Reports relationships between population density and mortality, fertility, public assistance rate, juvenile delinquency rate, and admissions to mental hospitals in Chicago. (AL)

Analyzes data from a survey of engineers in the San Francisco Bay area in 1963-65 from a sociological viewpoint. Concludes that lay-offs are not simply economic problems . . . but involve a whole spectrum of consequences." (Author/AL)

Suggests that states evolve in response to ecological or social circumscription, or resource concentration. When dense populations develop, fighting over land forces loser into political subordination or incorporation. This modification of coercive theories explain lack of state in Amazon basin and origin of Inca, Maya, Hwang Valley states.…

Discusses the consequences of different rates of approach to zero growth, given the history of marked differentials in fertility and mortality rates between whites and nonwhites. (DF)

Rise in food prices can be partially attributed to the high food consumption level throughout Europe and North America, coupled with failure to evolve systems for more production of cattle, soybeans, and fisheries at lower cost. (PS)

Whether by conscious design or not, the nomination and election procedures have permitted, or perhaps simply resulted in, the self perpetuation of an academic and institutional in-group as a numerical majority of the Academy's membership. (Author/AL)

Most of the 62 major advances in social sciences since 1900 have come from a few centers in the United States and England, had rapid effects, been produced by workers 35-45 years old, tended to be quantitative, interdisciplinary ideas stimulated by, and applied to, practical demands. (AL)

Reviews the evidence on the effectiveness of technologies" in six social problems. Concludes that technological solutions seem more likely to increase effectiveness in handling major parts of social problems at lower economic and psychic costs than punitive, therapeutic, or informational efforts. (AL)

Topics of discussion at the third annual meeting of the Society of Social Studies of Science are presented. Differences in viewpoints and opinions between sociologists, science philosophers who comprise the organization are discussed. (CP)

Analysis of the citations in the papers written by physicists suggested that relatively few scientists produce work that becomes the base for future discoveries in physics. This is contrary to the hypothesis of Ortega that large numbers of average scientists contribute substantially to the advance of science through their work. (AL)

Discusses a publication entitled "Sociobiology" which contends that man's behavior is genetically determined, and the controversy surrounding this book. (MLH)

Discusses several ways in which computers are being used in sociology and how they continue to change this discipline. Areas considered include data collection, data analysis, simulations of social processes based on mathematical models, and problem areas (including standardization concerns, training, and the financing of computing facilities).…

Reviews data concerning the communication and organization patterns underlying major advances and changes of research direction in science. Coherent groups typically had a broad theoretical approach and were outside the mainstream of current work, whatever their scientific field. (AL)

The development and adoption of new technologies make for changes in social organization and values by creating new possibilities for human action and thus altering the mix of options available to men. Because it alters the conditions of choice, new technology has a high probability of changing individual and social values: adopting new means to…