Permanent URI for this collection
Browse
Recent Submissions
Publication Mid-American Review of Sociology, Volume 5, Number 2 (WINTER, 1980): Book Review(Department of Sociology, University of Kansas, 1980-04-01) Weinman, Beth HartungPublication Mid-American Review of Sociology, Volume 5, Number 2 (WINTER, 1980): Book Review(Department of Sociology, University of Kansas, 1980-04-01) Hamick, Joann E.Publication SOCIOLOGY AND LITERATURE: THE DRAMATIZATION OF AN EDUCATIONAL EXPERIENCE(Department of Sociology, University of Kansas, 1980-04-01) Tatsis, Nicholas Ch.Publication Mid-American Review of Sociology, Volume 5, Number 2 (WINTER, 1980): Front Matter(Department of Sociology, University of Kansas, 1980-04-01)Publication THE AMERICAN AG·RICULTURE MOVEMENT: MANIFEST AND LATENT PARTICIPANT ATTRACTIONS IN A SOCIAL MOVEMENT(Department of Sociology, University of Kansas, 1980-04-01) Foster, Gary S.This paper will focus on the recently organized American Agriculture Movement (AAM) in the context of a social movement. Upon approaching the AAM as a topic of research) one is immediately confronted by the paucity ofliterature in theprofessional sociology. and agricultural economics journals. This is not to suggest that the AAM has been rejected as an area worthy of research, but is probably due to research lag. Indeed, the 1978 Wisconsin Farmer Survey conducted by the University of Wisconsin's Department of Rural Sociology t among other data collection, solicits information .addressiJlg support of the AAM (Wilkening, 1978:7). Of necessity then, most of the data addressing the AAM have been drawn from news periodicals, newspapers, and various agriculturaland farm journals.Publication IN PRAISE OF MOSCA AND MICHELS(Department of Sociology, University of Kansas, 1980-04-01) Lenski, GerhardPublication THE CAMPUS BAR AS A "BASTARD INSTITUTION"(Department of Sociology, University of Kansas, 1980-04-01) Willsie, Deborah A.; Riemer, Jeffrey W.Publication HEALTH SELF-REPORT CORRELATES AMONG OLDER PEOPLE IN NATIONAL RANDOM SAMPLE DATA(Department of Sociology, University of Kansas, 1980-04-01) Graney, Marshall J.older people's health self-reports (HSR.s) are frequently cited in explanations for changes in social status (e.g., retirement). social participation-o.ctivity (e.g., disengagement), and personal attitudes (e.g., life satisfaction). The purpose ofresearch reported here was to establish correlates of HSRs in u.s. national random sample data. The parametric analysisstTategywas applied to data on aU persons aged 65+ intel11iewed for the Harris-NCOA survey(N= 2797)j with results as foUows: social status (2 varidb1es) largest ,2 <0.15), social panicipation-aaivity (S variables, largest r2Publication SOCIO-8TRUCTURAL ANALYSIS OF IMMIGRANT WORKER MINORITIES: THE CASE OF 'WEST-GERMANY(Department of Sociology, University of Kansas, 1980-04-01) Heckmann, FriedrichThis paper has two major 'intentions: 1) to demonstrate that West Germany has become an immigrant society in a trueIy sociologieal'sense; .that the so-called "guest-workers"and their families rather than being migratory workers 'have become part of the social structure;" 2) to "advance a socio-structural concept for the analysis of immigrant worker minonties.Publication MA.KETODAY COUNT: A MUTUAL SUPPORT GROUP FOR THE DYING(Department of Sociology, University of Kansas, 1980-04-01) Bradfield, Cecil D.; Myers, R. AnnThe purpose of· this paper is to discuss the aspects of a local chapter of 1Vlake Today Count. MTCis a mutual support group for persons with terminal illnesses. Organized in 1974, it is part afwhat tome have' called the tlhappy death movement." This movement seeks to make death more humane and less techtlOlogical. The paper addresses such'iuues:;;as reasons of joiningJ the nature of membership, and the gains for persons who join.