A case study of adult educators' use of negotiation identified two types of negotiation: (1) substantive negotiations in which they develop programs within the context of power relations and (2) meta-negotiations in which they attempt to change or maintain the power relations. Meta-negotiations directly affected the outcomes of substantive…

Explores how cultural studies have bred a new type of academic, the public intellectual. Their goal is to make more elastic the boundaries between disciplines and between academe and the public sphere, bringing together certain critical and pedagogical discourses that traditionally have been kept apart. (EV)

In order to help planners in college environments, this article describes: (1) complex role of the college president; (2) organizational context and political milieu in which presidents lead and manage; (3) political dimensions of the planning process itself; and (4) ways in which the planning process can facilitate increased presidential and…

As Aborigines have gained self-determination, the incorporation of their communities into the mainstream can actually increase state supervision and threaten cultural independence. Indigenous Australians are forced to operate according to nonindigenous criteria such as return on investment. (SK)

Describes how New York state is destroying the State University of New York at Buffalo, discussing teaching in a state where politicians no longer care about public higher education. Examines the numerous cuts, the weak state support, differences between public and private higher education, the cultural cold war, problems with the trustee system,…

Gives an overview of New Zealand politics as background for the development of the Kotare Research and Educational Centre, which features radical, participatory adult education. Suggests that radical programs can help push boundaries, enabling social change in the mainstream. (SK)

Explores the concept of democracy and considers how different "democracies" demand different actions from educators in relation to schooling and society at large. Offers modest starting points for participating in democratic action. (RS)

Focuses on the indirection process presented in Searle's and Vanderveken's theory of speech acts: the performance of a primary speech act by means of the accomplishment of a secondary speech act. Discusses indirection mechanisms used in advertising and in political communication. (Author/VWL)

Nurses must develop political acumen, understand how power relations operate in a diverse society, and consider how various forms of power can strengthen the position of nursing in health care. (Commentaries by Martin Johnson, Mary Burchenall, and Eamonn Slevin follow.) (SK)

Discusses an attempt to work both narratively and critically, recognizing that the narratives of experience first constructed (spoken and written) represent a necessary convergence of history, tradition, politics, and interpretation, which represents sites of contest and conflict. Discusses the willingness to allow expression of cultural attitudes…

Analyzes the experiences of several women who were identified as the debate's domestic, virtuous women: nurturing caretakers who entered public space to speak out as conservators of home and family. Highlights the limitations of an identity that enables women to access political spheres traditionally closed to them but ultimately dismisses theses…

Argues that the adult education profession has been defined in terms of applied technical expertise; points out problems in this as the basis for professional identity. Suggests alternative ways to construct the profession: forging alliances with other professions, developing reflective practice, and practicing politics. (Contains 32 references.)…

This paper uses Bourdieu to develop theorizing about policy processes in education and to extend the policy cycle approach in a time of globalization. Use is made of Bourdieu's concept of social field and the argument is sustained that in the context of globalization the field of educational policy has reduced autonomy, with enhanced cross-field…

Citizens engage in politics when they choose the structure, content, and processes of schooling. Politics is about who gets what, when, where, and how. The interaction of politics and schooling is a legitimate and needed aspect of social action. Because education is about developing enlightened and productive citizens, education and politics are…

Essay-based examinations form a cornerstone of the public assessment system in the UK, but comparatively little research has been conducted into the processes involved in designing, answering and appraising essay-based questions/responses. This study explores the idea of examination validity through a qualitative review of these processes, based…