Understanding the Worldviews of the Saudi Arabian Public

了解沙特阿拉伯公众的世界观

• 批准号: 0242861
• 负责人: Mansoor Moaddel
• 金额: $ 9.95万
• 依托单位: Eastern Michigan University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2003
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2003-04-01 至 2005-09-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0242861&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Understanding; Worldviews; Saudi; Arabian; Public

This project seeks to understand and analyze the worldviews of the citizens of Saudi Arabia. To this end, it carries out a comprehensive survey of the attitudes and value orientations of a representative national sample of 1500 adult Saudis, using face-to-face interviews. The survey instrument is a close-ended 19-page questionnaire that covers such issues as those related to family, parent-child expectations, women and gender relations, interpersonal trust, religion, politics, individual and national identity, the relationship with the outside world, modern education, economic development, and religious and social tolerance. Saudi Arabia is host to two of the holiest cites in Islam, Mecca and Medina, the world's major producer of crude petroleum, a moderate Arab country, and a U.S. ally. Thus, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia plays a vital role in the world economy, politics, and culture. In the context of the comparative value survey data collected from several other Islamic countries in recent years, this study helps to illuminate and explain how such diverse factors, as the country's stewardship of the holy cites and centrality in the world of Islam, the specific religious, tribal, and political dynamics of the Saudi Kingdom, and the oil-driven rentier economy, have shaped the value orientations of the Saudi public toward work, family, women, politics, religion and religious practices, and other significant social and cultural issues. By attempting to understand the worldviews of the Saudi public, this project will not only contribute to the social scientific study of this significant Muslim nation, but will promote inter-cultural understanding and a peaceful relationship between U.S. and Saudi publics as well.

该项目旨在理解和分析沙特阿拉伯公民的世界观。为此，使用面对面的访谈，它对代表性的1500名成人沙特人的代表性国家样本的态度和价值取向进行了全面调查。该调查工具是一份封闭式的19页问卷，涵盖了与家庭，亲子期望，妇女和性别关系，人际信任，宗教，政治，个人和民族认同，与外界，现代教育，经济发展以及宗教和宗教和社会宽容有关的问题。 沙特阿拉伯是伊斯兰教，麦加和麦地那（Medina）的两个最神圣的引用，这是世界主要的阿拉伯国家和一个美国盟友的世界主要生产国。 因此，沙特阿拉伯王国在世界经济，政治和文化中起着至关重要的作用。 In the context of the comparative value survey data collected from several other Islamic countries in recent years, this study helps to illuminate and explain how such diverse factors, as the country's stewardship of the holy cites and centrality in the world of Islam, the specific religious, tribal, and political dynamics of the Saudi Kingdom, and the oil-driven rentier economy, have shaped the value orientations of the Saudi public toward work, family, women, politics, religion and religious实践以及其他重大的社会和文化问题。通过试图了解沙特公众的世界观，该项目不仅会为这个重要的穆斯林国家的社会科学研究做出贡献，而且还将促进文化间的理解和美国与沙特公众之间的和平关系。