Community Action Projects in the Area of Intercultural Relations

Abstract

IF ONE takes too literally Deutsch's assessment (35) that there have been hardly more than half a dozen research investigations in the whole area with which we are concerned, one may be misled. If one uses substantial in the highly delimited sense intended and with reference only to housing studies, Deutsch may be right. However, reference to the American Jewish Committee (1), Cook (31), Marrow (76), Watson (102), and Williams (107) will rapidly disabuse anyone of a belief in the paucity of research thru community action projects in intercultural relations. The Inventory of Research in Racial and Cultural Relations, published for the past five years by the Committee on Education, Training, and Research in Race Relations at the University of Chicago, is further evidence of extensive attention to research in the area of intercultural relations. Admittedly, some of the investigations might not come up to Deutsch's criterion of substantialness.