Includes bibliographical references p. 331-250 and index.

1. The International Social Justice Project / James R. Kluegel, David S. Mason and Bernd Wegener -- 2. Distributive Justice: Does It Matter What the People Think? / Adam Swift, Gordon Marshall, Carole Burgoyne and David Routh -- 3. Justice, Socialism, and Participation in the Postcommunist States / David S. Mason -- 4. Justice Beliefs and Support for the Welfare State in Advanced Capitalism / James R. Kluegel and Masaru Miyano -- 5. Comparative Referential Structures, System Legitimacy, and Justice Sentiments: An International Comparison / Duane F. Alwin, Galin Gornev, Ludmila Khakhulina, Vojko Antoncic, Wil Arts, Bogdan Cichomski and Piet Hermkens -- 6. Justice Evaluation of Income Distribution in East and West / Wil Arts, Piet Hermkens and Peter van Wijck -- 7. Justice Psychophysics in the Real World: Comparing Income Justice and Income Satisfaction in East and West Germany / Bernd Wegener and Susanne Steinmann.

8. Accounting for the Rich and the Poor: Existential Justice in Comparative Perspective / James R. Kluegel, Gyorgy Csepeli, Tamas Kolosi, Antal Orkeny and Maria Nemenyi -- 9. Egalitarian vs. Inegalitarian Principles of Distributive Justice / James R. Kluegel and Petr Mateju -- 10. Dominant Ideologies and the Variation of Distributive Justice Norms: A Comparison of East and West Germany, and the United States / Bernd Wegener and Stefan Liebig -- 11. Hierarchical and Social Closure Conceptions of Distributive Social Justice: A Comparison of East and West Germany / Bernd Wegener and Stefan Liebig -- 12. The Caring But Unjust Women? A Comparative Study of Gender Differences in Perceptions of Social Justice in Four Countries / Pamela Davidson, Susanne Steinmann and Bernd Wegener -- Appendix: Methods of the International Social Justice Project / Duane Alwin and Bernd Wegener.