This study tried to isolate some of the characteristics that account for the variation in community receptivity to federal aid programs. The communities selected for the study had a population of 25,000 or more and had been in existence prior to 1950. Community participation in the programs was measured by the absence or presence of communities in…

Explores some theoretical aspects of the impact of an organization's social structure on leadership. (Available from Comparative Administration Research Institute, Graduate School of Business Administration, Kent State University, Kent, OH 44242; $12.00 annually) (Author/MLF)

Discusses the political activity of the principal in intraschool departments as well as in external agencies and resources in the school community. (Author)

Two theories on the function and nature of educational change and the historical relationship between schooling and socialization of individuals are criticized. (JD)

This paper explains the initial rejection and then more favorable reaction to the women's movement on the part of black women. To do so, it develops a model of inequality which may illuminate the situation of women in complex societies who experience discrimination because of sex and race. (Author/AM)

A sample of 72 Ss, of whom half were cognitively complex and half cognitively simple, made predictions about unknown relations in four-person social structures. Structures differed in the number of relations given. Cognitively simple Ss tended to make predictions based on consideration of fewer relations in the social structure. (Author)

This paper focuses on an analysis of stratification in an ethnically heterogeneous society in which residential distribution and socioeconomic status (and their interrelationship) are viewed as crucial dimensions of a society's social integration. (Author)

Solutions to the massive problems of sex and sexuality are not apparent; however, it is obvious that old approaches are not working and that a whole new reassessment of fundamentals may be in order. (MB)

Provides a brief overview of the field of sociology of education and stresses its importance to teachers. Reviews the status of the field in Africa stating that it has not yet become institutionalized. Urges the formation of a professional association and journal. (BSR)

Studies two examples of Harold Innis' social theory to show that he had a sophisticated ecological understanding of the many forces at work in social dynamics. Argues that Innis' concept of monopolies of knowledge involved freedom both in elite control of a dominant technology and popular resistance to this dominance. (JD)

Develops a perspective for studying institutional procedures for assigning incoming patients to available wards and for transferring patients between and among wards. Presents ethnographic data collected in one extended-care facility. Discusses staff-patient and patient-patient interactions surrounding ward assignments and transfers. (Author/ABB)

Compares Minnesota newspapers from l965 with those from l979 to show that conflict reporting has increased as society has become more pluralistic. (FL)

One of the few facts agreed on in criminology is that most crimes are committed by younger persons. However, the age distribution of criminals is sufficiently invariant across a broad range of social conditions that one cannot use age distribution as a foundation for theories of crime. (Author/IS)

Inequality of educational opportunity, as indicated by the effect of father's occupational status on years of schooling completed, is greater in France than in the U.S. the difference is accounted for by school structural variables, indicating the importance of structure for inequality of opportunity. (Author)

Studies the social status that the general population accords occupations. Concludes that the prestige order of occupations in our society has changed very little, despite significant changes in employment opportunities. (Author/HMV)