Based on a research project titled "Institutional Structures for Improving Rural Community Services", this essay addresses the following questions: How can rural communities cope with public services of both limited quantity and quality? How can rural organizations and leadership be developed and maintained to force accountability on government…

The Center for the Study of American Pluralism at the National Opinion Research Center has devoted two years mostly to secondary analysis of existing data to clarify what seemed to be the important ethnic issues in American society and to create a more solid ground for further primary research. This book is a record of those two years. The first…

The contents of this book, which is an attempt to get beneath the rhetoric and the stereotyped response, to see how conservatives and liberals and radicals (black and white) as well as students and teachers, professors and politicians and policemen, northerners and southerners, integrationists and separatists, see race relations today, are…

Noting that the term "family values" has achieved prominence in the rhetoric of political debate, this book compiles essays by philosophers, political scientists, and legal scholars exploring specific issues within the legal, ethical, and political dimensions of familial relationships. Collectively, the essays point out that many…

This book explores nine misconceptions about the nature of giftedness in children. It questions the concept of global giftedness, the division between the terms "gifted" and "talented," the necessity of a high intelligence quotient for the identification of giftedness, the biological basis of giftedness, the destructiveness of the "driving…

The essays in this collection are presented as reflections to accompany an educational guide on the response of the Catholic Christian to immigrants and refugees. The following essays are included: (1) "Refugees Today: Rescue or Containment?" (Richard Ryscavage); (2) "Catholic Church Teachings and Documents Regarding Immigration: Theological…

The impact of education on the lives of Indian women who attended Kinnaird College in British India is examined. The lives of 468 of the 1,544 women listed in the admissions register from 1913 to 1947, or about a 30 percent non-random sample, are the basis of the study. Alumnae records were examined, and personal interviews were conducted with…

Human sexuality is discussed in terms of misconceptions about its function and the changing sexual needs of older adults. A review of history indicates that human sexuality has traditionally been connected with ideas of purity and strict importance of procreation. Judaeo-Christian ethics and the doctrine of Saint Augustine illustrate these…

The Canadian Association for Adult Education (CAAE) is examined during the three historic phases of prewar depression, wartime, and postwar recovery. Social movement groups of a rural and populist nature and traditional voluntary associations encompassing an urban and elitist point of view joined to form the CAAE in 1935, and their conflicting…

Written to discuss questions often raised about common (public) schooling in the United States, this book examines issues surrounding the founding of the Department of Education, encompassing a period from the 1830s to the present and focusing on the 1860s. At that time, the common school movement promised that education would be a means for…

This book addresses some basic issues and topics in the sociology of majority-minority relationships and attempts to evaluate and reformulate the conceptual and theoretical tools of the field. It is argued in Part I that majority-minority relationships must be understood as a case study in social stratification and as an opportunity for the study…

This book reports some creative efforts and procedures to help members of different groups expand their perspectives of themselves and of other persons, and explore more fully their choice for action. While the book's focus is often on blacks, its intention is much broader in the area of minority relations. The specific experiments, experiences,…

This second edition has been completely revised and expanded to provide the most up-to-date and extensive coverage of prejudice and racism available. The new edition of this bestselling text presents a comprehensive overview of these topics and also includes practical tools for combating prejudice development in children, adolescents, and adults.…

The theme of this volume of the Nebraska Symposium on Motivation is the state of contemporary family life and the likelihood of reconciling individual family members' interests with those of the family as a whole. The volume attempts to reflect the dramatic differences that took place within families currently and a generation ago, including…

This monograph is based on an international survey of approximately 60 individuals/organizations concerning the nature of disability and disability awareness. The survey was part of a project of the International Exchange of Experts and Information on Rehabilitation which is attempting to make information about disability issues from other…