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Publication Mid-American Review of Sociology, Volume 3, Number 1 (SPRING, 1978): Book Review(Department of Sociology, University of Kansas, 1978-04-01) Noel, Dorothy ElizabethPublication Mid-American Review of Sociology, Volume 3, Number 1 (SPRING, 1978): Back Matter(Department of Sociology, University of Kansas, 1978-04-01)Publication Mid-American Review of Sociology, Volume 3, Number 1 (SPRING, 1978): Book Review(Department of Sociology, University of Kansas, 1978-04-01) Mickey, Sharon L.Publication Mid-American Review of Sociology, Volume 3, Number 1 (SPRING, 1978): Book Review(Department of Sociology, University of Kansas, 1978-04-01) Tanner, James L.Publication Mid-American Review of Sociology, Volume 3, Number 1 (SPRING, 1978): Book Review(Department of Sociology, University of Kansas, 1978-04-01) Rapson, Timothy E.Publication Mid-American Review of Sociology, Volume 3, Number 1 (SPRING, 1978): Book Review(Department of Sociology, University of Kansas, 1978-04-01) Thompson, Lanny AcePublication Mid-American Review of Sociology, Volume 3, Number 1 (SPRING, 1978): Book Review(Department of Sociology, University of Kansas, 1978-04-01) Hughes, BethPublication Mid-American Review of Sociology, Volume 3, Number 1 (SPRING, 1978): Notes and Comments(Department of Sociology, University of Kansas, 1978-04-01) Jacobsen, Christian WellsPublication Mid-American Review of Sociology, Volume 3, Number 1 (SPRING, 1978): Book Review(Department of Sociology, University of Kansas, 1978-04-01) Traugh, PaulPublication Mid-American Review of Sociology, Volume 3, Number 1 (SPRING, 1978): Notes and Comments(Department of Sociology, University of Kansas, 1978-04-01) Stephens, JoyceEditor's Note: This paper, The Other Side of the Looking Glass: Problems Encountered in Fieldwork examines some of the difficulties that are likely to be encountered in participant observation research, and presents strategies fOT handling them. The general position of this paper and the specific examples presented grew out of a research study conducted by the author of the elderly tenants ofa slum hotel in a large midwestern city.Publication Mid-American Review of Sociology, Volume 3, Number 1 (SPRING, 1978): Front Matter(Department of Sociology, University of Kansas, 1978-04-01)Publication HOW PEOPLE STOP SMOKING: AN EXPLORATORY STUDY(Department of Sociology, University of Kansas, 1978-04-01) Wax, Rosalie H.Publication Mid-American Review of Sociology, Volume 3, Number 1 (SPRING, 1978): Book Review(Department of Sociology, University of Kansas, 1978-04-01) McKeefery-Reynolds, Virginia L.Publication SOCIAL SITUATION, AGE AND GENDER ASSIGNMENT TO ENGLISH NOUNS:. A STUDY OF SOCIOLOGY OF LANGUAGE(Department of Sociology, University of Kansas, 1978-04-01) Conboy, Judith LeeA series of tests was developed for the purpose ofdetermining the likelihood that individuals would assign gender to: 1) norms when observed and heard individually as a part of a list of words; 2) sets of two norms which reflect definite contrast sets; and 3) groups of three norms which imply the existence ofa specific social situation in a particular social institution. Age of the respondent was a significant variable in the assignment of gender. The study was guided by the Whorfian Hypothesis, particularly the idea that grammatical characteristics of language facilitate or make more difficult· various nonlinguistic behaviors. Two hundred and fifty-six (256) students were chosen and tested in selected grades of a southwest Missouri school system including a community college. Two fifth grade, two seventh grade, two eleventh grade and two college classes were utilized.Publication Mid-American Review of Sociology, Volume 3, Number 1 (SPRING, 1978): Book Review(Department of Sociology, University of Kansas, 1978-04-01) Irons, Larry RolandPublication U.S. ARMS CONTROL POLICY: CONGRESSIONAL CONSTRAINT OR MIC BUSINESS AS USUAL?(Department of Sociology, University of Kansas, 1978-04-01) O'Keefe, Michael F.This paper entertains the possibility that a military-industrial complex does in fact exist; that it is not constrained by Congress; that arms policy continues to serve this complex; and that in fact, Congress legitimates MIC activity through ritualistic conflict. Laurance's hypothesis that Congress has recently taken a more active role in the policy process is challenged. Using Yarmolinsky's broader conception ofarms policy, it is argued that arms policy has not significantly changed even though Congressional action has become more conflictual. Finally, it is argued that the changed Congressional role is best understood in terms ofEdelman's reversal ofsystems theory.Publication MYRDAL'S AND SMELSER'S THEORIES OF SOCIAL CHANGE: AN EXPLICATION AND APPLICATION(Department of Sociology, University of Kansas, 1978-04-01) Mosely, RayThis essay defines the concepts ofmodernization, development and progress, and identifies other concepts used in explaining social change at various levels of abstraction. Three theoretical perspectives are described, two of which, Smelser's value-added determinants of collective behavior and Myrdal's accumulative causation concept, are combined for use in analysis ofcase studies. These cases center around developing countries and regions, covering a variety of failure and success combinations with respect to directed change. The conclusions suggest that: 1) change will always occur; 2) accumulative or circular causation is a useful explanatory concept; and 3) systems have a structure such that elements of functional theories can be used to analyze and direct changes, and where such changes have failed in the past, it is usually due to a lack ofthis type ofanalysis.