This study examines the advocacy of education for sustainability in a contemporary world driven by the powerful forces of globalization and development. A brief overview of the current ecological crisis in the world is presented, and concerns about environmental degradation, social injustice, and social inequalities are discussed. The vision of…

Describes the educational program in a Fairfax County, Virginia, juvenile detention center. The center's approach is a combination of "tough love" philosophy, interagency cooperation between the school district and state agencies, and an educational program based on a one-room school house model. (LMI)

Investigated the utility of social control theory's attachment and involvement bonds as protective factors to examine gender differences in reports of delinquency and academic achievement. Surveys of 7th-12th graders indicated that although several of the involvement bond variables of social control theory were predictive of both delinquency and…

Examines the ways in which literacy functions in institutional encounters and focuses on the ways literacy interacts with power and authority. Examines the enactment of literacy in medical encounters. Finds that institutional encounters enacting the discourse system of American medicine reproduce power and dominance in fairly predictable ways. (TB)

Reviews major theories of the adolescent crime rate peak; presents the integrated theory (which attempts to explain why most people in modern, industrialized societies increase their levels of offending during adolescence); and discusses the extent to which individual, group, and temporal factors influence the applicability of the theory.…

Critically reviews the literature that has attempted to measure and explain the alleged changes in the volume and character of female delinquency during the era of women's emancipation. Examines whether females have actually changed in their patterns of delinquency, and reviews theories that explain female delinquency. (JS)

Illustrates both the need and a reasoning method for normative social ethics in communication by applying Reinhold Niebuhr's concept of justice to advertising as a preliminary case study. (KEH)

Examines one organization's complex rhetorical processing aimed at shaping ethical conduct of newcomers. Reveals a strategy of evoking identification to the organization through a series of strategically focused identifications which culminate in an attempt to shape commitment to a set of organizational values. (KEH)

Provides an eyewitness account of the 1989 Tiananmen Square conflict in China. Discusses the discrepancies between outside reports on the conflict and the official video of the government. Analyzes the events of the conflict and outlines mistakes of the tragedy. Suggests actions that need to be taken by China. (RW)

Collected data from 346 inmates at the Eastern Correctional Facility in New York that supported the hypothesis that educational programs on the college level and above are more important than Family Reunion Programs in promoting behavior in prison. Data suggest that social control is only enhanced by Family Reunion Programs among participants who…

Discusses the largely negative image of African Americans in U.S. literature. Predicts that the genteel censorship against African-American male writing--which has existed since African-American male writers began putting forth new unwelcome images of African-American people--will inevitably, eventually end and a new image of African-American…

Analyzes the interplay of power and knowledge within the contemporary university. Based on the work of poststructuralist thinker Michel Foucault, the paper examines two paradigms (disciplinary and pastoral) for defining power relations within major institutions. (SM)

Criticizes Evers and Lakomski's book "Knowing Educational Administration" (1991) for misinterpreting the author's views about the manipulative nature of administrative science. Societal forces shaped the "social control" conceptions of administration prevalent during the 1960s and 1970s. Evers and Lakomski's analysis of…

Historical and recent social changes and the roles of women and men in New Zealand are examined. Epidemiological trends and suicide rates are compared cross-nationally. Social and economic changes, Maori cultural perspectives, and the problem of negotiating ethnic identity formation are used to explain high suicide rates. (EMK)

Examines how Nathanael West's darkly critical text in his novel "Miss Lonelyhearts" was censored, through a series of demurrals and evasions, displacements and substitutions, even repression, to make it acceptable for the screen. Suggests that the resulting script illuminates the momentous cultural struggles underway in 1930s America--in…