant effect, except a positive one for street demonstrations. In sum, direct action is not an alternative for dissatisfied party members, but rather a complement.

scholarly journals Malapportionment and Income Inequality: A Cross-National Analysis

2004 ◽  
Vol 34 (1) ◽  
pp. 179-183 ◽  
Author(s):  
YUSAKU HORIUCHI
Keyword(s):  
Income Inequality ◽  
Gini Index ◽  
Recent Article ◽  
Political Representation ◽  
Research Note ◽  
Economic Conditions ◽  
National Analysis ◽  
National Legislatures ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Cross National

Samuels and Snyder in their recent article in this Journal presented an index of malapportionment (i.e., the discrepancy between seat shares and population shares by electoral districts) in national legislatures for seventy-eight countries. This short Research Note merges their index with the Gini index, a commonly used measure of income inequality, and explores cross-nationally the relationship between inequality in political representation and inequality in economic conditions.

Political Institutions and Satisfaction with Democracy: A Cross-National Analysis of Consensus and Majoritarian Systems

1997 ◽  
Vol 91 (1) ◽  
pp. 66-81 ◽  
Author(s):  
Christopher J. Anderson ◽  
Christine A. Guillory
Keyword(s):  
Political Institutions ◽  
The Political ◽  
Cross Sectional Survey ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Citizen Satisfaction ◽  
Satisfaction With Democracy ◽  
National Analysis ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Cross National ◽  
The Way

Do political institutions affect citizen satisfaction with democracy? If so, how? Using cross-sectional survey data for eleven European democracies together with data on the type of democracy in which individuals live, we demonstrate that the nature of representative democratic institutions (measured by Arend Lijphart's consensus-majority index of democracies) mediates the relationship between a person's status as part of the political minority or majority and his or her satisfaction with the way the system works. Specifically, we find that (1) the losers of democratic competition show lower levels of satisfaction than do those in the majority and (2) losers in systems that are more consensual display higher levels of satisfaction with the way democracy works than do losers in systems with majoritarian characteristics. Conversely, winners tend to be more satisfied with democracy the more a country's political institutions approximate pure majoritarian government.

FACILITATING SKILLS OF GRADE SCHOOL TEACHERS IN INCREASING LEARNING RETENTION AMONG GRADE SCHOOL PUPILS

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
GARRY LINGON
Keyword(s):  
Learning Styles ◽  
Learning Process ◽  
Learning Activities ◽  
Survey Questionnaire ◽  
Grade School ◽  
School Teachers ◽  
Weighted Mean ◽  
Daily Lives ◽  
Learning Retention ◽  
Materials Used

<p>Teachers are a facilitator of the learning process. Teachers give pupils an ample time to discover new things on their own. Many challenges faced by the teachers in facilitating the activity of learners such as planning, creating, preparing, and selecting the materials used in the activity. Because of this, the task of the teachers is multi-faceted. Many things to be considered in making learning activities, must suit the capability of the learners, this activity can be adapted to different learning styles, and the activity must stimulate the interest of the learners. But not all activities are fitted for all learners because learners are diverse and unique in nature. The needs of pupils are the major concern of the teachers, to retain the learning of the pupils and especially the learning could apply in their daily lives for meaningful learning. The research dealt with the challenges of the teachers in increasing the learning retention among pupils and possible activities that stimulate the interest of the learners. This research measure the responses measured in getting the frequency, percentage, and weighted mean using formulas to analyze the data gathered. Utilize descriptive design with a survey questionnaire as the research instrument. This research has two sets of respondents the grade school teachers and pupils. <br></p>

Cross-National Analysis of Islamic Fundamentalism

2016 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mansoor Moaddel ◽  
Kristine J. Ajrouch
Keyword(s):  
Islamic Fundamentalism ◽  
National Analysis ◽  
Cross National
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