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Warsaw 2009: Presentations and short courses

Finding and Examining Hypotheses on Country Differences

Session: Macro Mechanisms and Macro Hypotheses

Author:

Heiner Meulemann; University of Köln, Germany

Abstract:

Cross-national research in how far country context determine attitudes and actions of person, independently form person level determinant. The problem is to find the mechanisms how country level characteristics determine mean individual attitudes or action of the population. To discuss this question, I will first explore what a country context may mean. Second, discuss how hypotheses of its effects on actions or attitudes of persons can be conceived of. And, third, show how such hypotheses must be examined.