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USING DATA COLLECTED IN 1970 FROM A GROUP OF MIDWESTERN ADOLESCENTS (N=88 BLACK, 98 WHITE; AGED 14-19), MULTIVARIATE REGRESSION ANALYSIS WAS EMPLOYED TO EXAMINE VARIATION IN 3 ASPECTS OF ADOLESCENT SELF-IMAGES--SELF-ESTEEM, PERSONAL POWERLESSNESS, & POLITICAL POWERLESSNESS. RACIAL DIFFERENCES IN SELF-PERCEPTIONS WERE PRONOUNCED BUT WERE NOT IN THE EXPECTED DIRECTION; BLACK SELF-IMAGES WERE MORE POSITIVE THAN THOSE OF WHITES & PROVIDED LITTLE EVIDENCE OF SELF-REJECTION OR SELF-HATE. SE DEPRIVATION & OTHER PERSONAL & SOCIAL BACKGROUND CHARACTERISTICS GENERALLY WERE UNRELATED TO VARIATION IN SELF-IMAGES. THE EVIDENCE DID NOT SUPPORT THE VIEW THAT DEPRIVATION CONSISTENTLY GENERATES NEGATIVE SELF-PERCEPTIONS. THE CURRENT GENERATION OF YOUNG BLACKS, PERHAPS RESPONDING TO THEMES OF BLACK CONSCIOUSNESS & BLACK PRIDE ARTICULATED BY THE BLACK LIBERATION MOVEMENT, MAY HAVE ACQUIRED SELF-IMAGES WHICH ARE MUCH MORE POSITIVE THAN THOSE OF PREVIOUS GENERATIONS. 1 TABLE. AA.

THE EFFECTS OF SOCIAL BACKGROUND & CAREER DEVELOPMENT ON POLITICAL MOBILITY AMONG 247 POLITICALLY MOBILE OBKOM FIRST SECRETARIES IN THE USSR DURING 1950-1968 ARE DISCUSSED. TO EXAMINE THE POSSIBILITY OF VARIABLES TENDING TO CLUSTER, THE VARIABLES WERE FACTOR ANALYZED. 3 VARIABLES FALL UNDER CAREER SPECIALIZATION: TECHNICAL VS PARTY EXPERIENCE, AGRICULTURAL VS INDUSTRIAL SPECIALIZATION, & PEDAGOGICAL EXPERIENCE. 3 VARIABLES FALL UNDER CAREER DEVELOPMENT; RSFSR VS UKRAINIAN AFFILIATION, ACHIEVEMENT OF POLITICAL SUCCESS, & CAREER CHANNEL. 1 VARIABLE FALLS WITHIN PARTY GENERATIONS: AN INDICATION OF THE ASSOCIATION BETWEEN THE INDIVIDUAL'S BIRTH & THE PERIOD WHEN HE ENTERED INTO THE PARTY & BECAME POLITICALLY INVOLVED. TO EXAMINE EFFECTS OF SOCIAL BACKGROUND & CAREER DEVELOPMENT ON POLITICAL MOBILITY, MULTIVARIATE LINEAR REGRESSION TECHNIQUES WERE USED. ONLY A SMALL AMOUNT OF VARIATION IN POLITICAL MOBILITY WAS SHOWN DURING THE PERIOD. DIFFERENCES APPEARED WHEN THE POLITICAL REGIME CONCERNING MOBILITY WAS CONTROLLED. MEN WITH MORE TECHNICALLY ORIENTED CAREER BACKGROUNDS RECEIVED AN INCREASING UPWARD MOBILITY ADVANTAGE THE MORE RECENTLY THEY LEFT THE OBKOM POSITION. THE EFFECTS OF LINKAGES BETWEEN CAREER SPECIALIZATION & JOB PERFORMANCE SHOULD BE EXPLORED IN ORDER TO EXPLAIN ELITE POLITICAL MOBILITY. 4 TABLES. MODIFIED HA.

There is widespread agreement that the South has changed dramatically since the end of World War II. Social, demographic, economic, and political changes have altered significantly the region long considered the nation's most distinctive. There is less agreement, however, about the extent to which the forces of nationalization have eroded the major elements of Southern distinctiveness. Although this volume does not purport to settle the debate on Southern political change, it does present a variety of recent evidence that helps put this important debate into perspe