This study examines the utility for understanding loneliness of a model of social identity intended to represent the psychological effects of demographic variables and their interactions. The results are discussed in terms of the contribution of the identity model to predicting and understanding the relationships of social structure to loneliness.…

Traces the development of the Marrist controversy. (AM)

Indicates that television news coverage of unemployment in early 1983 contained few explicit explanations. Reveals a diversity of thematic structures that (1) revealed the societal frameworks within which television journalists constructed their stories, and (2) raised question as to whether television acts as a disseminator of a "dominant…

This article presents an analytical framework of the divergent ideological viewpoints currently characterizing practice in continuing professional education. Two variables are discussed that are believed to be crucial for understanding the different ideological viewpoints held by continuing educators: the perspective on professionalism and the…

Describes paths in research and theory development which will reconstitute the relevance of each for the other and sociology for society. Maintains that a theory of purposive action for individuals must be the foundation for macrosocial theory. (JDH)

Examines seven variables basic to the idea of community in relation to the organization of institutions: status, role definition, mobility, unifying theme, sanction, system, communication, and decision-making. Argues that the unifying theme is the major independent variable which influences the developmemt of an effective institution. (KH)

The intent of this article is to demonstrate the existence of political moieties at Teotihuacan by gathering evidence for dual organization in Mesoamerica, providing information regarding the operation and functions of political moieties, and indicating how the evidence now available conforms to a general model of moieties. (Author)

Author gives reasons for lack of educational change, the primary one being the support of the status quo by teachers and administrators. (SP)

The concept of rights as a conceptual entity, as a social phenomenon, and as a current in contemporary thought is discussed. (Author/CB)

The article deals with the place of tradition in the development of rural societies, focusing specifically on symbolic contents and institutional organization of traditions. An earlier version of this article was presented at the Seventh Congress of the European Society for Rural Sociology, Munster, Germany, August 10-12, 1970. (Author/FF)

Favorable attitudes towards America are largely dependent upon perceived attitudes toward students' own country and upon students' length of stay in America. (NQ)

Responds to an earlier comment, in a continuing discussion of Parsonian functional imperatives and their basis in observation, their intellectual status, their ability to be tested empirically, and the number of imperatives. (RW)

Investigates the social theories of the major utilitarians (David Hume, Adam Smith, Jeremy Bentham, and John Stewart Mill), and outlines the historical process whereby the prevailing mythology concerning utilitarianism developed. (Author/KC)

Shows that use and effects of punishment are significantly altered by average levels of reward power and punishment power in power-dependence relationship. The power-balancing effect of punishment is most likely to occur when an actor lacking reward power has punishment power that is stronger in relation to the other actor's punishment power but…