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This article examines social science research into the socioeconomic and cultural factors associated with immigrants who naturalize. Few of the studies in this review use statistical methodologies and many of the findings are highly impressionistic. Yet, several of the studies find common factors to explain the decision to naturalize. These include: length of residence in the United States, varied potentials for acculturation among different national origin groups, motivation for immigration and formal education and language skills. However, no single study is found that examines all of the variables influencing the naturalization decision.

A study of the production, size, growth, & composition of the serial & monograph literature of the social sciences up to 1973 is reported. Data on the social science serial literature was obtained by analysis of the Check List of Social Science Serials (CLOSSS)--a machine-readable data base constructed specifically for the Design of Information Systems in the Social Sciences (DISISS) project. A wide range of published & unpublished primary & secondary statistics were used for a variety of other analyses. In many analyses the data is broken down by subject within the social sciences & by country of origin. The analysis of literature growth shows that it is necessary to reexamine the widely held view that the bulk of literature growth has been & will continue to be exponential. Accelerating & exponential growth has occurred in much of the serial literature, & in a few, but not all, parts of the monograph literature. There are currently signs of a leveling off in the rate of growth. 27 Tables, 5 Figures. AA.

The most important categories of scientific &/or quasi-scientific works & sources on the contemporary military that have appeared in socialist states are outlined, & it is pointed out that major characteristics of these works stem largely from the peculiarities of the socialist political systems & their dominant ideologies. The great imbalance between the immense quantity &, on average, low scientific quality of the works is discussed, along with the relationship between this production & Marxism. HA

This article presents the most important categories of scientific and/or quasi-scientific works and sources on the contemporary military that have appeared in socialist states. In addition, it points out that major characteristics of these works stem largely from the peculiarities of the socialist political systems and their dominant ideologies. The great imbalance between the immense quantity and, on average, low scientific quality of the works published on the contemporary military is discussed, along with the relationship between this production in socialist states and Marxism.

In this article, we articulate an innovative framework, <i>manywheres</i>, and argue that it can advance the work of fostering youth-led change and progressive world-making. We first root psychological and development science in an applied framework of developing more just, harmonious, and tolerant social worlds. Then, we introduce <i>manywheres</i>, a guiding framework of propositions of attending to the complexity and nuance of meaning-making across individuals without becoming lost in nihilism, relativism, or ethnocentric views of social justice. This leads to the construction of a more holistic developmental lens considering the age-related, contextual, and internal factors that shape meaning-making individual trajectories and societal outcomes. <i>Manywheres</i> can thus structure thinking and research with an end goal of understanding the diversity of young people's engagement, activism, and disconnection. We end with mapping a research agenda applying these ideals, incorporating the methodological approaches that can be taken, concrete examples, and implications that can be applied to salient social issues.