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Planck, Ulrich – 1981
In order to determine West German rural youths' involvement in and availability to the mechanism of social change, surveys of youth aged 17-28 in towns of less than 5,000 people were made in 1955, 1968, and 1980. Between 1955 and 1980 the social structure of rural youth changed dramatically, especially in employment. In 1955, 55% of rural youth…
Descriptors: Change Agents, Community Change, Comparative Analysis, Decision Making
Download full textRivera, William M. – 1971
A. Inkeles' cross-cultural work is reviewed. Inkeles studied young factory workers in six developing countries (Argentina, Chile, India, Israel, Nigeria, and East Pakistan) to determine their "modernity" characteristics versus their "traditional" or rural orientations. The use of the "modern man" thesis in this study,…
Descriptors: Change Agents, Comparative Analysis, Cross Cultural Studies, Developing Nations
Thomas, Katheryn Ann – 1971
The paper reported findings from a 2-year (1966-68) panel study of status projection development during late adolescence. The analysis, which focused on black and white girls from rural East Texas, is sequential to previous studies (RC 007 777 and RC 007 842). The paper specifically examined the integration of girls' occupational and educational…
Descriptors: Academic Aspiration, Anglo Americans, Blacks, Change Agents
