Naslov
Country Report: Public Opinion Surveys in Croatia

Autori
Barada, Valerija ; Zdravković, Željka

Vrsta, podvrsta i kategorija rada
Sažeci sa skupova, sažetak, znanstveni

Izvornik
Sociological Surveys of Public Opinion in Southeast Europe: Cross-National Comparative Studies / Słomczyński, Kazimierz M. ; Tomescu-Dubrow, Irina - Cluj - Napoca : Faculty of Sociology and Social Work, Babes-Bolyai University, Cluj-Napoca, Romania, 2007, 0-0

Skup
Sociological Surveys of Public Opinion in South-East Europe: Cross-National Comparative Studies

Mjesto i datum
Cluj-Napoca, Rumunjska, 31.08.2007. - 03.09.2007

Vrsta sudjelovanja
Predavanje

Vrsta recenzije
Međunarodna recenzija

Ključne riječi
public opinion surveys; Croatia; content analysis; funding sources

Sažetak
This presentation provides an overview of the state of public opinion research in Croatia from 2000 to the present day. The issues addressed relate to the questions: who is financing and conducting research, which topics are surveyed, and what kind of methodology is used? In order to answer these questions, a content analysis of publicly available data has been carried out. Journals, research project data bases as well as web pages of public opinion research agencies and NGO’ s have been analyzed. The results show that the surveys are mostly not representative and research results are published with insufficient methodological explanation. In data processing, descriptive statistics predominates.The analysis further showed that only recently a synergy of various funding sources, necessary to carry out large scale surveys, has been developing. Private public opinion research agencies, civil sector and state institutes, as well as individual researcherst have begun to collaborate in the attempts to secure funding, but also to research hitherto neglected topics (such as attitudes towards the 1990s wars in the area, values, public opinion on NGO activities). This synergy that is developing is see as potentially beneficial for the improvement of research methods and sociological research of Croatian society in general.

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

Znanstvena područja
Sociologija

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