With the government working party report on the subject well overdue this article challenges some of the conventional attitudes of the agencies which aim to help the young single homeless. (Editor/RK)

This essay provides an assessment of the plights of economics, loneliness, mortality and isolationism confronting aggregated older black women as they age in the United States. The most exacerbated plights relate to those of insufficient monies and insufficient men. (Author/AM)

Illustrates how some bureaucratic elements are being strengthened at the expense of participation in organizational decisions by examining several sectors of British administration--industry, local and central government, development planning, and the health service. (Available from Plenum Publishing Corporation, 227 West 17 Street, New York, New…

This review briefly covers the study of attitudes toward aging in general. Research on attitudes of young people toward the old, their contact with the old, efforts to change their attitudes toward the aged, and implications for counseling young people with a view toward their own aging are presented. (Author)

Investigates a survey on the role of the daily press in Swedish society and reveals divergent views of societal roles and concerns. (MH)

This report seeks to expand the understanding of poverty and its causes and sets out actions to create to create a world free of poverty in all its dimensions. The report both builds on past thinking and strategy and substantially broadens and deepens what is judged to be necessary to meet the challenge of reducing poverty. It argues that major…

Although helping students achieve academically is a major goal of public education, children come to school with a wide variety of needs and therefore should be treated as whole people rather than as detached receptacles for academic knowledge. A critical issue is the departure of adults from children's lives. What can schools do to promote a more…

Citizenship is about more than the passport an individual holds; it goes far beyond nationality. The terms of citizenship determine in part who has access to goods, services, and resources and how they are distributed within a community. Rules of citizenship determine who can participate, who can decide about matters of diversity, distribution,…

This bulletin is part of an ongoing project to recognize and build upon the power of youth leadership. The goal is to use communication and action to enable youth to have a positive impact on their communities. This bulletin serves as a training manual on how to conduct a special event. Special events can address a variety of problems ranging from…

This paper explores the problems of the unwanted child, drawing most of its material from studies of unwed mothers. The consequences of an unwanted birth for the child, the parents and society are discussed. (RP)

This paper explores the many forms of drug usage with special emphasis on alcohol, nonaddictive drugs, and the hallucinogens. Consideration is given to the addictive power and phisiological effects of particular drugs. The author concludes with a brief discussion of drug education. (RP)

Teacher approaches to the controversial issue of the conflict between quality of life and economic growth are suggested for elementary and secondary grade levels. (KM)

The biology, the behavioral, the cultural, and the social dimensions of agression are reviewed in relation to the role of teachers in the role of learning about conflict and conflict resolution. (KM)

We must ask whether our American society is indeed committed to the well being of all its children and to the eradication of all violence perpetrated by individual caretakers, or violence perpetrated collectively by society. (Author)

To analyze the role of the counterrioter, the Disaster Research Center at Ohio State University set up field studies in six cities: in three of the cities--Columbus, Ohio; Indianapolis, Indiana; and Youngstown, Ohio--disturbances occurred which lasted for several days and necessitated considerable police mobilization. (Author/JM)