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Young White Adults: Did Racial Attitudes Change in the 1980s?
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Steeh, Charlotte; Schuman, Howard – American Journal of Sociology, 1992
Reports results of a study examining racism among young white adults using 12 racial policy questions. Evaluates cohort effects and events of the period in shaping racial attitudes. Discusses the effects of education and school desegregation on racial attitudes. Concludes that racial tolerance and liberalism are not decreasing. (DK)
Descriptors: Attitude Change, Change Agents, Cohort Analysis, Desegregation Effects
OUR CHANGING RURAL SOCIETY--PERSPECTIVES AND TRENDS.
COPP, JAMES H., ED. – 1964
POPULATION SHIFTS AND GROWTH, COUPLED WITH AN INCREASINGLY INDUSTRIALIZED SOCIETY, HAVE PRODUCED DRAMATIC CHANGES IN RURAL SOCIETIES THROUGHOUT THE WORLD. A COMPREHENSIVE OVERVIEW OF THE CHANGES TAKING PLACE IN RURAL AMERICAN AND OTHER RURAL SOCIETIES IS PRESENTED IN THIS BOOK, WITH MACROSCOPIC AND MICROSCOPIC EXAMINATIONS OF TRENDS IN SOCIETY,…
Descriptors: Agricultural Trends, Change Agents, Community Change, Community Development
The Background to Language Change in Hong Kong.
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Harrison, Godfrey; So, Lydia K. H. – Current Issues in Language and Society, 1996
Seeks to link the rapid pace of societal change in Hong Kong over the past 50 years with changing patterns of language use there. Shows how the country has changed demographically, economically, politically, socially, and technologically. (16 references) (Author/CK)
Descriptors: Cantonese, Change Agents, Context Effect, Diachronic Linguistics
Linguistic Policy in Post-revolutionary Cuba.
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Archibald, James – Journal of Language for International Business, 1995
Focuses on the influence of language on economic, social, and political change in postrevolutionary Cuba. One of Cuba's primary postrevolutionary objectives was the eradication of illiteracy. Linguistic policies with respect to both Spanish and foreign languages were seen as a means to build human value and to establish a strong base for future…
Descriptors: Change Agents, Economic Change, Foreign Countries, Futures (of Society)
Designing Education for the Future. No. 3, Planning and Effecting Needed Changes in Education.
Morphet, Edgar L., Ed.; Ryan, Charles O., Ed. – 1967
The primary purpose of the 19 papers and 9 supplementary statements developed for the third conference sponsored by the Designing Education For The Future Project was to explore the planning and processes whereby needed educational changes may be effected. Areas included in the discussion were state responsibility, political influences, research…
Descriptors: Administrative Change, Change Agents, Communications, Community Change
Designing Education for the Future No. 1, Prospective Changes in Society by 1980.
Morphet, Edgar L., Ed.; Ryan, Charles O., Ed. – 1967
In an effort to direct attention to some of the most significant prospective changes in society by 1980, the Designing Education For The Future Project commissioned 15 papers for its first conference. While attention was directed primarily to changes in society, most authors indicated certain implications for education, and made particular…
Descriptors: Administrative Change, Change Agents, Communications, Community Change
Designing Education for the Future. Number 2, Implications for Education of Prospective Changes in Society.
Morphet, Edgar L., Ed.; Ryan, Charles O., Ed. – 1967
In an effort to determine the major implications of projected social change, the Designing Education For The Future Project had leading educational authorities prepare 16 papers and 4 supplementary statements for its second conference. These papers were directed primarily towards expanding the educational implications of those papers presented in…
Descriptors: Administrative Change, Change Agents, Communications, Community Change