This study analyzes parent and professional organizations' effectiveness in national special education policy from 1975 to the present. Of specific interest are the relationships between groups' policy victories, how groups construct their political messages, and organizational characteristics. The research is significant in that it is one of the…

This book defends the role of public education against its critics and throws light on such current issues as privatization, voucher systems, the role of public intellectuals, critical literacy, and educational reform. The volume offers a renewed vision of public schools as the locus of public knowledge and political democracy. Chapters include:…

While the political activities of the small college and religious institution occur in a unique cultural context, they cannot be avoided. Politics and power can be best understood in ways that contribute to, rather than detract from, the work of those in student affairs in these kinds of institutions. (Author)

The events surrounding the 1973 Arab oil embargo illustrate that the country's well-being is likely to be increasingly dependent upon technological information systems built by libraries. (Author/PF)

Using preliminary data from studies of the 1980 debates between the presidential candidates, this paper responds to the argument that presidential debates are not debates at all but rather "joint news conferences." The paper first contends that the encounters of the candidates were "real" debates since they conformed to the…

The "American Review of History and Politics and General Repository of Literature and State Papers" ("American Review") was the first quarterly magazine published in the United States (1811-12). Its editor, Robert Walsh, was considered to be one of the leading men of letters of his era. Located in Philadelphia, the 26-year-old…

Predicting the outcome of a primary election gives a candidate more exposure to the press, gives him or her a chance to predict modestly and then look better than the prediction, and helps create interest in the election and thereby increase voter turnout. During the 1976 Presidential primaries, most candidates adhered to the classic rule to make…

The author briefly summarizes the articles in this issue describing current studies in sex stratification and of the Social Science Quarterly dealing with women in the world of politics, work, and crime. (Author/RM)

Outlines proposals for improving political broadcasting which were discussed in 1975 at the planning conference sponsored by the Aspen Institute Program on Communications and Society. (MH)

Legislators and higher education leaders need to recognize that there will probably always be conflict and tension between them, but both must attempt to keep this conflict and tension under control and direct it so as to provide a constructive relationship. (Author/IRT)

Details an interview with Robert Shrum, George McGovern's ghostwriter, to determine the qualities necessary for a successful speechwriter, the ghostwriter's role and the ethics of ghostwritten speeches. (MH)

Analyzes the power of fiction to override fact in politics and in commercial advertising. (DD)

Claims that one of the most important developments in American film culture during the sixties was the emergence of a new academic film discourse. Argues that film studies can not ignore its political dimensions, and that teachers should help students clearly identify political positions. (MS)

Describes the workings of the political system as it is important to social workers. Discusses three significant issues in politics: (1) the role of money; (2) crises as pervasive political phenomena; and (3) the habituating nature of political participation. (ABL)

"The Politics of Education: Culture, Power, and Liberation" by Paulo Freire is approached as a focus for radical pedagogy's search for a critical language that stresses the primacy of a politics of emancipation. (MT)