Music reflects and influences the social structures of every culture. Cultural variations in the range of musical expression, the recording industry's impact on the lives of musicians and the diffusion of musical styles, and the roles of the audience are discussed. (AM)

Examines the Swedish school as an institution created by society for certain purposes and with certain functions. The authors offer a model which describes the school as a social organization that steers the educational process. (AM)

Presents a response to P.C. Potgieter's article "Moral Education in South Africa" (v9 n2 Jan 1980). Philosophical and sociological inconsistencies in Potgieter's paper are pointed out. The author argues that Potgieter ignores the socio-structural complexities which often make South African's moral education a form of indoctrination. (AM)

Discusses rape from a social and political viewpoint. Criticizes current literature on rape for perpetuating racist stereotypes and failing to account for the effects of a capitalist economic system on social and sexual relations. (GC)

Uses examples from seventeenth century English literature to illustrate the ideal master-apprentice relationship and discusses the factors which made the real relationships different. London apprentices were usually literate and they had their own thriving subculture. Literacy weakened the master's traditional authority, and the subculture…

Focusing on those elements of children's preferences which link gender to social structure, the present study analyzes children's letters to Santa Claus. Findings show boys' and girls' requests to be similar when aspects of the child's world are measured and quite different when qualities representing the adult social order are measured.…

The author argues that democracy as a political entity received its fundamental change through Rousseau, who proclaimed egalitarianism as the key element of political freedom. It is argued that Maoism takes the egalitarian principle to its ultimate conclusion: not only are all men considered equal, but they must act equal. (MJB)

Educator John Dewey believed that education should reflect and influence the structure of the society it serves. The school can free and develop individuals' capacities without respect to race, sex, or economic status, thus helping to insure a culturally plural society. (Author/GC)

Responds to an article by John Katsulas, Dale Herbeck, and Edward Panetta (same issue), noting that the article misrepresented the author's positions on fiat power and gaming. States that their approach to fiat power ignores some basic realities concerning social organization, and contains some important inconsistencies. (MM)

Analysis of data from Saudi Arabia indicates that, despite great departures from typical patterns of urbanization seen in the West, there is a strong association between urbanization and the division of labor as predicted by ecological theory. Contains 38 references. (Author/SV)

Surveyed 275 social workers concerning job satisfaction and burnout. Findings revealed that perceived lack of autonomy and influence of funding sources were major contributors to burnout, and perceived autonomy and bureaucratization were major contributors to job satisfaction. Results challenge assumption that bureaucracy is most efficient form of…

Reviews four articles on the ATLAS (Authentic Teaching, Learning, and Assessment of all Students) project, which show how curriculum and school social structure are joined at the hip of the ATLAS design. The articles wrestle with the impact of the school's social structure on teachers' thinking and curriculum implementation, and vice versa, and…

Stern and Barley's article in this same "Administrative Science Quarterly" issue gives too much attention to work appearing in the core organization journals and not enough to findings reported in broader and more specialized social-science journals and the book literature. Surveying this broader domain suggests that organizational…

A loose group of individuals working on a task differs from an effective team on nine factors: clearly defined goals, priorities, roles and responsibilities, self-awareness, leadership, group dynamics, communications, content, and infrastructure. Ways to eliminate barriers and speed formation of effective teams could be based on those factors.…