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This study challenges the spate of literature that has appeared in recent yrs which supports the 'deprivation theory' of Ur soc unrest. The deprivation thesis asserts that Ur hostilities are attributable to the low SES of Ur racial minorities. On the basis of detailed multiple regression analyses, it is concluded that the connections between SE deprivation & Ur disorders are neither simple nor direct. It is further suggested that additional theoretical & empirical res is needed to ascertain, sci'ly, the 'causes' of riots. AA.

The main characteristics of democratic theory in the US in the thirty years following 1776 are compared to those of the three decades before 1976. The ideas of the founding fathers were based on the theory of popular sovereignty & the theory of pluralism. These were both accepted in the US mainly due to the widespread belief that most political leaders were basically untrustworthy. Each theory was seen as a means of protecting the populace from such leaders. Currently, these themes are still discussed but with a different emphasis. Popular sovereignty has changed from referring to the sovereignty of the people to emphasizing the virtues of public participation. Sectional & geographic pluralism has been replaced by pressure group pluralism; pluralism in general has been discredited by events such as ideological conflicts & race riots. Political scientists are adopting a more radical stance as exemplified by the work of H. Kariel, P. Bachrach, & T. Lowi. M. Migalski.