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Download full textEzeocha, Peter A. – 1975
Black capitalism that is well planned and run is a source of enumerable benefits to the American society in general and to blacks in particular. It generates opportunities for blacks to perform in occupations which for many years were closed to them. For hundreds of years blacks have been despised and often looked down upon on account of the fact…
Descriptors: Black Achievement, Black Businesses, Black Community, Black Employment
Iowa State Univ. of Science and Technology, Ames. Engineering Research Inst. – 1973
The book contains 28 papers by a variety of authors who deal with technology and social change in foreign countries. The papers are presented under 13 headings: technology and social change in foreign cultures (two papers), technology and values (two papers), technological and social change in history (one paper), the arts and technology (two…
Descriptors: Agriculture, Biology, Communications, Developing Nations
Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians, Philadelphia. – 1972
The Choctaw Self-Determination Project's philosophy was based on the relationship between reservation development and American Indian self-government. During the first year, the bulk of resources and staff time were directed toward the development and implementation of a more effective Choctaw tribal government system and the acquisition of…
Descriptors: American History, American Indian Reservations, Annual Reports, Community Development
Parker, Alan; And Others – 1975
Study objectives were to assess the status of a representative number of American Indian tribal governments and to share that information with other members of the national Indian community. Sixteen Indian law students, assisted by 8 Indian lawyers, worked on 17 different Indian reservations during the summer of 1974. Generally working on their…
Descriptors: Administration, Agency Role, American Indian Reservations, American Indians
de Souza, Anthony R.; Porter, Philip W. – 1974
Helping undergraduate college geography students understand the processes and forces which, in the name of modernization, continue to intensify a world spatial disequilibrium in the relations of people and resources is the purpose of this resource paper. It presents current ideas in social science research on modernization and development with…
Descriptors: Community Development, Developed Nations, Developing Nations, Economic Development
Bender, Filmore E., Ed.; Cunnings, Lucy M., Ed. – 1975
The nine in this publication are based on the assumption that communities must develop a framework for analyzing economic growth if they are to make responsible decisions relative to rate and form of economic growth. Divided into two parts, this document presents: (1) papers relative to general perspectives on economic growth and development, and…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Change Strategies, Community Control, Community Development
Crosswhite, William; And Others – 1973
The Northeastern Regional Agricultural Research Planning Committee commissioned a joint U.S. Department of Agriculture-Experiment Station Task Force to provide a framework for Rural Development (RD) research over the next 5 years. Based on criteria of: significance; researchability; relevance to group decisions, actions, and applicability;…
Descriptors: Community Services, Cooperative Programs, Coordination, Decision Making
Archibald, Charles W., Jr. – 1970
A proposed solution to "the Indian problem" of economic dependence and psychological crippling, in comparison with the tragedy of the white man's well meaning "common sense" approach to "Get them into the Mainstream", is geared to the Indian's traditional orientation. The 18-year history of the Bureau of Indian Affairs relocation program will be…
Descriptors: American Indian Culture, American Indians, Cultural Background, Cultural Differences
Department of Indian Affairs and Northern Development, Ottawa (Ontario). – 1969
An historical review is presented of the 6 major groups of Indians of the coastal region of British Columbia: the Coast Salish, Nootka, Kwakiutl, Bella Coola, Tsimshian, and Haida. Characteristics of each tribe are contrasted in the following 7 sections of the review: (1) Introduction--the life style, sociocultural factors, and unique…
Descriptors: American Indians, Area Studies, Art Expression, Career Choice
Pearse, Richard; Bezanson, Keith A. – 1970
The case study examined the development of an overall education plan for the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands. The methodology of multidisciplinary education planning through the use of general comparative analysis models of political, economic, and social development is explained: Almond and Powell's framework for the analysis of political…
Descriptors: Decision Making, Developing Nations, Economic Development, Educational Attitudes
Riessman, Frank; And Others – 1970
These essays concentrate on the challenge that adult education faces in helping the urban poor develop meaningful paraprofessional careers in the human services. In one essay, the reformist approach to improving access to credentials is compared with the radical approach, which questions the validity of the credentials process as well as its…
Descriptors: Credentials, Disadvantaged, Economic Development, Human Services
Minnesota Univ., Minneapolis. Dept. of Political Science. – 1967
The primary purpose for the preparation of this selected bibliography was to support the research endeavors of the CIC-AID Rural Development Research Project. Periodical publication coverage has included the period of 1955-1965, and, has excluded all foreign language materials. Over 90% of the articles in this volume have been abstracted, and…
Descriptors: Abstracts, Annotated Bibliographies, Area Studies, Developing Nations
Appalachian Regional Commission, Washington, DC. – 1969
After 4 years of operation, the Appalachian Regional Commission (ARC) presents this 1969 annual report and evaluation of its activities as required by the Appalachian Regional Development Act of 1965. A brief overview is given of the history of the program, the Federal-state relationship, and strategies for regional development. Appalachia is then…
Descriptors: Annual Reports, Economic Development, Education, Federal Programs
Kreps, Juanita M. – 1968
Concentrating on the trend toward early retirement in the United States and the factors responsible for it, this study draws comparisons between the work and leisure pattern in the United States, with its growing tendency toward retirement below age 65, and the patterns of certain western European nations (principally the United Kingdom, West…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Comparative Analysis, Developed Nations, Developing Nations
Connecticut State Dept. of Community Affairs, Hartford. – 1968
This report of the Connecticut Community Development Action Plan (CDAP) contains a brochure on how to plan and execute a CDAP, detailed guidelines for municipalities, the Community Development Act (Public Act 522) and related legislation (Public Acts 768 and 760), and provisions of 20 other public acts. Interpersonal communication, citizen…
Descriptors: Communication (Thought Transfer), Community Action, Community Development, Community Involvement
