This article presents the findings of a large scale study that tested a comprehensive model of predictors of three manifestations of sustainability: continuation, institutionalization, and duration. Based on the literature the predictors were arrayed in four groups: variables pertaining to the project, the auspice organization, the community, and…

The paper develops a descriptive model of different aspects of involvement by academic staff in social planning; for example, involvement in different stages of planning, level of influencing decision-making processes, and involvement in development and action roles for promoting change. Using a structured questionnaire, research conducted in…

The research examines factors that affect the involvement of university faculty members in social planning activities. It examines the impact of philanthropic views compared with the exchange relations approach, both on personal and organizational levels, as well as the contribution of several characteristics of the relationship between faculty…

Article also appeared in "International Journal of the Sociology of Language," n1. (DD)

Today, citizens of developed countries tend to have a pessimistic outlook on the future. Examined are future visions held by people in earlier times--ancient Greece, Rome, and Israel, Renaissance, Enlightenment, and Victorian England--that may help us find reassurance and support in devising positive future visions. (Author/CS)