COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT HAS BECOME A SUCCESSFUL INTERNATIONAL MOVEMENT BY PROVIDING BOTH FOREIGN AID PERSONNEL AND "NEW ELITES" WITH A STRATEGY FOR MAXIMIZING CERTAIN SYSTEM-MAINTENANCE PROCLIVITIES. BUT IT TENDS TO BE UNSUCCESSFUL AS A COMMUNITY MOVEMENT FOR TWO REASONS--(1) IT THREATENS AND IS THREATENED BY INDEPENDENT ENTRON COMMUNITIES (COMPOSED…

Although sports historians have not often dealt with the athletic club movement of the late 1800s and early 1900s, much of the credit for the institutionalization of sport as a significant aspect of American culture should be attributed to these clubs. The athletic club movement began with the founding of the New York Athletic Club in 1866. By…

The status of foreign students is shown to have both legal and social aspects that make definitions of the subset difficult. Their legal status is that of holding a special position in immigrant law which restricts their activities, especially in economic areas. That they are viewed socially as "outsiders" is reflected in the nature of their…

This questionnaire consists of pairs of occupations. The subject must select the one which is "most looked up to." The 15 different occupations yield a paired comparison task with 105 choices. (See TM 001 310.) (MS)

Despite what Frances Fox Piven and Richard Cloward say, the poor lack power to achieve substantial social gain, no matter how militant they may be. The major area of organization and action for those interested in eliminating poverty is within the ranks of organized labor. (Author/ EB)

A careful review of all of E. Franklin Frazier's writings dealing with the Black middle class will put into perspective the distorted view many people have regarding his criticism in "Black Bourgeoisie" of the attitudes and behavior of the Black middle class. (EB)

In the study reported in this article, an indirect approach, in which university students judged the social standing of surnames representing thirteen groups, is used to measure ethnic prestige. The findings presented indicate that ethnic prestige rankings are directly related to an index of ethnic socioeconomic status. (Author/EB)

This article criticizes the factual basis for many popular beliefs about the current status of Blacks. Comparisons are made between the educational and employment status of Blacks and Whites. Also addressed is the theory of two Black societies: a Black middle class and a Black "underclass." (Author/EB)

The relationship between a group's power and prestige or status hierarchy and group members' patterns of reward allocation was investigated. The addition of evidence concerning actual task performance results in the alignment of reward and status rankings and encourages the use of distribution rules stressing equity as opposed to equality.…

Normative resource theory and relationships between marital decision-making and marital satisfaction were tested in a study of 1370 Austrian women. Data indicate social status differences, but not the spouses' relative social status influence the spouses' relative participation in marital decisions. (Author)

This study report is primarily concerned with how social origin variables affect early educational and occupational orientations. The results indicate that mother's education has a greater effect than father's education. These young women hold very traditional status orientations. This study offers limited insight into the status attainment…

The objective of this article is to explore various aspects of different life styles with respect to vacation activities. (JD)

Data are presented about Mexicans who immigrate to Canada. Two populations are distinguished. They are the following: (1) immigrants by choice who adopt Canadian ideology and see Mexico as a failing society; and (2) those who still embrace Mexican culture but come to Canada because of tempting offers of a better future in marriage. (VM)

Examined gender differences in stresses associated with two-income marriages and impact of stresses on spouses' psychological well-being in national sample of employed women and husbands. Found the effect for husband's attitude for psychological well-being was mediated by individual's social status. (Author/NB)

Normally developing and mildly developmentally delayed preschool-age boys were brought together to form playgroups. Videotapes of the groups and peer sociometric ratings indicated that delayed children had a deficit in peer-related social interactions and were seen as less competent and of lower social status by peers. (PCB)