This article uses a combination of qualitative and quantitative historical data from all California counties to assess the efficacy of variables derived from the split la[...]

This study compared the socioeconomic status, racial composition, and ethnic composition of 49 randomly selected U.S. cities with those of the census tracts containing th[...]

This study examines how class, gender, socialization, and member selectivity relate to the importance members of a higher-status women's organization attach to community [...]

This study examines the relationships between employment status and women's attitudes toward and participation in a higher status voluntary service organization. Data wer[...]

A study examined the early encounters of traditional-age freshmen with a campus bureaucracy. Data were collected through semistructured interviews with traditional-age fr[...]

Three models of leadership in voluntary associations have been proposed in the literature: democratic leadership, oligarchy, and leadership by default. Through an intensi[...]

From the mid-1970s well into the 1980s, the Federal Alliance of Citizens' Initiatives for Environmental Protection (BBU) was one of Germany's most visible and influential[...]

Data on 12 local chapters of a high status women's community service organization and their communities are used to assess the relative impact of community needs, members[...]

The article presents information on sex, geographic mobility and career development. Over the past four decades, major changes in the extent and nature of female labor fo[...]

Forty-eight categories of toys were rated in terms of sex appropriateness by 48 students. A sample of 392 pictures of children with toys in 12 toy catalogs and 538 pictur[...]

Based on a comprehensive literature review and detailed semistructured interviews with skilled workers who work at home, this article explores six research areas: reasons[...]