Approximately six hundred respondents drawn from a population of undergraduate summer school students in the Montreal area were used to test two hypotheses: (1) French Canadians will hold attitudes of greater hostility toward authority than English Canadians; and (2) English speaking Canadians will hold attitudes of greater anxiety toward…

In times of social change, the major institutions of a community undergo sometimes drastic modifications, even restructuring. Institutions such as education, government, and the family go through many interim stages before reaching a static point. If a pattern of these changes can be established, or if a cause and effect relationship can be…

The purpose of this study was to develop a manual on the Texas laws of arrest for use by state and local law enforcement officers. It is not intended to be a legal treatise, although pertinent statutes and court decisions are reviewed and suggestions made for legislative change. A brief history of the laws of arrest is presented, together with a…

An organizational study of the dynamics of interaction between the parent college and one of its component units is presented. The analysis is not limited to formal organizational structure and function. At relevant points, the dynamics of informal groupings and relationships are introduced. The research involved examination of a vast number of…

The brief article, intended for use as thought provoking instructional material for secondary students, focuses on the concept of political legitimacy and how it relates to revolution. The objective is to help students recognize that to be legitimate is to have society's approval. For example, the government of each nation within its own political…

The purpose of this study was to develop a manual on the Texas laws of arrest for use by state and local law enforcement officers. It is not intended to be a legal treatise, although pertinent statutes and court decisions are reviewed and suggestions made for legislative change. A brief history of the laws of arrest is presented, together with a…

A field study was conducted to determine whether a general systems model was applicable to an antipoverty agency. The primary criterion for auditing the effectiveness of such an agency was "communication adaptation." The uniqueness and universality of the methodology employed allowed for accurate auditing. Ideal and empirically-derived…

Characterizes Spanish universities during the period 1939-77. Examines the changing relationships that emerged during this period among the political establishment, the general social transformations that occurred in the country, and the people directly concerned with higher education and scientific research. (Author/AV)

What students learn in school is determined more by the hidden curriculum of rigid classroom structures and power relationships than formal curriculum. A less alienating classroom environment must replace these traditional structures, such as tracking, grading, and student powerlessness, if education is really to be reformed. (SJL)

Teachers unions have reached the highest peak of power they are likely to enjoy. But, by abandoning their commitment to children and adopting a trade union mentality, educators are likely to promote a backlash to curtail their power in this era of increasing conservatism and tightening budgets. (SJL)

The author suggests that, as public agencies make more of our decisions, we lose our power. Soon citizens will no longer be able to continue to make their own choices in education, and large portions of our population will be deprived of fundamental political freedom by the year 2000. (KC)

Describes the most recent phase of the long-range research called "Cultural Indicators" which yields an annual television violence profile. This report stresses methodology, current findings on the distribution of power in the world of television drama, and some behavioral correlates of viewing. (JMF)

After a discussion of the literature on the nature of authority, the character of authority between teacher and student within the classrooms in four desegregated junior high schools is explored. (Author/MC)

A research program at Trinity College in Ireland is reported that focused on the decision-making process, particularly the committee structure. Described are the role of individuals within committees, centralized versus decentralized decision-making, costs, sources of rigidity, and problems of the concentration of power. (Author/LBH)

A discussion of faculty unionization and collective bargaining concerns competing authority structures of administration and faculty, the question as to whether department chairpersons have administrative authority, tenure for deans, the status of part-time faculty, negotiations about faculty promotion and evaluation, seniority, and retrenchment.…