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Certain assumptions made in survey res wiith US housewife may not be operative with Indians. 6 assumptions which should be taken into account in the planning & administration of res in other areas are discussed, based on observations from a sample survey of 600 Ur Ru persons in Madras State. The assumption: are: (1) most people hold opinions on a broad range of issues & are capable of articulating them (unwarranted); (2) The unit of opinion is the individual (frequently challenged); (3) That for purposes of a sample survey all opinions are equal (frequently challenged); (4) That a clinical or neutral stance on matters of concern to soc sci is possible or legitimate (is not accepted by many Indian soc sci'ts); (5) that private res carried out by bona fide scholars is entitled to respect & cooperation from the general public & public officials (often questioned); & (6) That a climate of committment to & an understanding of professional standards in the soc sci's exists in some measure (affirmed). It was felt that some of the questions which the opinion survey can answer in the West can be better answered by the anthrop'st using methods of clinical observation. There are areas of res which can be suitably handled by survey methods esp res on the growth of PO in underdeveloped areas. J. D. Twight.

Cover -- Half Title -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Preface -- Introduction: Religion, States, and Transnational Civil Society, Susanne Hoeber Rudolph -- Part One Self-Organization: From Society and from Below -- 1 Trans-state Islam and Security, Dale F. Eickelman -- 2 Muslim Missionaries and African States, Ousmane Kane -- 3 Bridging the Gap Between Empowerment and Power in Latin America, Daniel H. Levine and David Stoll -- 4 Faces of Catholic Transnationalism: In and Beyond France, Danièle Hervieu-Léger -- translated by Roger Gleason -- Part Two Hierarchy: From a Center and from Above -- 5 Globalizing Catholicism and the Return to a "Universal" Church, José Casanova -- 6 World Religions and National States: Competing Claims in East Asia, Don Baker -- 7 Religious Resource Networks: Roman Catholic Philanthropy in Central and East Europe, Ralph Della Cava -- 8 In Defense of Allah's Realm: Religion and Statecraft in Saudi Foreign Policy Strategy, Cary Fraser -- Part Three Reflections -- 9 Dehomogenizing Religious Formations, Susanne Hoeber Rudolph -- About the Book and Editors -- About the Contributors -- Index