Edward G Grabb
Biographic Data
| ID | 277889 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Edward G Grabb |
| GIVEN NAMES | Edward G |
| FAMILY NAME | Grabb |
| SIGNATURE | GRABB E G |
| AFFILIATIONS | Western University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 35 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 446 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 35 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1975 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2013 |
| H-INDEX | 8 |
The Canada Foundation for Innovation, Sociology of Knowledge, and the Re-engineering of the University
Dans cet article, nous montrons, en prenant comme exemple la Fondation canadienne pour l’innovation (FCI), comment les politiques canadiennes en matière de sciences engendrent des formes de « stratifications » à l’intérieur des universités et entre celles-ci. Il existe des différences importantes dans les fonds qu’accorde la FCI selon les champs de connaissances, et cela a entraîné des inégalités croissantes dans le soutien financier dont dispose…
Confidence in Political Institutions in Canada and the United States
This article uses nationally representative sample survey data to assess the confidence of Canadians and Americans in four major state institutions: the police; the civil service; the federal government; and political parties. Long-standing arguments suggest that Canadians are more trusting of government than Americans. Results, however, indicate small national differences, with variations within countries being much more important, especially fo…
Bridging and Bonding
This paper is the first Canadian analysis to consider voluntary association activity among a large array of ethnic groups, using national sample survey data and applying multivariate controls. Findings from the Economy, Security, and Community Survey of 2000 indicate that most of Canada's major ethnic or racial minority groups differ little in their average number of voluntary association involvements. The main exceptions are relatively low level…
Rejoinder to “Who Owns Democracy?”
Dans cette réplique, nous discutons brièvement quelques malentendus et oublis apparents dans un commentaire, publié dans le numéro 42.3 de la RCSA, pp. 267–82, concernant notre comparaison entre le Canada et les États-Unis, et tentons de les résoudre. In this rejoinder, we briefly discuss and seek to resolve some apparent misunderstandings and oversights in a commentary published in the CRSA (42.3: 267–82) about our research comparing Canada and …
Voluntary Association Activity in Quebec and English Canada
This paper presents the first multivariate analysis of the combined effects of region and language on voluntary association membership in Canada. National survey data from 2000 indicate that Quebecers have the lowest average number of memberships, with Western Canadians highest and Atlantic and Ontario residents in between. Preliminary results also confirm that francophones report fewer memberships than anglophones. Findings from Poisson regressi…
Trends in Civic Association Activity in Four Democracies
This study assesses whether civic association activity has declined in four Western democracies: Canada, the Netherlands, the United Kingdom, and the United States. Influential accounts of decreasing civic engagement in the United States lead to the expectation of similar patterns in the other three nations. The authors test this hypothesis using data from time-use surveys of adult national samples for the mid-1960s to the late 1990s. One major f…
In Memoriam
For Jim:A Tribute to James Ensign Curtis Ed Grabb On May 27, 2005, Sociology lost one of its most brilliant stars. Jim Curtis passed away while at work in his department at the University of Waterloo, doing what he did so well, in the place that he called home for so long. Jim's passing is deeply felt by his loving family and his countless friends both inside and outside of academia. Jim is simply irreplaceable for the professional community — fo…
Estimation des tendances de l'engagement dans les associations volontaires au cours des dernières décennies au Québec et au Canada anglais1
Étant donné la rareté des données sur les tendances passées de l'engagement dans les associations volontaires au Québec et au Canada anglais, nous proposons une méthode d'estimation de ces tendances. C'est une méthode qui repose sur la comparaison de données fournies par des répondants au sujet de leurs expériences à une étape particulière de leur vie, c'est-à-dire pendant leurs années d'études. Nous disposons de données provenant de telles quest…
On Accuracy and Big Pictures
Has Voluntary Association Activity Declined? Cross‐national Analyses for Fifteen Countries
Les études antérieures concernant l'adhésion volontaire à des associations aux États‐Unis ont menéà des conclusions contradictoires concernant la diminution du membership . Nous analysons ici des participations nominales et actives à des associations à l'échelle du Canada, des États‐Unis ainsi que de 13 autres pays au début des années 1980 et au début des années 1990. Des comparaisons en fonction du temps sont faites, incluant les syndicats et le…
Nations of Joiners
Levels of voluntary association membership for 33 democratic countries are compared using data from surveys of nationally representative samples of adults from the 1990s. Four explanations of national differences in association involvement are identified and tested: economic development, religious composition, type of polity, and years of continuous democracy. The analyses consider total and working association memberships, both including and exc…
Defining Moments and Recurring Myths
Dans cet article, nous examinons la célèbre thèse de S.M. Lipset, qui affirme que la révolution américaine a créé des differénces durables entre les valeurs canadiennes et américaines. Nous reconsidérons tout d'abord l'affirmation centrale de la thèse selon laquelle l'exode des loyalistes vers le Canada a ancré de façon permanente des systémes de valeurs distincts dans les deux sociétés. Notre analyse suggère que, au sein de la population générat…
The Origins of American Individualism
This paper reconsiders S. M. Lipset's well-known thesis that origins of America's dominant value system can be directly traced to formative events of Revolution. Our specific concern is with one core value, individualism, and suggestion that individualist ideas and beliefs were widely held in population in Revolutionary era. A central claim of present paper is that crux of Lipset's depiction of value system, or American Creed, is a particular ver…
Respect for Authority in Canada, the United States, Great Britain and Australia
This paper presents a test of S.M. Lipset's thesis that Americans are less respectful or accepting of authority than people from Canada and from two other English-speaking democracies: Australia and Great Britain. We use data from World Values Survey, 1981–83, to compare adult samples from the four populations, with separate analyses for English Canada and French Canada. Twenty-one dependent variables are employed, measuring beliefs about authori…
National character, regional culture, and the values of Canadians and Americans
Cette étude analyse des données ayant fait l'objet de sondages à l'échelle nationale et qui serviront à evaluer la thèse de S.M. Lipset en regard avec certaines divergences caractérisant la population canadienne et américaine. L'étude traitera principalement d'une question, à savoir si les particularités régionales de chacun des deux pays constituent un élément aussi fondamental que leur dissemblance si l'on compare leurs valeurs. Les résultats d…
Voluntary Association Activity in English Canada, French Canada, and the United States
Edward G. Grabb, James E. Curtis, Voluntary Association Activity in English Canada, French Canada, and the United States: A Multivariate Analysis, The Canadian Journal of Sociology / Cahiers canadiens de sociologie, Vol. 17, No. 4 (Autumn, 1992), pp. 371-388
Voluntary Association Membership in Fifteen Countries
We test the hypothesis, dating from the work of Weber and Tocqueville, that Americans are more likely to become involved in voluntary associations than people of other nations. Compared to previous work, we employ more recent data and consider more countries. We also examine several different measures of membership levels : all memberships versus working memberships as well as membership including and excluding church or union memberships. Cross-…
Economic dissatisfaction, potential unionism, and attitudes toward unions in Canada
Cet article examine une première tentative mise au point dans le but d'évaluer le lien entre le mécontentement économique et l'appui accordé aux syndicats en ayant recours à des données provenant de diverses réunions‐débats qui ont eu lieu à travers le pays. Un modèle de variable latent (LISREL) est utilisé pour étudier les positions prises par un échantillon représentatif de canadiens entre 1977 et 1981. Selon les résultats, il existe en général…
English Canadian-American Differences in Orientation toward Social Control and Individual Rights
This paper presents results from comparative secondary analyses of data from U.S. national surveys and a Canadian community survey which asked the same questions on individual rights and policies of social control Comparisons are made of responses on a set of twelve questions on six different issue areas. The findings bear on S. M. Lipset's thesis on Canadian-American value differences and Hagan and Leon's test of this in analyses of the law. The…
The Values of Canadians and Americans
Journal Article The Values of Canadians and Americans: A Rejoinder Get access Douglas Baer, Douglas Baer University of Western Ontario Address all correspondence to Doug Baer, Department of Sociology, University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada, N6A 5C2. Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Edward Grabb, Edward Grabb University of Western Ontario Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Acade…
The Values of Canadians and Americans
Journal Article The Values of Canadians and Americans: A Critical Analysis and Reassessment Get access Doug Baer, Doug Baer University of Western Ontario Direct all correspondence to: Doug Baer, Department of Sociology, University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada, N6A 5C2. Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Edward Grabb, Edward Grabb University of Western Ontario Search for other works by this auth…
Class, crisis, and political ideology in Canada
Family Background, Socioeconomic Attainment, and the Ranking of Self-Actualization Values
This paper examines the interrelationships connecting family background, socioeconomic attainment, and the evaluation of a set of life goals that focus on the concept of self-actualization. Based on a national sample of Canadians from 1981, the findings suggest modest class differences in the perceived importance of self-actualization, with those from the higher strata somewhat more likely to stress this value orientation. Multivariate analyses a…
Reply to Clifton
Sense of control over life circumstances
Cet article examine l'hypothèse selon laquelle le sentiment, chez les Canadiens‐français, que leur vie, tant actuelle que future, est gérée par des forces extérieures, atteint un niveau plus élevé que chez les Canadiens de langue anglaise. Basés sur un échantillonage d'une étude nationale qui remonte à 1977, les résultats obtenus n'appuyent cette hypothèse que dans une dimension sur six. Cette dimension touche au vécu du répondant qui, dûà des ci…
Nations of Joiners
Levels of voluntary association membership for 33 democratic countries are compared using data from surveys of nationally representative samples of adults from the 1990s. Four explanations of national differences in association involvement are identified and tested: economic development, religious composition, type of polity, and years of continuous democracy. The analyses consider total and working association memberships, both including and exc…
Voluntary Association Membership in Fifteen Countries
We test the hypothesis, dating from the work of Weber and Tocqueville, that Americans are more likely to become involved in voluntary associations than people of other nations. Compared to previous work, we employ more recent data and consider more countries. We also examine several different measures of membership levels : all memberships versus working memberships as well as membership including and excluding church or union memberships. Cross-…
Trends in Civic Association Activity in Four Democracies
This study assesses whether civic association activity has declined in four Western democracies: Canada, the Netherlands, the United Kingdom, and the United States. Influential accounts of decreasing civic engagement in the United States lead to the expectation of similar patterns in the other three nations. The authors test this hypothesis using data from time-use surveys of adult national samples for the mid-1960s to the late 1990s. One major f…
Working-Class Authoritarianism and Tolerance of Outgroups
The hypothesis that members of the working class are less tolerant of "outgroups" than their middle-class counterparts is examined using a national survey of Americans conducted in 1976. The results show that workers are somewhat more likely to be intolerant of various outgroups and that this is true regardless of the nature of the deviant group in question. What is more important, however, is that the direct effect of occupational class on toler…
National character, regional culture, and the values of Canadians and Americans
Cette étude analyse des données ayant fait l'objet de sondages à l'échelle nationale et qui serviront à evaluer la thèse de S.M. Lipset en regard avec certaines divergences caractérisant la population canadienne et américaine. L'étude traitera principalement d'une question, à savoir si les particularités régionales de chacun des deux pays constituent un élément aussi fondamental que leur dissemblance si l'on compare leurs valeurs. Les résultats d…
Voluntary Association Activity in Quebec and English Canada
This paper presents the first multivariate analysis of the combined effects of region and language on voluntary association membership in Canada. National survey data from 2000 indicate that Quebecers have the lowest average number of memberships, with Western Canadians highest and Atlantic and Ontario residents in between. Preliminary results also confirm that francophones report fewer memberships than anglophones. Findings from Poisson regressi…
Estimation des tendances de l'engagement dans les associations volontaires au cours des dernières décennies au Québec et au Canada anglais1
Étant donné la rareté des données sur les tendances passées de l'engagement dans les associations volontaires au Québec et au Canada anglais, nous proposons une méthode d'estimation de ces tendances. C'est une méthode qui repose sur la comparaison de données fournies par des répondants au sujet de leurs expériences à une étape particulière de leur vie, c'est-à-dire pendant leurs années d'études. Nous disposons de données provenant de telles quest…
Marxist Categories and Theories of Class
Defining Moments and Recurring Myths
Dans cet article, nous examinons la célèbre thèse de S.M. Lipset, qui affirme que la révolution américaine a créé des differénces durables entre les valeurs canadiennes et américaines. Nous reconsidérons tout d'abord l'affirmation centrale de la thèse selon laquelle l'exode des loyalistes vers le Canada a ancré de façon permanente des systémes de valeurs distincts dans les deux sociétés. Notre analyse suggère que, au sein de la population générat…
English Canadian-American Differences in Orientation toward Social Control and Individual Rights
This paper presents results from comparative secondary analyses of data from U.S. national surveys and a Canadian community survey which asked the same questions on individual rights and policies of social control Comparisons are made of responses on a set of twelve questions on six different issue areas. The findings bear on S. M. Lipset's thesis on Canadian-American value differences and Hagan and Leon's test of this in analyses of the law. The…
Has Voluntary Association Activity Declined? Cross‐national Analyses for Fifteen Countries
Les études antérieures concernant l'adhésion volontaire à des associations aux États‐Unis ont menéà des conclusions contradictoires concernant la diminution du membership . Nous analysons ici des participations nominales et actives à des associations à l'échelle du Canada, des États‐Unis ainsi que de 13 autres pays au début des années 1980 et au début des années 1990. Des comparaisons en fonction du temps sont faites, incluant les syndicats et le…
Voluntary Association Activity in English Canada, French Canada, and the United States
Edward G. Grabb, James E. Curtis, Voluntary Association Activity in English Canada, French Canada, and the United States: A Multivariate Analysis, The Canadian Journal of Sociology / Cahiers canadiens de sociologie, Vol. 17, No. 4 (Autumn, 1992), pp. 371-388
The Values of Canadians and Americans
Journal Article The Values of Canadians and Americans: A Critical Analysis and Reassessment Get access Doug Baer, Doug Baer University of Western Ontario Direct all correspondence to: Doug Baer, Department of Sociology, University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada, N6A 5C2. Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Edward Grabb, Edward Grabb University of Western Ontario Search for other works by this auth…
Differences in Sense of Control Among French‐ and English‐canadian Adolescents
Cet article examine I'hypothèse que les Francophones sentent moins que les Anglophones qu'ils maitrisent les événements de leur vie. Les résultats d'une étude canadienne de Iycéens faite en 1965–66 montrent que les répondants français sentent un peu moins qu'ils maitrisent leur vie, mais que I'influence directe de l'affiliation à un groupe linguistique est négligeable quand on considère la position socioéconomique et l'implication de l'enfant dan…
Relative Centrality and Political Isolation
Les sentiments des Canadiens selon lesquels ils sont isolés des institutions politiques fédérales sont liés à leur région d'habitation, leur affiliation linguistique et leur position sociale et éco‐nomique. Les conclusions d'un échantillon national de 1968 sont en général en accord avec une perspective de “relative centrality” ou de “metropolis‐hinterland.” Les Québécois et les habitants des Maritimes, les Francophones et les gens qui sont économ…
The Canada Foundation for Innovation, Sociology of Knowledge, and the Re-engineering of the University
Dans cet article, nous montrons, en prenant comme exemple la Fondation canadienne pour l’innovation (FCI), comment les politiques canadiennes en matière de sciences engendrent des formes de « stratifications » à l’intérieur des universités et entre celles-ci. Il existe des différences importantes dans les fonds qu’accorde la FCI selon les champs de connaissances, et cela a entraîné des inégalités croissantes dans le soutien financier dont dispose…
Bridging and Bonding
This paper is the first Canadian analysis to consider voluntary association activity among a large array of ethnic groups, using national sample survey data and applying multivariate controls. Findings from the Economy, Security, and Community Survey of 2000 indicate that most of Canada's major ethnic or racial minority groups differ little in their average number of voluntary association involvements. The main exceptions are relatively low level…
The Origins of American Individualism
This paper reconsiders S. M. Lipset's well-known thesis that origins of America's dominant value system can be directly traced to formative events of Revolution. Our specific concern is with one core value, individualism, and suggestion that individualist ideas and beliefs were widely held in population in Revolutionary era. A central claim of present paper is that crux of Lipset's depiction of value system, or American Creed, is a particular ver…
The Ranking of Self-Actualization Values
This paper examines the influence of social class, occupational experiences, and a variety of stratification factors on the ranking of a set of important life goals. Based on a national sample of Canadians from 1977, the findings indicate modest class differences in the evaluation of four “self-actualization” values. Specifically, middle class respondents rank “self-development,” “achievement,” and “activism” as more important than do working cla…
Canada's Lower Middle Class
On Accuracy and Big Pictures
Economic dissatisfaction, potential unionism, and attitudes toward unions in Canada
Cet article examine une première tentative mise au point dans le but d'évaluer le lien entre le mécontentement économique et l'appui accordé aux syndicats en ayant recours à des données provenant de diverses réunions‐débats qui ont eu lieu à travers le pays. Un modèle de variable latent (LISREL) est utilisé pour étudier les positions prises par un échantillon représentatif de canadiens entre 1977 et 1981. Selon les résultats, il existe en général…
The Values of Canadians and Americans
Journal Article The Values of Canadians and Americans: A Rejoinder Get access Douglas Baer, Douglas Baer University of Western Ontario Address all correspondence to Doug Baer, Department of Sociology, University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada, N6A 5C2. Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Edward Grabb, Edward Grabb University of Western Ontario Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Acade…
Sense of control over life circumstances
Cet article examine l'hypothèse selon laquelle le sentiment, chez les Canadiens‐français, que leur vie, tant actuelle que future, est gérée par des forces extérieures, atteint un niveau plus élevé que chez les Canadiens de langue anglaise. Basés sur un échantillonage d'une étude nationale qui remonte à 1977, les résultats obtenus n'appuyent cette hypothèse que dans une dimension sur six. Cette dimension touche au vécu du répondant qui, dûà des ci…
The Subjective Meanings of Social Class among Canadians
Edward G. Grabb, Ronald D. Lambert, The Subjective Meanings of Social Class among Canadians, The Canadian Journal of Sociology / Cahiers canadiens de sociologie, Vol. 7, No. 3 (Summer, 1982), pp. 297-307
Canada's Lower Middle Class
Relative Centrality and Political Isolation
Les sentiments des Canadiens selon lesquels ils sont isolés des institutions politiques fédérales sont liés à leur région d'habitation, leur affiliation linguistique et leur position sociale et éco‐nomique. Les conclusions d'un échantillon national de 1968 sont en général en accord avec une perspective de “relative centrality” ou de “metropolis‐hinterland.” Les Québécois et les habitants des Maritimes, les Francophones et les gens qui sont économ…
Working-Class Authoritarianism and Tolerance of Outgroups
The hypothesis that members of the working class are less tolerant of "outgroups" than their middle-class counterparts is examined using a national survey of Americans conducted in 1976. The results show that workers are somewhat more likely to be intolerant of various outgroups and that this is true regardless of the nature of the deviant group in question. What is more important, however, is that the direct effect of occupational class on toler…
A Research Note on Class and Authoritarian Perspectives in Canada
Differences in Sense of Control Among French‐ and English‐canadian Adolescents
Cet article examine I'hypothèse que les Francophones sentent moins que les Anglophones qu'ils maitrisent les événements de leur vie. Les résultats d'une étude canadienne de Iycéens faite en 1965–66 montrent que les répondants français sentent un peu moins qu'ils maitrisent leur vie, mais que I'influence directe de l'affiliation à un groupe linguistique est négligeable quand on considère la position socioéconomique et l'implication de l'enfant dan…
Socioeconomic Status, Attitudes, and Educational Performance
Marxist Categories and Theories of Class
Class, conformity and political powerlessness
Ce document clarifie le lien entre deux traditions indépendents de recherche sociale: 1/ les recherches de Kohn traitant des expériences du travail comme L'origine des différences de conformitè extérieure entre les classes sociales; et 2/ la documentation considérable qui démontre la relation négative entre les classes sociales et L'impuissance politique subjective. Les données d'un échantillon de London, Ontario confirment cette dernière relatio…
The Ranking of Self-Actualization Values
This paper examines the influence of social class, occupational experiences, and a variety of stratification factors on the ranking of a set of important life goals. Based on a national sample of Canadians from 1977, the findings indicate modest class differences in the evaluation of four “self-actualization” values. Specifically, middle class respondents rank “self-development,” “achievement,” and “activism” as more important than do working cla…
Sense of control over life circumstances
Cet article examine l'hypothèse selon laquelle le sentiment, chez les Canadiens‐français, que leur vie, tant actuelle que future, est gérée par des forces extérieures, atteint un niveau plus élevé que chez les Canadiens de langue anglaise. Basés sur un échantillonage d'une étude nationale qui remonte à 1977, les résultats obtenus n'appuyent cette hypothèse que dans une dimension sur six. Cette dimension touche au vécu du répondant qui, dûà des ci…
The Subjective Meanings of Social Class among Canadians
Edward G. Grabb, Ronald D. Lambert, The Subjective Meanings of Social Class among Canadians, The Canadian Journal of Sociology / Cahiers canadiens de sociologie, Vol. 7, No. 3 (Summer, 1982), pp. 297-307
Reply to Clifton
Class, crisis, and political ideology in Canada
Family Background, Socioeconomic Attainment, and the Ranking of Self-Actualization Values
This paper examines the interrelationships connecting family background, socioeconomic attainment, and the evaluation of a set of life goals that focus on the concept of self-actualization. Based on a national sample of Canadians from 1981, the findings suggest modest class differences in the perceived importance of self-actualization, with those from the higher strata somewhat more likely to stress this value orientation. Multivariate analyses a…
The Values of Canadians and Americans
Journal Article The Values of Canadians and Americans: A Rejoinder Get access Douglas Baer, Douglas Baer University of Western Ontario Address all correspondence to Doug Baer, Department of Sociology, University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada, N6A 5C2. Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Edward Grabb, Edward Grabb University of Western Ontario Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Acade…
The Values of Canadians and Americans
Journal Article The Values of Canadians and Americans: A Critical Analysis and Reassessment Get access Doug Baer, Doug Baer University of Western Ontario Direct all correspondence to: Doug Baer, Department of Sociology, University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada, N6A 5C2. Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Edward Grabb, Edward Grabb University of Western Ontario Search for other works by this auth…
Economic dissatisfaction, potential unionism, and attitudes toward unions in Canada
Cet article examine une première tentative mise au point dans le but d'évaluer le lien entre le mécontentement économique et l'appui accordé aux syndicats en ayant recours à des données provenant de diverses réunions‐débats qui ont eu lieu à travers le pays. Un modèle de variable latent (LISREL) est utilisé pour étudier les positions prises par un échantillon représentatif de canadiens entre 1977 et 1981. Selon les résultats, il existe en général…
English Canadian-American Differences in Orientation toward Social Control and Individual Rights
This paper presents results from comparative secondary analyses of data from U.S. national surveys and a Canadian community survey which asked the same questions on individual rights and policies of social control Comparisons are made of responses on a set of twelve questions on six different issue areas. The findings bear on S. M. Lipset's thesis on Canadian-American value differences and Hagan and Leon's test of this in analyses of the law. The…
Voluntary Association Activity in English Canada, French Canada, and the United States
Edward G. Grabb, James E. Curtis, Voluntary Association Activity in English Canada, French Canada, and the United States: A Multivariate Analysis, The Canadian Journal of Sociology / Cahiers canadiens de sociologie, Vol. 17, No. 4 (Autumn, 1992), pp. 371-388
Voluntary Association Membership in Fifteen Countries
We test the hypothesis, dating from the work of Weber and Tocqueville, that Americans are more likely to become involved in voluntary associations than people of other nations. Compared to previous work, we employ more recent data and consider more countries. We also examine several different measures of membership levels : all memberships versus working memberships as well as membership including and excluding church or union memberships. Cross-…
National character, regional culture, and the values of Canadians and Americans
Cette étude analyse des données ayant fait l'objet de sondages à l'échelle nationale et qui serviront à evaluer la thèse de S.M. Lipset en regard avec certaines divergences caractérisant la population canadienne et américaine. L'étude traitera principalement d'une question, à savoir si les particularités régionales de chacun des deux pays constituent un élément aussi fondamental que leur dissemblance si l'on compare leurs valeurs. Les résultats d…
Respect for Authority in Canada, the United States, Great Britain and Australia
This paper presents a test of S.M. Lipset's thesis that Americans are less respectful or accepting of authority than people from Canada and from two other English-speaking democracies: Australia and Great Britain. We use data from World Values Survey, 1981–83, to compare adult samples from the four populations, with separate analyses for English Canada and French Canada. Twenty-one dependent variables are employed, measuring beliefs about authori…
The Origins of American Individualism
This paper reconsiders S. M. Lipset's well-known thesis that origins of America's dominant value system can be directly traced to formative events of Revolution. Our specific concern is with one core value, individualism, and suggestion that individualist ideas and beliefs were widely held in population in Revolutionary era. A central claim of present paper is that crux of Lipset's depiction of value system, or American Creed, is a particular ver…
Defining Moments and Recurring Myths
Dans cet article, nous examinons la célèbre thèse de S.M. Lipset, qui affirme que la révolution américaine a créé des differénces durables entre les valeurs canadiennes et américaines. Nous reconsidérons tout d'abord l'affirmation centrale de la thèse selon laquelle l'exode des loyalistes vers le Canada a ancré de façon permanente des systémes de valeurs distincts dans les deux sociétés. Notre analyse suggère que, au sein de la population générat…
On Accuracy and Big Pictures
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