People

Members of the Developmental Idealism Studies group at this time include:

Arland Thornton, University of Michigan

Mohammad Jalal Abbasi-Shavazi, University of Tehran

William Axinn, University of Michigan

Jennifer Barber, University of Michigan

Judy Baughn, University of Michigan

Georgina Binstock, Population Studies Center, Buenos Aires, Argentina

Yih-yan Chen , National Cheng-Chi University, Election Study Center, Taiwan

Mick Cunningham, Western Washington University

Julie de Jong, University of Michigan

Dirgha Ghimire, University of Michigan

Arjan Gjonca, London School of Economics

Wang Guangzhou, Chinese Academy of Social Science

Rukmalie Jayakody, Pennsylvania State University

Ron Lesthaeghe, Free University of Brussels, Emeritus

Attila Melegh, Demographic Research Institute, Budapest

Colter Mitchell, University of Michigan

Mansoor Moaddel, Eastern Michigan University

Dimiter Philipov, Vienna Institute of Demography

Linda Young-DeMarco, University of Michigan

Kathryn Yount, Emory University

Yu Xie, University of Michigan

African Women Carrying Children and Loads Along Road, Malawi, Around 2000

© 2008
Developmental Idealism Studies
Population Studies Center
University of Michigan

Upcoming Events

The Developmental Idealism Studies Group will present their paper on "Processes and Methods for Creating Questions and Protocols for an International Study of Ideas about Development and Family Life" at 3MC, Berlin, June 2008.

Book Award

Arland Thornton's book Reading History Sideways wins the William J. Goode Book Award of the ASA Section on the Sociology of the Family.

New Data Collection

Developmental Idealism questionnaire supplements added to May and November 2007 Surveys of Consumer Attitudes.

Reading History Sideways

The method of reading history sideways is described and critiqued by Arland Thornton.


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