Even if the Vietnam War ends, the student revolt will go on as "the dominant instrument of social change rooted in history, a power base on campus, and recruiting ground among students and ghetto youth. (Author)

Political attitudes, as measured in a large, national representative sample survey in five areas central to the "great gap" hypothesis (i.e. huge differences in attitudes between the young and the old) are examined in light of three models of the politics of youth. The data casts doubt on theories of the "youth revolt". While the non-college young…

Analyzes constructive measures instituted by English administrators to handle or prevent disruption. (Editor)

Having studied students' attitudes in relation to an April, 1969 incident, the impact of students' belief systems on perception of what had occured during the previous month, and on changing attitudes during the incident are illustrated. Collective behavior theories are also discussed. (Author/DB)

Reviews seven studies of former student activists to determine if they maintain political beliefs and behaviors consistent with those they exhibited during their participation in the earlier social movements. Explores the question of what accounts for the maintenance of, or change in, beliefs and behaviors over time. (CMG)

The emergence of conservative activists among African-American intellectuals in the past decade represents a new leadership stratum among African Americans. The movement is explored, and it is argued that the new African-American conservatism does not represent the sort of natural constituency that old forms of African-American conservatism…

This paper offers an explanation for the rise of radical, social movement activity among youth in the United States in the 1960s and for the decline of such activity in the 1970s. Mannheim's theory on generations is used to explain this phenomenon. Mannheim argued that the major historical events of an era will profoundly shape the political and…