Uses a case study and an interactionist perspective to explore the way in which community service draws together power elites in a community's communications network, provides a context for peer evaluation, and is an effective means of maintaining internal surveillance. (SR)

Contends that Foucaultian analysis of universities as disciplinary blocks points to ways that students are disciplined by technologies of domination and of the self (practices adopted to be "good" students). Maintains that because power relations are only present between "acting subjects," possibilities for resistance against…

Explores the relationship between intention and moral responsibility in contemporary notions of racism, and its importance for raising awareness of social dominance. The discussion is linked to an examination of the Real Self Theory of Moral Responsibility. Three suggestions for successfully raising awareness of dominance are made. (DSK)

Investigates the different ways married men and women view the level of equality in their relationship and the connection between different indexes of marital equality and marital satisfaction with Israeli couples (N=150). Results show that, although equal role sharing and decision making were predictive of women's marital satisfaction, these also…

Contributes to scholarship on technical communication and organizational politics and power. Shows how to analyze a power imbalance and succeed in ethically and diplomatically outflanking a more powerful gatekeeper. Argues that analysis of six power variables can help decide whether to go around a gatekeeper, force a concession, or take a chance.…

Manipulates three types of nonverbal behaviors and examines their effects on perceptions of power bases. Reports that a relaxed facial expression increased the ratings for five of the selected power bases; furthermore, direct eye contact yielded higher credibility ratings. Provides evidence that various nonverbal behaviors have only additive…

Responds to comments about, and critiques of, his own article on radical pedagogy. Outlines major points of contention raised by other commentators and responds to them, including matters of definition, power relations in the classroom, and tempering radical theory with pragmatism. (DSK)

Discusses theories of postgraduate pedagogy by analyzing the narratives and metaphors used to represent relationships between supervisors and degree candidates. Finds that hierarchical models and often combative dynamics based on unequal power relations prevail. Proposes an alternative familial model based on experiential and feminist methodology.…

Addresses the importance of adults negotiating the intergenerational family stage of personal authority in the family system. Presents a treatment approach that integrates intergenerational family therapy with cognitive therapy. Discusses the intergenerational transmission of problem patterns, the assessment process, specific counseling…

Two articles examine Ebonics and its relation to the teaching of English as a Second Language. The first suggests that teachers of English, literacy instructors, and educational policy makers need to take language differences into account. The second suggests that the issues around Ebonics are the issues vital to all language educators--language,…

Rethinks the meaning of power and demonstrates how, by building effective public relationships, students and educators alike can change their environments and transcend the culture of powerlessness. (Author)

Explores why it is difficult for teachers to have an open dialog about power, white privilege, and racism by examining an attempt at such a discussion by 60 teachers at a professional-development institute. Implications for planning this type of discussion are discussed. (SLD)

Based on Pierre Bourdieu's work on power as symbolic violence, examines business planning's pedagogical function in Alberta, Canada's museum and cultural heritage sites. Control involves redirecting work and changing producers' identity and work understandings via construction of markets, consumers, and products. Control was achieved by pedagogic…

Interviewed British higher education middle managers about their roles, specifically the extent to which collegiality was a significant factor in the university's internal decision making. Respondents noted difficulties with and imperfections in collegiality but considered it the most appropriate form of decision making because it was important to…

Presents a diary of one month spent by a professional-track professor as an adjunct. Discusses the large salary decrease, the turmoil of job insecurity, and the "invisibility" of adjunct faculty. Asserts that although faculty should feel bound together by the work they have chosen, the class rift between tenure-track and adjunct faculty has…