Examines Ford and Carter's 1976 primary and general election television spot commercials and offers analytic and evaluative observations. (MH)

The use of sports in the German Democratic Republic and the People's Republic of China is both propagandist and ideological. International sports competition can enhance the country's image and domestic sport is a means of political socialization. (DF)

This position paper discusses the changes to the UC Academic Senate's regulations on academic freedom and on policies for teaching potentially contentious or political issues, arguing that the new regulation has not been adequately considered in light of its detrimental effect on academic standards. Whereas previously the university's policy had…

The Rokeach free-equality model of political idealogies was explored within the context of the 1968 American presidential campaign. The data were interpreted as indicating that the basic value dimension in American political life is an equalitarian one, with variations ranging from democratic socialist to capitalist. (Author/JB)

A study of party independence and the trend to one party allegiance as a result of aging. (JB)

Summarizes a background paper presented and discussion held at a 1978 conference for human rights professionals. Paper reviews (1) basic protections of the right to political participation, (2) methods used to deny full participation, and (3) proposed remedies. Discussion focuses primarily on minority group participation. (GC)

The role and importance of the National Education Association's Political Action Committee is stressed, and a call to action is issued to the educational community. (LH)

Discusses results of a survey of undergraduate student opinion (n=949) in 1991 about the U.S. involvement in the Persian Gulf War. Determines the students' support for or opposition to U.S. involvement, and the extent to which they did or did not act on those beliefs. (JPS)

While the founders of the penny press did not set out to establish a truer form of journalism, they did popularize both low prices for newspapers and newspaper economics based on sales instead of political party backing. The history of "The Sun,""The Herald," and "The Tribune" disprove the idea (advanced by journalism…

After seeing a keen interest stimulated by a residential course of political training, the executive of the Youth Movement (Democrazia Cristiana) in the province of Reggio Emilia (Italy) decided to abandon the traditional training methodology, which consisted of one or two residential courses evey year on current political issues on the party's…

This study was conducted to determine the relationship between attitudes of anomia, powerlessness, and conservatism/liberalism and party affiliation among college students registering to vote at Waynesburg College. Results indicate a heterogeneity of attitudes within part affiliations despite the relative cultural homogeneity among the student…

A questionnaire administered in 1957-58 and 1970-71 to undergraduate students in Lebanon showed several significant changes in the hierarchy of group affiliations. (Author/KM)

Based on a panel study of 800 voters in Dearborn, Michigan, this report examines the impact of political attitudes on the party system and on the presidential elections of 1972 and 1976. The central thesis is that public opinion can be classified into two clusters of attitudes, one which disrupts and the other which reinforces partisan voting. The…

This study investigated the general hypothesis that the greater the involvement in the athletic subculture as a member of a sport team, the greater the development of conservative political ideologies. The questionnaire, completed by 150 Canadian team and individual sport athletes, was an amalgam of the following units: a) the McClosky Political…