Identifies issue areas in which President Reagan either has or does not have widespread public support. Suggests, for example, that attempts by the Reagan administration to reestablish school prayer, pass strict anti-pornography laws, outlaw the teaching of evolution, or end funding of sex education programs would result in a series of fruitless…

Studies the significance of the conservative victory in the 1980 election. Also evaluates the increasing support of conservative policies such as the dismantling of civil rights, women's rights, and environmental gains. Concludes that an important element in this drift to the right is the resurgence of laissez-faire liberalism. (DB)

In examining the book "The Changing Politics of Education: Prospects for the 1980s," the author argues that the most notable difficulty in understanding intergovernmental relations is the absence of dynamic, longitudinal theory. (Author/IRT)

Presents an interview with Raymond Barbeau, centering on questions concerning his involvement with the Independent Quebec movement. (AM)

The discrepancies in the power of voters in the various states is examined by computing the probability that an individual vote will be critical in an election. (MP)

Explores a key concept in drama education, that of trust. Aims to demystify the practice of trust in relation to drama education. Challenges the history of liberal thought, which regarded all sentiments as equally morally trustworthy. Argues that trust is dependent on context and is continually negotiated and re-negotiated in action, as a…

Discusses Wayne Wiegand's article that criticizes library and information science and its role in relations of power and knowledge, and suggests that the work of Antonio Gramsci can help understand how libraries and users are conditioned by history and politics. Considers Gramsci's Marxism; historical subjects and hegemony; and political strategy.…

Explores how the governing structure of Florida's state universities has become a political "football" that none can catch. (EV)

Explores why, following September 11, historical education should provide a framework that eschews pronouncements about our own superiority and prompts greater self-consciousness among Americans and greater knowledge of those arrayed against us. (EV)

Examines the linguistic processes through which a projected effect is constructed within factual discourse. Applies critical linguistic analysis to coverage of the 1990 Gulf War in the "New York Times" and "Washington Post." Expands on work in critical linguistics and demonstrates how political interests underlying newspaper…

Interviews with women in 10 countries illustrate the ways in which global constructions do not work for women, including structural adjustment policies that increase economic inequality, reduction in funding for educational and social programs, and politicization of education. (SK)

Discusses research on language contact according to political philosophy. Elucidates many of the approaches to the determination of linguistic rights possible within a normative theory. (Author/VWL)

Discusses a community's opinion and reaction to corporate hog farms. Acknowledges the vivid demonstration of literacy in these communities. Considers how these citizens use their literacy as political agents--just like they were taught to do in civics classes in high school--to participate in decisions affecting their lives. Considers the…

Examines whether Georgia K-12 educational spending increased following the Georgia Lottery for Education. Finds a positive and significant relationship between lottery revenues and local education expenditures. However, lottery expenditures did not lead to a meaningful increase in educational spending during the sample time period. Discusses…

Demonstrates that grrrl zine editors are collectively engaged in forms of writing and writing instruction that challenge both dominant notions of the author as an individualized, bodiless space and notions of feminism as primarily an adult political project. Discusses some of the more specific transgressive or postfeminist writing sites,…