The general organization of presidential primaries is discussed, with the differences in structure between state procedures noted. (LH)

Outlines problems which occurred in Charlotte, North Carolina when a theatre performed a controversial work, "Angels in America." Notes how this experience transformed the politics of an entire region and made the arts community into a highly desired constituency. Suggests ways to involve students in arts advocacy and activism. (PM)

The extent to which practitioner inquiry groups function as democratic learning communities depends on how facilitators negotiate power relations. Negotiation issues include social, organizational, and group identity as well as the public identity of practitioner inquiry. (Contains 24 references.) (SK)

Discusses the ease with which solutions to educational problems are offered and the difficulty with which they are implemented. Considers expectations, consensus, tasks, and resources in showing the political complexity of schooling issues. (JOW)

Argues that academia, which should both teach and model the clear, effective use of language, is one of the worst offenders in its pervasive use of doublespeak. Offers numerous examples from campuses across the country. (SR)

The case of the American Bar Association's Commission on Professionalism illustrates that issues of regulation and professionalism have broad impact on practitioners. In associations with diverse memberships, such issues become highly political and limit decision making. (SK)

Maintains that, although there is little substance to the "political correctness" issue, it has lowered the level of discussion of genuinely important issues. Discusses how communication analysis can contribute to the politically sensitive, but specific and distinct, problems subsumed by the struggle over political correctness…

Characterizes political correctness as a "culture war," with culture as both the weapon and the prize. Maintains that communication scholars have important things to say in and about the debates. (SR)

Introduces a special section of this issue of "Clearing House" that deals with the charged topic of educational choice. (SR)

Organizations, facilitators, and facilitation are all political. Facilitators have varying degrees of political awareness. Understanding the facilitator's role in dealing with organizational power relations helps one to act confidently, authoritatively, and ethically. (SK)

Analysis of critical incidents recalled by 10 practitioner inquiry group facilitators reveals how they encounter issues of power that require them to negotiate social and organizational identity, the identity and boundaries of the group, and the public identity of teacher inquiry. Negotiating tensions and contradictions is part of the effect of…

Distinguishing between language management and language policy, examines the politics of language in Benin from independence to the present. Describes the politics of language in Dahomey, the early policies of Benin, and the Republican politics of language, arising from the national constitutional convention and striving to address the needs of…

Reviews the following books: "The Politics of Writing," (Romy Clark, Roz Ivanic); "Literacy in Society," (Ruqaiya Hasan, Geoff Williams); "Text, Role, and Context: Developing Academic Literacies" (Ann M. Johns); "Changing Literacies" by (Colin Lankshear with James Paul Gee, Michele Knobel, Chris Searle); and…

This paper considers a model of elections in which parties compete simultaneously for multiple districts. I show that if districts are heterogeneous, then a unique two-party equilibrium exists under plurality rule in which further entry is deterred. The equilibrium requires that parties choose noncentrist policy platforms and not converge to the…

The "project of modernity" that has transformed every aspect of Turkish society since the founding of the new republic in 1923 has been increasingly questioned and scrutinized in recent decades. Meanwhile, Islam has reasserted itself to become a real force in contemporary Turkish politics with ambiguous implications for long-term social…