Social workers, educators, psychologists, sociologists, and other social planning professionals have been concerned about the children of immigrants for over a century. In the late 19th and early 20th centuries, social policies and practices toward immigrant families were based on negative assumptions about immigrant culture that characterized…

An annotated bibliography of the most significant and general sources available on central planning for social change in the Soviet Union is presented. This bibliography concentrates on sources dealing with planning and change and includes a few works on forces and institutions of change, such as education, collective farms, trade unions, etc.,…

For a long time, engineers have concentrated on producing technological goods with a view toward profit and service. Recent emergence of environmental and social problems strongly suggest that this emphasis should be modified. Now engineers should participate in determining policies and patterns of technological development. (PS)

Shows how applied sociological work has shaped the development of the discipline of sociology since World War II. Applied sociology is interpreted as application of sociological theory and knowledge to public policy problems. (DB)

Author provided a list that is a speculative outline of how the energy awareness might influence the arts in the immediate future. (Author/RK)

National policy makers have put forth different life cycle planning proposals for the more satisfying integration of education, work and leisure over the life course. This speech describes a decision making scheme, the Time Paradigm, for researched-based choice among various proposals. The scheme is defined in terms of a typology of time-related…

A conceptual model for teaching and practicing social policy is presented, that distinguishes between social policy practice at macro- and micro-levels in order to sort out functional tasks, skills, and the consequent knowledge base. Suggestions are made regarding organizing social policy practice content in both the class and the field.…

A typology of time-related concepts is put forth as a step toward the building of comprehensive theory in aging. The concepts derive from statistics (age, cohort, period effects), the theoretical writings of Sorokin (life course role sequences, durations and rates), the writings of Riley (on the synchronization of life course socialization and…

Article described the efforts of Apeldoorn to assist in the evolution of a new methodology of local administration, viz, that of democratic integrated planning, i.e., "...to provide local authorities with certain means to help them to rationalize their cultural policy". (Author/RK)

Development of policy sciences constitutes a main effort to reconstruct the role of intellectualism and rationality in human affairs. (Author)

Details of a UNESCO project concerning the young child and the family environment are presented. The three major aspects of child development addressed by the project are nutrition for the child, children's handicaps, and interaction between the child and its family. (BG)

These 15 conference papers discuss exemplary practices and key issues faced by local human services managers and elected officials. The issues include understanding the local government role in managing human services, coordinating human service delivery, non-service approaches to governing human services, public-private sector cooperation, and…

This report explores a range of alternative futures covering the next 25 years (1975-2000). These concentrate on the United States, but place this nation's future experience in a world context. It is believed that by exploring the uncertainty of the near future and placing boundaries on it, environmental policy planners will be provided with an…

Describes the organization and operations of the Community Services Team of the Juvenile Welfare Board. Through consultation, planning and funding to child-serving agencies, the team assumes responsibility for identifying weaknesses in service programs for children. (ED)

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