International Journal of Sociology and Social Policy: Volume 4 Issue 2

Subjects:

Table of contents

THE IMPACT OF RAPID POPULATION GROWTH, EXPANDING URBANISATION, AND OTHER FACTORS ON DEVELOPMENT IN SUB‐SAHARAN AFRICA: THE CONTRASTING RESPONSES OF TANZANIA AND KENYA

Mary Jo Huth

When the nations of Sub‐Saharan Africa won independence some twenty years ago, they faced formidable constraints on development which continue to impede their economic and social…

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IDEOLOGIES AS BELIEF SYSTEMS

Eric Carlton

The central concern of this discussion is the relationship between belief and action. The underlying problem is how belief ‐ intellectualised as ideology ‐ affects or even…

NEW LEFTIST LEADERS AND FOLLOWERS: THE AUTHORITY GAP IN PARTICIPATORY‐DEMOCRATIC GROUPS

David Kowalewski

Previous studies of late adolescent protesters on university campuses have generally focused on the social, psychological, and political differences between protesters and…

TIME AND SOCIALIST CONSTRUCTION

Chris Rojek

Let us submit the following proposition for consideration: the essence of socialist construction lies in the bid to appropriate the future and is therefore expressed politically…

HISPANICS AND THE U.S. OCCUPATIONAL STRUCTURE: A FOCUS ON VOCATIONAL EDUCATION

Adalberto Aguirre

Hispanics are the fastest growing minority group in the United States, registering a twenty‐five percent increase from 1973 to 1980 (1). Of the more than thirteen million U.S…

CONTEMPORARY CONVERGENCE IN SOCIOLOGICAL THEORIES THE RELEVANCE OF THE AFRICAN THOUGHT SYSTEM IN THEORY FORMATION

Oladimeji I. Alo

Of all the challenges facing scholars in the 3rd world today none is as serious as the need to harness their knowledge and skills for the task of nation‐building. There is a…

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ISSN:

0144-333X

Online date, start – end:

1981

Copyright Holder:

Emerald Publishing Limited

Open Access:

hybrid

Editor:

  • Prof Colin Williams