The author discusses a number of books and other literature that focus on a future, utopian society. He also examines how close these authors were in their future societies to predicting the present technological society. (CT)

Comments on an earlier attempt to create a unified theoretical framework for the analysis of organizational structure. Discusses the nature of social structure and the problems involved with various conceptions of structure. (Author/RW)

Research was conducted among 70 Chinese speakers to measure the degrees of reciprocity, solidarity, and inequality in dyadic address exchanges. The results provided support for extending Brown's allegedly universal Invariant Norm of Address to Chinese usage. (Author/GC)

Interviews with street children in Sudan revealed the subcultures they develop as a means of survival. The social organization and democratic practices in these subcultures show the children to be effective social actors whose perspectives should be considered by government. (SK)

Addressed underlying demographic correlates of interracial marriage as distinct among Black women and men. Found that interracially married tended to be younger, more likely to have been married before, and more distant in age from their spouses. Persons born in North and foreign countries were more likely to be married to non-Blacks. (Author/NB)

Discusses how the values of the larger society are reflected in life-styles of families and individual decisions. Questions the cause and effect connection of dominant value systems, economy, and policy as being appropriate and relevant to an environmentally healthy symbiosis between man and the ecosystem. (Author)

Discusses social, economic, and political components of environmental issues and their foundation in modern economic and scientific values. Examines implications of environmental concerns for social work practice and research. Includes examples illustrating range of linkages. Proposes expanded use of ecological model of social work practice as…

Concluding article to special journal issue devoted to social and cultural diversity among adults aged 85 years old and older highlights major contributions made by articles in this issue. Discusses implications of articles for issues of methodological nature. Concludes that articles examined differentiating effects of social structural…

Assertiveness, defined as perceived confidence to express true feelings in interpersonal relationships, has been reported to correlate with HIV risk avoidance. However, Japanese social structure encourages "amae" or self-repression. The present study investigated the implications of "amae" for HIV risk avoidance among Japanese university students.…

The Diola-Fogny of Senegal, West Africa, socially intuit with the meta-linguistic terms "big" and "thin" the tense/lax vowel contrast that is basic to their phonology. The two terms are primarily used to identify speech variation among individuals and groups. (Author/RM)

THE BACKGROUND AND CHARACTERISTICS OF THE SPANISH SPEAKING PEOPLE OF THE SOUTHWEST ARE DISCUSSED. THE SPANISH SPEAKING PEOPLE ARE A HETEROGENEOUS GROUP COMPOSED OF SPANISH-AMERICANS, MEXICAN-AMERICANS, AND MEXICANS INTERMIXED WITH INDIANS. THE SOUTHWEST WAS SETTLED BY THEM DURING THE 16TH AND 17TH CENTURIES. HERE THEY WERE ISOLATED UNTIL THE 19TH…

The work of this Trinidadian novelist is an example of a body of literature with much to say to the analyst of social systems. The key concept underlying his work, 'the colonial' is analyzed here through non-fiction, novels, stories, and journal material. (Author/AM)

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)