The Odum Institute at UNC-CH maintains a database of public opinion polls. They have old Harris polls and well as several others. See http://www2.irss.unc.edu/data_archive/pollsearch.html for the search menu. I believe you can still download data as well as get online marginal reports. http://pollingreport.com/ has lots of recent surveys on various topics, so you may find something useful there. Finally Gallup has published a multivolume series that tracks various questions they've asked over the years.
In terms of research on values, you might check out Wayne E. Baker's America's Crisis of Values : Reality and Perception (Princeton University Press, 2004, ISBN: 0691117942) should cover some of this. Another recent book on the "culture wars" is Morris P. Fiorina, Samuel J. Abrams, Jeremy C. Pope's Culture War? The Myth of a Polarized America (Longman 2004 ISBN: 032127640X). You might run author searches for these folks in whatever citation databases are available to you. Best, James -----Original Message----- >From: Jan Buhrmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Sent: Feb 24, 2006 11:11 AM >To: "'<Teaching Sociology'" <[email protected]> >Subject: TEACHSOC: Question on existing databases and articles on social >values... > >Listserve Members: > >I may have posted a similar question previously to the list, but I am >wondering if any of you have suggestions for databases other than the GSS >that might contain questions focusing on social values, or key ideals that >people in the U.S. hold as important. > >Additionally, if you can point me in the direction of classic or recent >articles in this area, I would greatly appreciate any suggestions. > >Thanks in advance, > > - Jan Buhrmann > >========================= >Jan Buhrmann, Ph.D. >Assistant Professor >Department of Sociology >Illinois College >E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Phone: 217-245-3877 > >" > > ------ James Cassell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Teaching Sociology" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/teachsoc -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
