Discusses the experiences of Philadelphia's former school superintendent, Mark Shedd. (JF)

The Republican party, political action committees, and the electronic media will play increasingly dominant roles in the political process over the next few decades. No dramatic changes are in store for government and politics in the United States in the foreseeable future. (AM)

Presents a dramaturgical dialog used by the authors to introduce two competing paradigms in the politics of national development, modernity theory, and dependency theory. The imaginary participants are Alex Inkeles and Immanuel Wallerstein. The dialogs have advantages as teaching strategies. (SR)

Suggests that studying collective biographies for political history provides a means of analyzing the behavior, experience and character of many different groups. The approach improves the historian's sensitivity to the majority of historical actors and significantly expands understanding of individuals. (Author/KC)

Discusses six warning signals of the decline of democracy; ways in which inflation destroys democracy; how electromechanical workers operate; how robots learn; and how robots will become a more important part of our society in years to come. (CT)

Examines Lorena A. Hickok as a journalist and assesses her influence on Eleanor Roosevelt's relationships with the press, particularly women reporters, in the period immediately before and after Roosevelt's election as president in 1932. (Author/GT)

The first part of a two-part interview in which David Halberstam discusses television as a political force, as an entertainment vehicle, and as a tool for teaching. (RL)

Examines three types of "energy" of form as form relates to content: "dynamos," potential energy; "energeia," that energy which sustains movement toward an end; and "ergon," that energy which is associated with perfected habit. Uses some examples from contemporary political rhetoric to illustrate this analysis. (JMF)

Presents illustrations from the Carter presidential campaign to demonstrate the credentials procedures for newspeople, and discusses schedules, pools, and mults that aid in coverage of the news while enabling the newsmaker to make the news. (JMF)

Documenting the history and new directions for the Senate Select Committee on Indian Affairs, this article presents a candid evaluation of the present committee structure in order to determine its roll and that staff changes are being made to reflect that evaluation. (RTS)

Notes English teachers already do communal, even global, work whether or not they are conscious of doing so. Examines both positive and negative consequences of that work and suggests ways of understanding it most effectively. Presents ideas on the theme of this issue, "Talking Literature." Shares a brief essay by Wail S. Hassan in which…

Examines perennial issues, needs, and tensions within the politics of education field: issues associated with defining and focusing the field, problems with theoretical hegemony and group-think, addressing and bridging the macro-micro politics divide, and the challenges of sustaining conceptual and theoretical rigor. Draws implications for the…

Argues that silence can be a specifically feminist rhetorical art, often one of resistance. Draws on two key rhetorical movements: the Anita Hill-Clarence Thomas hearings and the never-heard hearing of Lani Guinier. Explores the rhetorical dimensions of silence as a feminist position that can resist disciplinary pigeon-holing, embrace political…