Douglas E Baer
Biographic Data
| ID | 282712 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Douglas E Baer |
| GIVEN NAMES | Douglas E |
| FAMILY NAME | Baer |
| SIGNATURE | BAER D E |
| AFFILIATIONS | Dept. of Sociology, The University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario N6A 5C2, Canada |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 4 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 296 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 4 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1984 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2001 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Nations of Joiners: Explaining Voluntary Association Membership in Democratic Societies
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…
Attitudes Toward Family and Gender Roles: A Comparison of English and French Canadian Women
ZHENG WU** and DOUGLAS E. BAER*** Recent studies provide clear evidence of a profound transformation in attitudes toward family related behaviors and gender roles in much of the Western world over the past three decades. Research documenting these attitudinal changes calls attention to the increased acceptance of divorce, nonmarital cohabitation, unmarried parenthood, permanent nonmarriage, and voluntary childlessness (Morgan and Waite, 1987; Tho…
Voluntary Association Membership in Fifteen Countries: A Comparative Analysis
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-…
French Canadian-English Canadian Differences in Values: National Survey Findings
Douglas E. Baer, James E. Curtis, French Canadian-English Canadian Differences in Values: National Survey Findings, The Canadian Journal of Sociology / Cahiers canadiens de sociologie, Vol. 9, No. 4 (Autumn, 1984), pp. 405-427
Nations of Joiners: Explaining Voluntary Association Membership in Democratic Societies
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: A Comparative Analysis
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-…
French Canadian-English Canadian Differences in Values: National Survey Findings
Douglas E. Baer, James E. Curtis, French Canadian-English Canadian Differences in Values: National Survey Findings, The Canadian Journal of Sociology / Cahiers canadiens de sociologie, Vol. 9, No. 4 (Autumn, 1984), pp. 405-427
Attitudes Toward Family and Gender Roles: A Comparison of English and French Canadian Women
ZHENG WU** and DOUGLAS E. BAER*** Recent studies provide clear evidence of a profound transformation in attitudes toward family related behaviors and gender roles in much of the Western world over the past three decades. Research documenting these attitudinal changes calls attention to the increased acceptance of divorce, nonmarital cohabitation, unmarried parenthood, permanent nonmarriage, and voluntary childlessness (Morgan and Waite, 1987; Tho…
French Canadian-English Canadian Differences in Values: National Survey Findings
Douglas E. Baer, James E. Curtis, French Canadian-English Canadian Differences in Values: National Survey Findings, The Canadian Journal of Sociology / Cahiers canadiens de sociologie, Vol. 9, No. 4 (Autumn, 1984), pp. 405-427
Voluntary Association Membership in Fifteen Countries: A Comparative Analysis
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-…
Attitudes Toward Family and Gender Roles: A Comparison of English and French Canadian Women
ZHENG WU** and DOUGLAS E. BAER*** Recent studies provide clear evidence of a profound transformation in attitudes toward family related behaviors and gender roles in much of the Western world over the past three decades. Research documenting these attitudinal changes calls attention to the increased acceptance of divorce, nonmarital cohabitation, unmarried parenthood, permanent nonmarriage, and voluntary childlessness (Morgan and Waite, 1987; Tho…
Nations of Joiners: Explaining Voluntary Association Membership in Democratic Societies
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…
Political science (3 works) · Psychology (3 works) · Association (psychology (2 works) · Demographic economics (2 works) · Economics (2 works) · Law (2 works) · Law (2 works) · Management (2 works) · Nonprofit Sector and Volunteering (2 works) · Politics (2 works)