Sociological Spectrum: The Official Journal of the Mid-South Sociological Association 1991: Vol 11 Table of Contents

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Volume 11
1991
Sociologica
Spectrum
The Official Journal
of the Mid-South Sociological Association
ISSN 0273-2173
SOSPDS (1991)
Sociological Spectrum
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CONTENTS OF VOLUME 11
NUMBER 1
From the New Editors ili
About the Authors v
Hunger in Rural America: Myth or Reality? A Reexamination of the
Harvard Physician Task Force Report on Hunger in America Using
Statistical Data and Field Observations 1
Dan McMurry
The Effects of Bureaucratization and Commitment on Resource
Mobilization in Voluntary Organizations 19
Cruz Torres, William Alex McIntosh, and Mary Zey
The Declining Participation of African-American Men in Higher
Education: Causes and Consequences 45
Evangeline McConnell McJamerson
Identity Announcement in Mass Society: The T-Shirt 67
Donna K. Darden and Steven K. Worden
Vertical Integration and Diversification Among Multihospital Systems: A
For-Profit, Nonprofit Comparison $1
F. Dale Parent
RESEARCH NOTE
*‘White”’ Fraternity and Sorority Attitudes Toward “‘Blacks’’ on a
Deep-South Campus 93
Donal E. Muir
NUMBER 2
About the Authors iii
Demographic and Sociological Determinants of Alcohol Use by U.S.
Military Personnel 105
Li Li and John A. Ballweg
Examining Change Using Regression Analysis: Three Approaches
Compared 127
Michael Dalecki and Fern K. Willits
Status Attainment’s Image of Society: Individual Factors, Structural
Effects, and the Transformation of the Class Structure 147
J. David Knottnerus
Families of Offshore Oil Workers: Adaptations to Cyclical Father
Absence/Presence 177
Craig J. Forsyth and Deann K. Gauthier
RESEARCH NOTE
Blacks and Earnings in New York State 203
F- Nii-Amoo Dodoo
NUMBER 3
About the Authors iii
1990 MSSA Presidentiai Address: Human Emotions: An Expanding
Sociological Frontier 213
C. Eddie Palmer
Single Female-Headed Households, Handgun Possession, and the Fear
of Rape 231
Carol Y. Thompson, William B. Bankston, and Roberta L. St. Pierre
Explaining Resistance to Local Government Reform among Rural
Constituencies 245
W. Martin Wiseman
Attitudes toward the Voluntary Taking of Life: An Updated Analysis
of Euthanasia Correlates 265
Philip Monte
RESEARCH NOTE
The Meaning of Political Self-Identifications: A Research Note 279
Jerry Neapolitan
Vernon J. Parenton, 1908-1990 289
NUMBER 4
From the Editors iii
About the Authors Vv
Local Media Roles in Defining Hazardous Waste as a Social Problem:
The Case of Sumter County, Alabama 293
Charles E. Faupel, Conner Bailey, and Gary Griffin
Cohort or Developmental Determinants of Well-Being:
A Test of Competing Hypotheses 321
David A. Gay and Richard T. Campbell
Mall Walking and Urban Sociability 351
Steven P. Schacht and N. Prabha Unnithan
Continuity and Change in the Regional Stereotypes
of Southern College Students, 1970-1987 369
John Shelton Reed
Occupational Growth and Decline 379
Robert F. Szafran
Operationalizing Hunger in Rural America: A Reexamination
of McMurry 395
Donald Davis
Reply to Davis 401
Dan McMurry
Following page 407:
Title Page to Volume 11
Contents of Volume 11
Author Index to Volume 11
Subject Index to Volume 11