A summary of symposium articles published in this issue. The salient topics are: basic concepts, measurement of relationships between law and social change, law as an independent and dependent variable, and reciprocal relationships as shown in Marxian theory. (SE)

Quarterly articles in six substantive areas in sociology are historically reviewed (minorities, social control, theory, power, demography, research methods). Henry A. Bullock's Some Readjustments of the Texas Negro Family to the Emergency of War", 1944, is reprinted. A critique by Bullock is included. (SE)

A high school-level course utilizing a model from Constantine A. Doxiadis' study, Ekistics: The Science of Human Settlements, is discussed. The model is interdisciplinary and can be adapted for a wide variety of teaching techniques and social studies curricula. (Author/MB)

Attempts to provide the teacher with a view of system and organization, and points up crucial aspects of the educational system. (Author)

Focusing on indivioual psychopathology, a mental health approach to educational problems is inadequate and frequently prevents identification of salient issues. The use of group process and social systems theory as powerful tools for understanding constraints on educational effectiveness and plannign corrective interventions is described. (Author)

The problem and potential of geographic factors, social institutions, power structure, population pressures, agricultural production, manufacturing, material productivity, Alliance for Progress, are discussed. (VW)

Tradition is a powerful psychological force in human affairs which can be harnessed for either progress or reaction," as demonstrated by resulting change in various historical events and conflicts. (Author)

Presents a teaching model that approaches sociology from an evolutionary perspective, maintaining that human societies are part of the natural world and their evolutionary dynamics are similar to other biological systems. Outlines the advantages of and student responses to the course design and approach. (DMM)

In replies to two critiques of his 1980 article, appearing in the fall 1982 issue of "Educational Administration Quarterly," the author first questions the notion that all organizations must meet certain requirements to survive and, second, denies that structured observation research on school administrators is "neo-Taylorism."…

Describes differences between the high principles and realities of several attempts to establish communities based on theoritical equality of the sexes by Robert Owen. Reveals women continued to perform traditional female roles and household tasks. Argues that dichotomy between theory and practice contributes to failure of such utopian societies.…

Focusing on the impact of socialism on majority-minority relations, the article examines the recent experiences of the People's Republic of China. (NQ)

Argues that France, like the United States, has a dual system of higher education and that class dominance of this system has been assured by governmental policy using the ideology of equality of opportunity to legitimate that dominance. (Author/AM)

Defines dialogue as a disciplined, consensus-building process of collective communication based on shared values and beliefs. Highlights include the evolutionary history of dialogue; the role of dialogue in building a civil society and in the design of social systems; and the need to develop learning resources in evolutionary inquiry and in the…