Drawing on a year long ethnographic study of a middle sized university community, this paper views entry into the counter culture as a process of self-transformation bearing similarity to therapeutic practices; major personal change strategies involve desocialization from conventional culture and from major social institutions--thus affording…

Argues that an empirical test of the Theodore Roszak-Charles Reich theorem indicates that neither conceptual schema is verifiable: WASPs and upper-stratum Jews are not the exclusive carriers of those traits identified with the counter-erculture; socioeconomic status was only applicable to the youngest group sampled. (Author/JM)

Examines the diffusion among mostly Catholic blue-collar youth of certain countercultural values, viz. those pertaining to general orientations to life and work: 117 out of a random sample of 200 students selected from lists of 4000 liberal arts students at Loyola University completed a questionaire. (Author/JM)

Presents data and discussion arguing that the youth revolt is a significant social force that will continue to grow: the process of industrialization should be extending the period of youth as well as creating greater productivity, and productivity seems to be undermining the motivating force of the achievement ideology. (Author/JM)

Argues that the McCarthy era, the civil rights struggle, and the Vietnam War all provided stimuli that shook up national identity and made belonging in this society questionable: unfortunately, the vast majority of those who had been shaken up found ersatz belonging--few became politically conscious. (Author/JM)

Explores the concept of youth culture in South Africa, examining its emergence and development. The historical background supports a framework to inform the debate on policy strategies to deal with negative aspects of current South African youth culture. An agenda is suggested for redirecting youth culture. (SLD)