This paper considers the implications of current notions of the learning city. It argues that popular neoliberal ideologies create an environment in which lifelong learners strive for the learning city as an end product, both in production and for consumption, rather than embrace it as a living, social context. The rhetoric of the knowledge…

Cynicism stemming from the unequal social and economic positions of the French and English inhabitants of Montreal is expressed strongly in the literature of Gabrielle Roy, Gerard Bessette, Paul Chamberland, and others. (CHK)

Argues that perhaps there is a chance that the drastic conditions existing in the slums (conditions which are spreading to previously stable old neighborhoods) will be the major force which will break the back of factionalism, elitism, and neocolonialism and serve as the lever for authentic democratic community development. (Author/JM)

Examines hypotheses linking lower class leftist radicalism to the political primitivism caused by lack of education, lack of media exposure, infrequent participation in organizations, and personal isolation--on the basis of data from 382 Chilean urban slum dwellers. (RJ)

Research supported in part by a National Institute for Mental Health Training Grant No. MH11102-01. A Revision of this paper was reported at the International Congress for Mental Health, London, England, August, 1968.

This report describes some of the major efforts undertaken by the Ford Foundation to provide decent housing. Their approach to the problem is said to have evolved through three interlocking stages: increasing the supply of housing through support for technical advisory services to non-profit groups engaged in building low and moderate-rental…

THE AUTHOR SUBMITTED THAT NEGATIVE PRECONCEPTIONS OFTEN HINDER THE EFFECTIVENESS OF TEACHERS AND ADMINISTRATORS IN CULTURALLY DEPRESSED AREAS. MOST DISADVANTAGED CHILDREN ARE NOT SPECIAL DISCIPLINE PROBLEMS, NOR EXCEPTIONALLY HOSTILE OR UNRESPONSIVE. THEY AND THEIR PARENTS HAVE HIGH, EVEN UNREALISTIC, EDUCATIONAL ASPIRATIONS. TEACHERS SHOULD…

Reviews several common pseudo- and middle-range theories that have been offered to explain the violence that occurred in Black ghettos in the 1960s. Argues for the necessity of a systematic examination of the political significance of racial discrimination in relation to urban violence. (KH)

Examines the reasons for the collapse of neighborhoods like Woodlawn so that suffering may be abated and not unwittingly exacerbated. (DM)