1979 Sheraton-Boston Hotel· Boston • August 27-31, 1979 l Lester F. Ward Carl C. Taylor William G. Sumner Louis Wirth Franklin H. Giddings E. Franklin Frazier Albion W. Small Talcott Parsons Edward A. Ross Leonard S. Cottrell, Jr. George E. Vincent Robert C. George E. Howard Dorothy Swaine Thomas Charles H. Cooley Samuel A. Stouffer Frank W. Blackmar Florian Znaniecki James Q. Dealey Donald Young Edward C. Hayes Herbert Blumer James P. Lichtenberger Robert K. Merton Ulysses G. Weatherly Robin M. Williams, Jr. Charles A. Ellwood Kingsley Davis Robert E. Park Howard Becker John L. Gillin Robert E.L. Faris William I. Thomas Paul F. Lazarsfeld John M. Gillette Everett C. Hughes William F. Ogburn George C. Homans Howard W. Odum Pitirim A. Sorokin Emory S. Bogardus Wilbert E. Moore Luther L. Bernard Charles P. Loomis Edward B. Reuter Philip M. Hauser Ernest W. Burgess Arnold M. Rose F. Stuart Chapin Ralph H. Turner Henry P. Fairchild Reinhard Bendix Ellsworth Faris William H. Sewell Frank H. Hankins William J. Goode Edwin H. Sutherland Mirra Komarovsky Robert M. MacIver Peter M. Blau Stuart A. Queen Lewis A. Coser Dwight Sanderson Alfred McClung Lee George A. Lundberg J. Milton Yinger Rupert B. Vance Amos H. Hawley Kimball Young Executive Office 1722 N Street, N.W. Washington, D.C. 20036 (202) 833-3410 The American Sociological Association 1979 Seventy·Fourth Annual eeting Sheraton-Boston Hotel·' Boston • August 27-31, 1979 3 THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THEORY AND RESEARCH: AN ASSESSMENT OF FUNDAMENTAL PROBLEMS AND THEIR POSSffiLE RESOLUTION Every discipline needs to be continuously concerned about the quality, as well as the quantity, of what iUs producing and the ways in which its knowledge and thought processes are transmitted to the outside public. This periodically requires a highly self-.conscious examination ofthe nature ofthe difficulties we face and alternative strategies for coping with them, as well as an honest assessment of our successes and failures. Several ofthe featured sessions ofthe 1979 AS A program are devoted to such an apprai­ sal, which we hope will serve as. a catalyst for a much more extensive and sustained effort. The Plenary Sessions are concerned with theory development and the relationship between theory and research. There are also 16 Thematic Sessions, each in a different substantive field, in which distinguished panelists address themselves to a series of questions concerned with the interface between theory and .research. A series of five sessions, titled "Issues in Teaching", deal with importantproblems connected with how we can improve our communications with one of our most important audiences, our students. Finally, there is a series of "Major Debates" focused on some oftheperennialtypes ofissues that crosscut.several ofour substantive fields. The spirit ofthese sessions, which I personally hope will be conveyed, is that there is a considerable need for sociologists to pull together to assess our common theoretical and methodological problems, many of which have been neglected for far too long. These problems, though formidable, can be systematic~ly studied and eventually overcome. provided we can find more effective ways to bring our theoretical .and methodological specialists into closer working relationships with those who are primarily concerned with conducting empirical investigations in ourgrowing number of substantive subspecialties. Hubert M. Blalock, Jr., President American Sociological Association 4 MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL, 1979 Officers ofthe Association HUBERT M. BLALOCK, JR.,President, HELEN MacGILL HUGHES, University of Washington Vice-President-Elect,Cambridge, CHARLES Y. GLOCK, Vice President, Massachusetts University of California, Berkeley JAMES F. SHORT, JR., Secretary, PETER H. ROSSI, President-Elect, Washington State University University of Massachusetts, Amherst AMOS H. HAWLEY, Past-President, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill RUSSELL R. DYNES, Executive Officer Elected-at-Large PAULINE B. BART, University of Illinois, HELENAZ. LOPATA, Loyola University of Chicago Circle Chicago ELISE BOULDING, Dartmouth College JOAN MOORE, University of Wisconsin, ERNEST Q. CAMPBELL, Vanderbilt Milwaukee University MORRIS ROSENBERG, University of HERBERT L. COSTNER, National Science Maryland Foundation IMMANUEL WALLERSTEIN, State IRWIN DEUTSCHER, University of Akron University of New York, Binghamton WILLIAM GAMSON, University of MAURICE ZEITLIN, University of Michigan California, Los Angeles RICHARD J. HILL, University ofOregon MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL, 1980 Officers ofthe Association PETER H. ROSSI, President, University of JAMES F. SHORT, JR., Secretary, Massachusetts, Amherst Washington State University HELEN MacGILL HUGHES, Vice HERBERT L. COSTNER, Secretary-Elect, President, Cambridge, Massachusetts National Science Foundation WILLIAM FOOTE WHYTE, HUBERT M. BLALOCK, JR., President-Elect, Cornell University Past-President, University ofWashington RENEE C. FOX, Vice-President-Elect, University of Pennsylvania RUSSELL R. DYNES, Executive Officer Elected-at-Large PAULINE B. BART, University of Illinois, HELENA Z. LOPATA, Loyola University of Chicago Circle Chicago NORMAN BIRNBAUM, Amherst College THOMAS F. PETTIGREW, Harvard ERNEST Q. CAMPBELL, Vanderbilt University University MORRIS ROSENBERG, University of ARLENE K. DANIELS, Northwestern Maryland University IMMANUEL WALLERSTEIN, State IRWIN DEUTSCHER, University of Akron University of New York, Binghamton WILLIAM GAMSON, University of CHARLES V. WILLIE, Harvard University Michigan MAURICE ZEITLIN, University of California, Los Angeles 5 CONTENTS GENERAL INFORMATION Location of Activities 7 ASA Executive Office 8 ASA Information Desk 8 BookExhibits 8 Child Care 8 Employment Service 8 Paper Sales ,. .. , 9 Press 9 Roster of Pre-Registrants 9 PROGRAM NOTES 10 ACTIVITIES OF OTHER GROUPS 15 COUNCIL AND COMMITTEE MEETINGS 16 TOPIC INDEX 22 PROGRAM SUMMARY " 25 ANNUAL MEETING PROGRAM Monday, August 27 37 Tuesday, August 28 64 Wednesday, August 29 94 Thursday, August 30 141 Friday, August 31. 164 DIRECTORY OF EXHIBITORS 197 ASA ADMINISTRATION Council. .................. .. 4 Committees 189 Journal Editors 195 Program Committee 6 Representatives 193 Section Officers 194 Session Organizers 19 INDEX OF PARTICIPANTS ", 262 6 1979 PROGRAM COMMITTEE HUBERT M. BLALOCK, JR., Chair, University ofWashington CHARLES Y. GLOCK, University of California, Berkeley .JOSEPH GUSFIELD, University of California, San Diego JOHN D. KASARDA, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill ALBERT J. REISS, JR., Yale University JAMES F. SHORT, JR., Washington State University IDA HARPER SIMPSON, Duke University HOWARD F. TAYLOR, Princeton University Luncheon Roundtable Discussions: WES WAGER, University ofWashington Informal Discussion Sessions: JOHN P. CLARK, University ofMinnesota Supplementary Sessions: DORIS ENTWISLE AND RICHARD RUBINSON, Johns Hopkins University ASA EXECUTIVE OFFICE STAFF Russell R. Dynes, Executive Officer Sarah Clement Alice F. Myers, Administrative Officer Edward Cline Lawrence J. Rhoades, Executive Sharon Gray Associate Sonja Lange Doris Y. Wilkinson, Executive Petie Nicholson Associate Telza Pippin Paul Williams, Director, MFP Martha D. Rios Midge Miles Jude Ruckel Jo Ann Ruckel Howard Stepney Jan Astner 7 GENERAL INFORMATION Headquarters for the 1979 Annual Meeting is located in the Sheraton-Boston Hotel. Several meeting rooms in the Hynes Auditorium and Exhibit Hall will be used as well. Meeting Rooms: Second Floor (accessible by elevators from all floors, escalators from the lobby, and direct entrance from the Prudential Plaza): Constitution Foyer Constitution Room Grand Ballroom Independence Rooms Liberty Complex Republic Ballroom Third Floor: Andover Beacon Complex Berkeley Board Room Clarendon Commonwealth Dalton Exeter Fairfax Gardner Hampton Jefferson Kent Fifth Floor: Room 570 Room 575 Room 576 Room 591 Hynes Exhibit Hall (accessible by a connecting corridor near the Jefferson Room on the Third Floor of the Hotel): Hynes 210 Hynes 211 Hynes 212 Location of Activities ASA Executive Office-Jefferson ASA Information-Constitution Foyer Book Exhibits-Hynes Exhibit Hall Didactic Seminar Information-Constitution Foyer Employment Service-Beacon Complex Luncheon Roundtable Tickets-Constitution Foyer Paper Sales-Hampton Registration-Constitution Foyer 8 ASA Executive Office-Jefferson The Headquarters Office will be staffed from Sunday through Friday by Executive Office personnel. They are in attendance for the purpose of keeping the convention operating and solving problems as they arise. However, the demands on stafftime and equipment must be limited to official ASA functions. Individuals or groups needing office equipment can rentit through the convention service office of the hotel, and a commercial reproduction center is available on the third floor of the hotel. ASA Information Desk-Constitution Foyer This desk will be staffed with ASA Executive Office personnel who will provide informa­ tion on membership, subscriptions, etc. Copies ofthe 1979 Directory ofMembers, Directory of Departments, and Guide to Graduate Departments of Sociology will be available for purchase, as well as other ASA publications. Book Exhibits-Hynes Exhibit Hall You are urged to visit the Book Exhibits in the Hynes Exhibit Hall. Access is down the corridor from the Jefferson Room on the third floor of the Sheraton-Boston Hotel. Exhibits will be open Monday through Thursday, 9:00 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Child Care Parents should make their own child care arrangements