THE RELATION OF ETHNICITY AND INCOME TO KINSHIP INVOLVEMENT AND VOLUNTARY ASSOCIATION MEMBERSHIP

Abstract

In his article "Urbanism as a Way of Life” Louis Wirth states;Being reduced to a stage of virtual impotence as an individual, the urbanite is bound to exert himself by joining with others of similar interest into organized groups to obtain his ends. This results in the enormous multiplication of voluntary organizations directed towards as great a variety of objectives as there are human needs and interests. ... Frequently there is only the most tenuous relationship between the economic position or other basic factors that determine the individual’s existence in the urban world and the voluntary groups with which he is affiliated. An opposing view of voluntary association membership has been expressed by Barber when he says; Voluntary membership but rather is always structural and value is never simply psychological willingness, patterned by a complex of social, considerations. It is within the context of these two ideas that this thesis "The Relation of Ethnicity and Income to Kinship Involvement and Voluntary Association Membership” is to be understood.