Table of Contents

Quantitative Research in Germany and Japan.- I.- The Metamorphosis of Life Cycle Change in Longitudinal Studies on Postmaterialism.- Macro Analysis by Means of Cohort Analysis.- Presentation of Planned Behaviour During the Radical Social Changes in Eastern Germany.- II.- Einheit über alles? — What Did the Voter Decide in the 1990 German Elections?.- Personal Environments in the Process of Political Intermediation as a Topic of the Comparative National Election Study.- III.- Statistical Methods and Models for the Analysis of Cross-Cultural Data.- Mathematical Modelling and Computer Simulation of Social Processes.- Degree of Conformity for the Cross-National Comparative Study of National Character.- IV.- Cultural Link Analysis (CLA) for Comparative Quantitative Social Research and its Applications.- How Different are European Countries from Each Other? Describing Trend Data by Using Correspondence Analysis.- Dimensions of Partisanship: A Five-Nation Comparison.- Comparative Data Analysis of ALLBUS and Japanese Data: Desirable Quality for a Child, Meaning of Human Life, Legal Abortion, and Important Aspect of Job.- Religious Factors and General Social Attitudes Among Five Industrial Nations.- V.- Images of Foreigners in Mass Media.- Models of Urban Change.- The PM Theory: A Borderless Approach to Leadership Apprehension.- VI.- Time Budget Studies in Japan.- Opportunity Structures and Network Relations.- The Impact of Distributional Coalitions and State Power on Economic Performance.- About the Authors.