John D. Hutcheson

Deracialization in the Deep South Mayoral Politics in Atlanta

The concept of deracialization is examined in an election in which all major candidates are black. Citizen characteristics and opinions expressed in a telephone survey are used to predict candidate preference. Findings indicate that race remains an important factor in electoral behavior, even when all candidates are black. The successful candidate, Maynard Jackson, drew support across race and class lines and may be said to have run a deracialized campaign. This research suggests that a clarification of the interaction of race and class and their effects in municipal elections is essential for understanding voting behavior and deracialization in city elections.

Program Evaluation Using a Follow-Up Telephone Survey The Effects of a Prior Letter

Program evaluation requiring postprogram follow-up with clients is often complicated by systematic inability to contact certain types of clients. In-person contact can be extremely expensive and mail follow-up is prone to error attributable to nonresponse. Problems in contacting and obtaining the cooperation of former clients often bring evaluation results into question. Employing a split-half design, this research examines the effects of prior letters, in conjunction with a follow-up telephone survey, on three factors affecting evaluation results: contact rates, response rates, and respondent cooperation. Contrary to what would be expected based upon the results of experimentation with general population surveys, the prior letter did not increase contact, improve cooperation, or decrease refusals. Discussion focuses on the reasons for the differences between the findings of this experiment and previous research and suggests that additional procedures for increasing contact in postprogram follow-up surveys be examined.

Ethnic Self-Help Organizations in Non-Barrio Settings: Community Identity and Voluntary Action

While Hispanic and other ethnic populations are becoming increasingly hetero geneous and dispersed throughout many metropolitan areas, most research on Hispanic self-help organizations focuses upon barrio setting. This article illus trates how socio-economic heterogeneity and geographic dispersal within a metro politan area necessitates adaptation in the roles of ethnic self-help organizations. A survey of Hispanics in the Atlanta metropolitan area reveals intra-urban migration patterns, trends in community identity, and variations in the utilization of Hispanic service agencies which guide a discussion of strategies that may be employed by ethnic self-help organizations in non-barrio settings.

Economy of Scale or Bureaucratic Entropy? Implications for Metropolitan Governmental Reorganization

This article examines the relationship between number of city employees and city popu lation in order to assess arguments advanced by proponents of metropolitan governmental reform. It is found that bureaucracy size increases faster than population, implying dis economies of scale. Bureaucratic entropy is suggested as an explanation for the relation ship between bureaucracy size and city population, and several alternative explanations are examined. Variations in the mix of city services, demands for services, and the quality of services provided do not seem to be satisfactory alternatives to the entropy thesis. The analysis indicates that wholesale consolidation or enlarging of local governments would not increase economy and efficiency in service delivery. Reforms aimed at decentralizing labor-intensive functions and services while retaining or increasing centralization of capital-intensive functions and services are suggested.

Antecedents of nursing school attrition: attitudinal dimensions.

In an attempt to identify attitudinal orientations that might be used as indicators of attrition, demographic, academic performance, and attitudinal data on 261 students enrolled in the Woodruff School of Nursing at Emory University. Atlanta, between 1968 and 1972, were studied. Traditional measures of scholastic aptitude were not found to be good indicators. The higher the fathers educational attainment, the more likely attrition was to occur. The higher the mothers occupational status, the less likely attrition was to occur. Attitudinal measures used in the study seemed to have little direct impact on attrition.

Designing Human Services for Hispanic Americans in Non-Barrio Settings: Issues and Approaches

million.3 Whether one uses &dquo;official&dquo; or &dquo;unofficial&dquo; figures, the fact that the proportion of Hispanics in the population of the United States has recently increased dramatically is undeniable. Although Hispanic Americans are a diverse group, and many have middleand upper-socioeconomic status, an aggregate profile of Hispanic Americans portrays a segment of the population that exhibits attributes of persons and families with unmet needs. Nationally, only 40 percent of all Hispanics over 25 years of age have completed high school, unemployment is estimated to be approximately 10 percent among Hispanic Americans, and Hispanics are more likely to hold blue-collar jobs than are their non-Hispanic counterparts in the American workforce. Additionally, a much larger proportion of Hispanic families than non-Hispanic families are in lower income brackets. While 27 percent of non-Hispanic American families had 1977 incomes of below

Race, Representation, and Trust: Changes in Attitudes After the Election of a Black Mayor

10,000, 42 percent of the Hispanic families in the United States had incomes of less than