This booklet is designed to assist persons who are beginning to work as community organizers. Community organization follows certain patterns: (1) The organizer must enter the neighborhood and learn about its people and problems in the community; (2) The people then get together to form Neighborhood Councils to work on the specific problems of…

The fundamental argument of this paper is that sociologists and administration theorists have not yet constructed appropriate intellectual models for analyzing academic administration, and that the lack is hindering research. Two of the dominant models of university governance, the bureaucratic and the collegial, are examined and criticized, and a…

The 11 variables, in order of importance, that have the greatest ultimate effect in shaping national legislation on education are the following: (1) personal judgment and values of usually no more than six to ten members of Congress and staff, (2) strong views of respected and trusted friends, (3) assumptions about the economy and budget, (4)…

Analyzes media effects during the 1972 general election campaign and concludes that agenda-setting is indirectly effected by voters prior dispositions. (MH)

Discusses the agenda-setting research model and suggests that an extension of this model presents a relevant theory of social change. (MH)

The former superintendent of District 1 on the Lower East Side of Manhattan defends community control and his actions. (IRT)

The views of noted historian Herbert Baxter Adams on the nature of historical inquiry, theory, and use are described. Emphasis is placed on his view of history not as politics but as the record of man's total experience in organized society. (DE)

In a major development in the state politics of resource allocation, two rival political movements--school finance reform supporters and spending/tax limitation supporters--are going to confront each other in several states. (Author/IRT)

The shift in domestic politics away from federal prescriptions is unlikely to have an immediate, radical influence on education policies. The shift is not so much a diminution of the federal role in education as it is a recognition of constraints on the power and influence of federal policy. (DS)

The United States Senator describes the current health crisis in America and outlines the political factors involved in implementing national health insurance. (GC)

Urges the creation of an organization so significant and so important that no one will dare go into court or into any phase of national policy formulation without consulting it and allowing it to shape or influence our national policies on Black education. (Author/IRT)

Discusses the history of the influence of Marr's linguistic theory in France. (AM)

Examines the theory of a postindustrial society and its significance for librarians, with specific reference to Daniel Bell's "The Coming of Post-Industrial Society." Two areas of prime importance are the political environment characteristic of the postindustrial society, and the knowledge base of librarianship. (JPF)

The article discusses what political strategies have been used by politicians to get the Spanish speaking population to help in the presidential elections. (NQ)

The author discusses "academic" and "revolutionary" models of education as perceived in the People's Republic of China and illustrates the shift in official approval from the first to the second, with actual practice being a mix of the two. (MJB)