This article examines how anti-poverty policy has considered the role of culture and how it ought to do so. While some have explained poverty as a function of the presumed cultural deficiency or distinctiveness of the poor, we suggest that these explanations have not been convincing and that policy requires a broader and more sophisticated…

A study on the support for multiculturalism was carried out among 250 members of the majority group in a Dutch city. The concept of multiculturalism was found to be one-dimensional. The endorsement of multiculturalism was moderate and varied across domains; the respondents were neutral towards the (dis)approval of cultural diversity and the…

The USA has undergone extraordinary changes over the past 35 years with respect to women's access to equality in education, employment and participation in political life. This has come about because of the introduction of anti-discrimination legislation and because of the activities of professional organisations in activating the implementation…

How can indigenous peoples react to a situation of change that has a particularly strong effect on their youth? This article attempts to understand whether young Crees, who today find themselves all too often in a situation of double social exclusion, can complete their schooling, thus qualifying for work in the dominant society, while at the same…

There is need to assess the impact of migration on the Caribbean ecosystems. As a 150-year-old institution, emigration is related to the carrying capacity of the islands and the need to export the surplus population when capacity is threatened. Emigration, however, is a deterrent to development and individual independence. (KC)

Explores the relationship between cultural values and technology through examination of both values and technology in specific social contexts. Illustrations are based on two case studies--the proliferation of eating and drinking places in the United States and introduction of the gas stove in Senegal. (DB)

Reviews conceptual models used for analyzing the implementation of public policies. Stresses the need of citizen involvement in developing policy strategies aimed at social change. (JDH)

While Algerian women were instrumental in the struggle for independence, often carrying on crucial and dangerous work, and their rights are guaranteed by the new government, they still lag behind men in many areas such as education, employment, political participation, and control over reproduction, because of discrimination. (IS)

The arms build-up in Nigeria and its effect on health, education, food production, and the economy are analyzed. "Indigenization" in the context of militarization only means the import of the frenzy and irrationality of the arms race into social structures riddled by hunger, inequality, sickness, and ignorance. (SR)

Presents an overview of the interaction of science and technology with society and offers several summary observations. These include that the interaction depends upon whether technology has taken root in society and has a well-developed infrastructure and that the interaction is closely related to national and international economic and political…

This article explores the controversy over research and communication frameworks devised by the Research Committee on Innovative Processes in Social Change of the International Sociological Association. Concludes that current and future controversies can contribute to a fruitful discussion among social scientists of innovative processes in social…

Highlighting the relationship between religion and social change, the article clarifies this relationship by defining the religious and secular factors in the process of Jewish identification. Available from: Unipub, Box 433, Murray Hill Station, New York, N.Y. 10016. (Author/JR)

Although women in the Nordic countries have a longer history of participation in politics and participation in greater numbers than the women of many other countries, there are still barriers of discrimination to surmount. The basic societal structures are still patriarchal, and women face continuing discrimination in economics and politics. (IS)

Points out essential problems and concerns which guide basic contemporary research on the state and society. Suggests that research should concentrate on five or six broad fields, including the theory of the state, connections between economic/social and political spheres, political-social consensus, and class relations. Research methodology is…

Presents the argument that comparative studies of the state apparatus in Third World countries has been unnecessarily neglected by social science researchers. Maintains that such neglect is unwarranted because the role of the state apparatus is crucial in defining and achieving economic growth through incorporation to the world market. (Author/DB)