Sources of marital power are examined and are found to affect the power distribution. Data points to the conclusion that the differences in marital power are not due to individual resources or personal competence of the partners, but to the discrimination against women in the larger society. (Author)

Outlines some general principles of the Marxist Theory of Literary Criticism for scholars and teachers. (RB)

A challenging model for the school social worker grows out of group work approach. It is built on successful past demonstrations, examples of effective current practice, and imaginative projections of present trends. The role embraces helping malperformers adjust and promoting social learning for all children in the school setting. (Author)

The Woodbury materials center around a mock election in a hypothetical community. Students are given background data of the sort astute and active political campaign personnel would ferret out. A statistical outcome rpovides the students a means of evaluating the effectiveness of their strategy as the game progresses. (JB)

During the past ten years, the Institutes have presented a series of living and learning summer sessions in an outdoor setting among the redwoods near San Francisco. Young people from 16 to 20 have participated in the cross cultural studies, some involving foreign scholars studying in the United States. (Author)

Critical analysis of the new school of commentators who have declared that the social problems ignored in the 1950s are less serious than they seem, that nothing is wrong with America that lowering of objectives would not solve, and that the country will be in worse shape if people keep trying to solve these social problems. (RJ)

Teachers can change schooling without waiting for a change in the schools. (Author)

Children were shown television sequences depicting black and white children teaching" concepts, to test whether concepts would be learned and whether social preferences would change; the children learned the concepts but preferred companions of their own color both before and after viewing. (SP)

Examines hypotheses linking lower class leftist radicalism to the political primitivism caused by lack of education, lack of media exposure, infrequent participation in organizations, and personal isolation--on the basis of data from 382 Chilean urban slum dwellers. (RJ)

Reports a continuing longitudinal study begun in 1967 of attitudinal and behavioral change among recruits in the Philadelphia Police Department. Behavioral components are secrecy and mandatory mutual assistance. Comparisons are made with attitudes of detectives and experienced Patrolmen. (DB)

A critical analysis of current reading textbooks. (MB)

Recognition of the drama in political action enables us to see the stories we act out in our lives; to make our moral judgments; to discern our own inadequacies and those of others; to learn, create, invent. (Author)