Speaks first of freedom, next of violence, and then of their co-relationship in society in general. Where appropriate data or logic permit, freedom and violence are linked to the school setting and the educational process. (Author/AM)

Speaking broadly, the Russian revolutionary movement served as the channel of communication between the most radical thinkers of Western Europe and the traditional culture. (Author/JC)

Discusses the Irish social background, its general educational system and the influence of the Roman Catholic Church, adult education in Ireland, impediments to its development, Irish social policy, inequalities in the Irish educational system, inequalities within adult education, and the contribution of adult education to social policy. (CT)

After examining some elementary notions of action theory and cybernetics, this article analyzes the dynamics, clustering, and survival chances of vicious circles. It argues that the action perspective implies that many structural suboptimalities of organizations are caused by vicious circles. Eleven figures and 105 references are provided. (DCS)

Rohner's analysis of the concept of culture is examined, considering in particular, his distinction between culture and social systems. His view is contrasted with that of Segall, who regards the concept of "culture" as redundant for cross-cultural psychology. It is argued that neither position is adequate, and possible resolutions are offered.…

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)

The evidence used by historians to demonstrate how Jacksonian democracy has been misunderstood or misinterpreted is discussed. The inequalities of economic conditions and of opportunity which existed in the Jacksonian era are commented on. (Author/RM)

Article surveys the special theories and empirical studies of language acquisition carried out by Soviet psychologists, especially in the period since 1950. The basic principles of materialism, historicism and social reference characteristic of Soviet Marxist psychology are placed in contrast to certain current tendencies in American linguistics.…

In addition to insights into the organic and dynamic nature of the world, self, and society, which the numerous sciences can provide, we must have both insight into and competence in the practice of scientific methods in dealing with morally sensitive personal and social problems. (Author)

A keynote address given at the First General Session of the Twenty-seventh Biennial Council of Pi Lambda Theta at the University of Arizona on August 15, 1971, in which the author talks about the future and about revolution, which seems to be part of the future. (Editor/DR)

He discusses the development of a pattern-variable scheme as a theoretical framwork for the analysis of social systems, social action in general, personalities, and of cultural systems. His primary intellectual role models are: Weber, Durkheim, and Freud. (SE)