Considers major studies on the cause of riots and on the rise of Negro militancy in the United States as forming the foundation of an empirically based explanation of riots. (JM)

This article explores the feasibility of rational planning, using as evidence the regional planning experience of the Appalachian program. (Author)

Revised version of a paper presented at the American Psychological Association meeting in September, 1968. (RJ)

The following topics are examined: old age pensions under social security; economic policy as the primary determinant of social policy; the measurement of poverty and its implications for antipoverty policies; race and ethnic relations; the future of private welfare; and the analytic connection between sociology and social welfare. (RM)

The author discusses characteristics that the poorest developing countries share; causes of poverty (private and public services, land status, capital accumulation and availability, technology, human resources, structural development, environmental issues); the role of adult education in these countries; and the need for technological development.…

The present socioeconomic and political condition of Blacks in the United States, particularly in Baltimore, is discussed. (Author/MC)

The question of whether there is a specific ethnic response to poverty and economic dependence has relevance for social policy. Explores the response of Afro-Americans to economic dependence and discusses the implications for all Americans. (Author/RLV)

Early childbearing is shown to have an effect on the education of the mother, the size of her ultimate family, and her labor force participation. Early first birth was found to be less detrimental to the later economic well being of Black women than of White women. (RLV)

Existing technologies already hold the key to easing the economic crunch in education, but their indiscriminate or unwise use can create social problems. (Author)

In testing the hypotheses of relationship between failure to complete an athletic program and a delinquent psychosocial profile, it was concluded that interaction of a delinquent disposition with structured pressures in an organized sports program may have been the cause of high dropout rate. (JD)

The importance of discovering invisible social realities, of looking behind masks presented by everyday consumer goods (like T-shirts and soccer balls), inspired an Oregon high school teacher's efforts to teach about global sweatshops and child labor in poor countries. By examining loopholes in Nike's "code of conduct," students…

A literary review of 10 books that concern the culture wars being waged in schools and politics. (MLF)

Assesses the effect of school fees on primary school attendance, using household and school survey data from rural Mali. Estimates elasticity of demand regarding fees and compares it with effects of distance and quality on enrollment. User fees can provide a partial solution to the quality/enrollment problem, but cannot solve the distance problem.…