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Turkey is used as an example of the urbanization problem in a developing society. Few studies of accelerated urbanization & associated soc re-org have been conducted & few S's of att's have been associated with econ planning. Mechanization of agri must occur if the country is to compete successfully, & the individuals so displaced must develop new skills, subordinate themselves to a boss, cooperate with a group, & shift their residence out of the village. These changes also mean investment in adult educ & training, housing, & other Ur facilities. The author theoretically develops that $2.3 billion are needed to assimilate a farm machinery investment of $200 million. Unemployment, Ur slums, shortages, & inflation result when the required sums are unavailable. The actual size of the Ru/Ur shift in Turkey is shown from the % increase of city dwellers 1950-1955, & increase in rail & highway passenger traffic. As a result of this increase official figures show 22% of Ur families living in a single room & an increase in squatter's shacks. Figures showing expenditures for expansion of streets & property acquisition, an increase in the number of water & power customers, food prices which have increased 6-7% per yr also support the conclusions with regard to the effects of not supporting mechanization. Inflation is a function of rapid urbanization & the changing pattern of consumption implied by this process. The Turkish gov has located industry close to displaced workers, but they prefer the Ur risks. attitude res might also indicate how well the soc security system & labor code are working. A Minister of Reconstruction & Settlement is surveying community needs in housing & public services, but the emphasis is on demographic & econ rather than human factors. More attention given to urbanization as a function of accelerated econ development might prevent the pol'al instability which often follows the soc disintegration. J. D. Twight.

A report of a 3-yr study to determine what changes in S att's, if any, toward personal pol'al participation were produced by participation-oriented, 'integrated'pol'al sci courses vs standard traditional ones. To measure these att's, a 22-item Likert-type scale was devised. Results show that in each case, at the outset, the typical S attitude toward pol'al participation was close to the indifference point, & that no signif changes were produced by courses of any type. Undergraduates might well be expected to mirror the apathy of their elders toward politics. IPSA.

An account of an interview with King Abdullah of Jordan which grew out of problems encountered by interviewers in areas where res techniques are foreign. The author sought an interview with the king to explain the methods & aims of the study (as part of a Columbia U study on mass media & communication behavior in the Middle East). During the early discussion, the author received clues to the feelings of the king by observing the expressions of the interpreter. The author treated the king as a fellow scholar after the preliminaries & was interested in the king's command of theories of the preWWI psychol's. The discussion turned to the concept of survey res. The king's objections were usual: Will people tell the truth? Does the average man have any interest or information on public issues? Will people behave in conformity with their professed beliefs? As his objections were answered, the king saw in res not a threat to his intuition & prerogatives as a king, but a potential ally. His subsequent support permitted a successful conclusion of the study. J. D. Twight.

A small sample study of att's towards the Army-McCarthy hearings reveals some surprises about the value judgments of housewives & storekeepers in 2 geographically separate US communities. Interviewers did not find the expected reaffirmation of civil rights values as a result of the hearings. The responses they did obtain revealed other value themes which the author has extracted & traced to the formation of the superego in childhood. He then considers the implications of his conclusions for the inculcation of civil rights values & related pol'al ideoloev. AA-IPSA.