High school students participated in a field experiment that tested the effects of exposure to early election returns in a nonpartisan referendum. Students in the brighter classes changed their vote less frequently, but when they changed their preferences they showed a greater bandwagon effect. Students in the classes of lower academic achievement…

Identifies conceptual problems in using political efficacy attitudes as indicators of socialization into political systems. Suggests that difficulties arise from the multidimensionality of the efficacy concept and from researchers' inability to distinguish efficacy from related constructs in political socialization literature. Proposes approaches…

The purpose of this paper is to describe the Hong Kong (HK) school curriculum, especially the general curriculum for civic education and other social subjects, in relation to the political events of the 1984 Sino-British Joint Declaration, the 1989 Tiananmen Square Incident, and the return of HK's sovereignty from the United Kingdom (UK) to the…

According to the "fragmentation objection" to multiculturalism, practices of cultural recognition undermine political stability, and this counts as a reason to be sceptical about the public recognition of minority cultures, as well as about multiculturalism construed more broadly as a public policy. Civic education programmes, designed to promote…

This article examines recent UK government policy and proposals relating to immigration and citizenship, and the ways in which these policies are presented as means of securing allegiance and integration. From 1997, the incoming Labour government emphasized the importance of informed, active citizenship and social justice. From 2001, the emphasis…

The author argues that all adult education can and should lead to political awareness, enabling people to take part in social change. (Author/CH)

Philosophical accounts of sport's sociopolitical purposes tend either to condemn or promote various political ideologies. This essay gives a synthetic interpretation of the philosophical groundwork of judgments about socialist sport in terms of Hegel's contributions to Marxist thought and the implications of Marxist thought for modern sporting…

Young children are capable of fairly sophisticated political concepts. If teachers were more aware of possibilities for early political education and had confidence in their ability to handle such areas, there would be scope for developing curriculum including elements of political education. (JOW)

The author introduces Paulo Freire, the man, then discusses the historical background of his work, his method and results, and briefly describes the basic philosophical ideas behind his educational approach. (Author/AG)

A study of the political socialization of the young. Attempts to identify the important elements in socialization that help to account for the class of political sophisticates and actives known as ideologues. (Author)

Examines some of the different representational practices of acting in the context of a theory of signs. Focuses on the intrinsic characteristics of signs and the representational practices of acting. Discusses the contributions of Stanislavsky and Brecht to this area. (JMF)