Developmental Idealism in China

Wang Guangzhou, P.I.

The Population Studies Center at the University of Michigan will collaborate with the Population Institute at the Chinese Academy of Social Science to conduct an in-depth survey in Sichuan Providence to understand how to measure developmental idealism within the Chinese context. Dr. Wang Guangzhou at the Population Institute at the Chinese Academy of Social Science will be the primary Chinese collaborator responsible for the fieldwork of the survey. The pretest is planned for July 2007, with the actual survey to follow in October 2007.

Ruins of Western Palaces at Yuanmingyuan, Beijing, China 2007

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Developmental Idealism Studies
Population Studies Center
University of Michigan

Recent Events

The Developmental Idealism Studies Group presented 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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