The author analyzes the theories of Peter Harper as expressed in Soft Technology' and Criticism of the Western Model of Development, Prospects'', Summer 1973. Support is given to Harper's rejection of the model of affluent society, but Sach's rejects the solutions to societal problems offered by Harper. (SM)

The social studies classroom becomes a forum for examining the issues and problems of contemporary society by letting students provide popular records for classroom discussion. Results of two such experiments are reviewed. (Author/KM)

This article examines the allegiance of a sample of black youths to four types of protest--integrationist, nihilist, pluralist, and separatist. Preference for a type of protest was related to the individual's orientation to either an individual advancement or collective advancement ideology and to how powerless he felt to achieve social mobility.…

An authority on career education proposes a relation between this area and the social studies' thrusts of inquiry training and values education. He defines a new role for social studies in building a multidisciplinary approach to understanding an individual's economic role and social problems in general. (KM)

A new, effective mode of authority to face a growing anarchic ideology would be required to be open, public, and accountable; flexible and individualized; reduced in scope and independent of both private and governmental sectors. (KM)

A practicing white investigator reports on his experiences in conducting research in black communities; the adequacy of traditional academic training for the conduct of research in black communities is questioned. (Author/JM)

At a national symposium on Societal Problems of Water Resources at Western Illinois University, scientists discussed dams, canals, water pollution control and management programs, federal-state relations in resource planning, and their effects on how we live. (BL)

The factors contributing to the need for educational change in the direction of lifelong learning are discussed: global phenomena (economic change and demographic trends); scientific and technological developments (obsolescence of knowledge, development of human sciences, the application of technological progress to education); and social dynamics…

Drug problems in this country are only symptoms of social ills. Drug education can be thought of as treatment for the symptom rather than for the ills; unless supported by a firm commitment to examine and deal with the basic causes of human despair, drug education programs are nothing but a cop-out.'' (Author/JB)

Most of the social problems facing nations today, and the current drive for more citizen participation, stem from this experience of lack of power among many persons. (DM)