William J. Goode

Force and Violence in the Family.

The family, like all other social units, is a power system, resting to some degree on force or its threat. This paper examines the deterrent value of the actual use of force and the implied deterrent of its threat, as well as the outside supports of the use of force in the family which come from the state, the community, friends, and so on. The role of force in socialization is discussed (with some cross-cultural illustration from the case of Japan), and a series of propositions are presented. A final section explores force which emerges into violence as assault, murder and child abuse, from an exchange perspective.

The Celebration of Heroes: Prestige as a Social Control System.

Everyday experience as well as theories from anthropology, economics, psychology, and sociology underlie a systematic investigation of the sources, processes, and social importance of prestige.

Work Incentives in a Self-Determined Group

will have the status of resident foreigners. Since a majority of the Surinam Indonesians at this time seem to favor a return to their home country, it is certain they will choose in favor of an Indonesian citizenship; but this will not necessarily mean that they will return at once, unless the Republic of Indonesia should provide the necessary facilities. Representatives of the Djakarta government have already arrived in Surinam for the purpose of determining the will of the Indonesians domiciled there.13 Other ethnic groups, such as the Creoles and Hindustani, seem on the whole in favor of a return of the Indonesians, except for those who have had cheap Indonesian laborers in their employ and who fear that their departure will mean economic losses. Perhaps this is the nub of the Indonesian problem in Surinam: the use of the Indonesian primarily as a cheap labor force without an attempt to raise his social status or to integrate him in the rest of the com-

World Changes in Divorce Patterns.

Examines trends in divorce worldwide, analyzing information on Asian and Arab countries, Latin America, Western Europe and the Anglo countries. Topics include: the rise in cohabitation; the relation between divorce and such factors as age and class; and the problems caused by divorce.