This paper comments on an anthropologist's field experience with a Chinese community in an American city. This particular community had mixed feelings about being studied, was composed of competing groups, and overtly attempted to manipulate the anthropologist's participation in community affairs. (Author/AM)

The contributions of several core variables to the white suicide rates in 24 Florida counties were examined. A prediction equation including age, crime rate, insanity, and alcoholism was found that accounted for 79 percent of the variation in the suicide rates across counties. (Author)

Suggests that if a new environment is conducive to positive interracial contact, the resulting changes will be positive. In this form of intervention two factors are important: the amount of time spent in the environment and the characteristics of the contact situation. (Author/AM)

Explores effects of husbands/ career pressures upon role structures within a section of middle-class families at the childrearing stage of the family life cycle. It examines the process through which instrumental relationships between women gave rise to a distinctive subculture which offered support to women in domestic affairs and child rearing.…

Puerto Rican lesbians (N=61) were interviewed as well as members of the general Puerto Rican community (N=264). Attitudes of both groups were analyzed. Lesbians feared rejection from the community, which was the dominant attitude of community members. Cultural values and a literature review are also presented. (HLM)

Reports on a new examination of the Iannaccone and Lutz model of local school district politics that suggests the model's explanatory power is limited. (Author/IRT)

Straight talk for teachers with the courage to acknowledge need for help in talking with urban, working-class parents who may have differing values but who share a common concern about the welfare of their children. (Editor)

Approaches suggested for school superintendents in mediating between an intellectual profession and a non-intellectual, sometimes anti-intellectual, community. (Author)

This article describes that part of the research related to the formation of moral values in a multi-racial group of students. (Author)

Describes patterns of problem drinking in rural areas, suggests factors which may influence the comparatively lower rates of alcoholism among rural residents, discusses the types of alcohol treatment available in rural communities, and offers preliminary ideas for applying the alcoholism-reducing factors of rural life to preventing alcoholism in…

A study in Wake County, North Carolina, designed to determine how racist structural barriers influence role perceptions of Black decision makers, identified the following discriminators of role perceptions: 1) officials' perceptions of themselves as decision makers or decision influencers; 2) age; 3) racial composition of organization; 4)…

Identifies the socioeconomic, demographic, and attitudinal correlates of neighborhood differences in the rate of child abuse and neglect, by comparing families in a high risk and a low risk neighborhood matched for socioeconomic level. (CM)

An exploration of the controversial nature of economics. Public school curricula give it minimal emphasis, and the press avoids discussing economics issues from an intellectual viewpoint. Despite community objections, schools need effective methods and materials for teaching fundamental economics. (AV)