What was the role of Catholic colleges in urban social mobility? Why has Pennsylvania a mediocre record development community colleges? been history State University's relations with state legislature and University Pennsylvania? career academic freedom How did changing economic life commonwealth shape higher learning, vice versa? does education tell about democracy To what extent were universities significantly influenced not by conscious administrative decision but student action? Who...

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There have been at least four revolutions in the American Sociological Association that I know of. In 1920s empirical research papers were introduced annual programs; 1930s Society declared its independence of University Chicago; 1950s, for Study Social Problems was organized. Now 1970s we are having a feminist revolution. Among contributions this fourth revolution can make to sociology is filling deficiencies resulting from sexist bias, helping it become science society instead of, as so...

In Women in the Modern World, noted feminist and sociologist Mirra Komarovsky begins with a consideration of biology. Reflecting on these now-familiar arguments that natural biological differences between women men dictate different social roles, demolishes by carefully reviewing studies find sex cognitive abilities, achievement, psychological predispositions.

This paper introduces and discusses regional opportunity structures as a concept for analysing the interlinkages between structural conditions in space, social inequalities, people’s agency, with focus on non-metropolitan areas. The adds value following ways: (1) it emphasises scale an important spatial context of access to opportunities; (2) accounts complexity context, which provides plethora (3) recognises interdependencies effects other drivers inequality; (4) takes level seriously...

A statement about, not of, the theory of games strategy as a basis for modern sociology conflict is presented in terms six key concepts: rational behavior, strategy, payoff matrix or function, "rules game," coalitions, alliances, and imputations, and, finally, concept solution. The operation probably independent material culture. Illustrative examples, pure mixed statistical inference, coalitions are presented, critique conceptual technical, practical, ethical difficulties offered.

Scientific concepts should probably be viewed as expendable resources. They arise, serve their purpose, decline, and pass off the stage. If they overstay usefulness, may come to inhibit or impede, rather than stimulate facilitate, creative thinking research. The concept of conflict fall into this category outmoded concepts; it have outlived its usefulness. It has no clear-cut referent, being emotion-fraught, value-laden, fuzzy, equivocal. confuses analysis.2 We might sharpen our in...

In the last two or three decades interactional sociology has suffered relative to cultural in United States. The sciological theory of conflict, for example, remains essentially where Simmel left it; Communists, on other hand, have assiduously cultivated this field. comparative neglect conflict may ve following reasons: expalnations sociological phenomena are easier our own personalities than ones; sociologisthave wished avoid identification with Marxism socialism; there is a widespread fear...

The present article attempts to explain the marked negative skewness found in distribution of success marriage a sample 252 individuals, as reported an earlier article. Age, income, education, and absence children must be discarded explanatory factors sample. A negatively skewed curve is probably normal for marital satisfaction, but this exaggerated study by instrument used psychological selective factors. Appendix suggests that periodic relationship may obtain between number years' duration...

Political leadership among North American Indians was largely based on psychological rather than institutional or formal mechanisms. The greatest leaders arose in the struggle with whites for continent. Their motives were both economic and personal. most important personality traits of great were: striking appearance, intellectual ability, positive emotional such as kindness, affability, etc., dignity, moral courage, oratorical pride, military prowess, ambition, loyalty, diplomacy, personal...