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Peer reviewedKapsis, Robert E. – American Journal of Sociology, 1978
Discusses a study which measured responses to anomie scales across black neighborhoods. Findings indicate that American black urban ghettos include a great variety of subculturally distinct residential areas. Concludes that the most crucial variables are those which determine the relationship between neighborhoods and the citypower structure.…
Descriptors: Black Attitudes, Cultural Differences, Data Analysis, Integration Studies
Peer reviewedLee, Barrett A.; And Others – American Journal of Sociology, 1984
Neighborhood organizations in Seattle (Washington) were more concerned with political issues and less with socializing in 1979 than in 1929. However, earlier characterizations of neighborhoods as natural communities have overstated the social cohesion of urban neighborhoods and understated the political role they played. (Author/IS)
Descriptors: Activism, Neighborhoods, Social Behavior, Social Change
