The California case of Senate Bill 90 displays the changing nature of state education coalitions and demonstrates the usefulness of coalition concepts advanced by William Riker for analyzing the success and direction of school finance legislation. (Author/IRT)

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Most of the differences between private and public sector bargaining are advantages for the public sector. (Author/IRT)

The author considers the place of education for leisure in primitive political systems, traditional political systems, and modern political systems (including premobilized and mobilized dictatorships and democracies). (GW)

Four categories of interaction between pressure groups and bureaucracy are developed, and the extent and types of effects of each on policy are examined. The four types of interaction are legitimate, clientela, parantela, and illegitimate. (Author/IRT)

Examines three theories of the impact of early learning on the development of political activism among young Americans. Provides a typology of political activity and investigates the influence of political and social psychological variables. Concludes that early learning contributes markedly to the development of political activism. (TRS)

In less than a year a geographic district of the American Home Economics Association (AHEA) lobbied county government officials to establish a consumer affairs office. This program is a model for political activism attempts among AHEA members. (CH)

Women are making successful bids for the power of public office. Their success at the polls is a result of the political groups and coalitions they formed as they attempted to get the Equal Rights Amendment ratified. The article concludes with a discussion of the impact of women on politics. (Author/RM)

Assesses the relationship between the United States and South Africa. Examines the educational inequalities in South Africa and the contradictions of recent reforms. Concludes that United States policies reinforce the strategies of the White minority government of Pretoria. (JOW)

Urges academic researchers to improve the quality of education research, give some attention to making research efforts produce demonstrably useful changes in education, and learn to communicate with the people who must carry it out. (Author/IRT)

Comments on President Ford's veto of HR 9803, which would have provided states with money to help fund day care centers. (IRT)

This investigation was conducted to explore contemporary critiques that challenge the growing body of scholarly research that would reveal and support diverse understandings of the world. Principal methods for this deconstruction of contemporary critiques include document analysis of writing that examines content and author location and context…

This paper draws on four perspectives on power and its exercise in organizations to analyze the practice of governing colleges and universities. The exploration uses political theories (particularly those assessing the legitimacy and effectiveness of stable political entities), leadership studies, analyses of how formal and informal organizations…

Describes the political situation in Great Britain during the mid-1930's to mid-1940's and the role played by Lord Butler in the formulation and passage of the Education Act of 1944. (AN)