Discusses the functions of the college, the environment in which it functions and the roles of the various principal elements of the system of higher education in India. (Author)

Pierre Bourdieu's work is part of a new concern to question traditional conceptions of sociology and its practice. Article evaluates his contributions and presents some critical viewpoints. (Author/RK)

Compares patterns of moral behavior of Middle Eastern and American college students. (NQ)

The study examined cross-culturally the relationship of aggression and crime to variables of childhood experience, adult behavior, and social structure. (DM)

The potency of social class in determining educational inequities is examined. (MM)

A discussion in reaction to Bell's thesis (AA 511 929) of the reflection of, and influence on, culture in art. The author focuses on literature and argues that the function of literature is to provide multiple perspectives and to influence the reader, and that this it to the good. (Author/JB)

The object of empirical musical sociology is to study the social interaction and interdependence of musicians or composers, their music, and the public. Trends in historical and contemporary musical sociology and the constituents of the musical process are examined. (AM)

Distinguishes between Black conservatism, which subscribes to capitalism and a specific social hierarchy, and accommodation, which was a definite political response to southern racist violence of the 1880s and which continues to function as a strategy to combat Black social and economic oppression. (GC)

Discusses the theoretical orientation of Alinsky's community organization strategies, which recognize the fragmented, partial, and multiple levels of community social structure; that communitywide identification is a conscious response to perceived adversaries; and that the task of community organization is to represent the community in…

The political machine, a network that connects the political "boss" to both the upper and lower urban classes, endures as a component of the metropolitan establishment. If people are to fight the establishment, they must understand the corporate and financial interests that influence urban policy. (Author/GC)

Proposes a distinction between: (1) social interactional rules as those governing social behavior within social structural contexts and (2) sociolinguistic roles governing the use of resources of spoken and written language within sets of social structural constraints. Also distinguishes between system-specific rules and rules which may be common…

Describes high school social studies student projects involving a study of local cemeteries. Projects include charting life expectancies, creating slide shows of community grave sites, and collecting tombstone rubbings. (KC)

Suggests that, in undertaking the investigative process, we follow a common path that leads us, through the recognition of present patterns, to the generation of new ones. Schools should have series of goals that become indistinguishable in the light of total human experience. (Author/RK)