Uses an expanded definition of assessment, drawing attention to those elements of a planning system that are closely interactive with assessment and which could either immediately precede or follow the data collection function. (Author/JF)

A series of events in Connecticut illustrate the need for political activism by librarians. (PF)

The Maryland Historical Society collected documents and conducted oral interviews with people involved in the 1968 presidential primary campaign of Eugene McCarthy. (LS)

On the premise that a gap has developed between the newsworthiness of the national political party conventions and the television network resources allocated to cover them, the three major networks' coverage of the 1980 Democratic and Republican national conventions was analyzed to document patterns that influence the networks' portrayal of party…

A theory of policy implementation, as opposed to policy results, would allow analysts to estimate how government programs would actually work. To help achieve such a theory, a general framework is presented along with testable propositions about the implementation of federal programs. Implementation is defined as including two components: the…

An attempt is made to document some of the developments which affected the political role of German librarianship as seen through the involvements, activities, and correspondence of one of its leaders, George Leyh, during and after the Hitler era. The interconnections of Leyh's behavior, inner conflicts, and actions and the political and…

This book is divided into four parts: (1) Development and the minds of men, (2) Development: alpha and omega, (3) The cross-roads, and (4) Unesco at work: three places, three functions and a state of mind. Development theory and practice involves evaluation and judgment on the good society, on the good life for men and nations. In its broadest…

The author reviews education in the context of social power and then examines the relationship between education and politics in England. (Author/RM)

Article critically evaluated the concepts of development/ modernization regarding the differences among "developed,""developing," and "underdeveloped" countries. (Author/RK)

Traces the development of the Marrist controversy. (AM)

This article suggests that black visibility does not constitute black political power. (Author/AM)

The rhetoric of the final four months of Hitler's Reich is examined, including arguments that Germany could still win the war based on moral and logical grounds, and later appeals based on source credibility, historical analogy, and terror. (JF)

Outlines an interview with Robert Orben, head of Gerald Ford's speechwriting staff, concerning uses of humor in political speeches. (MH)

Having been involved with school change for at least 10 years, and having been developer and director of some major organizational changes in schools (which must come prior to curriculum changes), the author, a teacher at Portland, Oregon's John Adams High School, suggests some serious do's and don'ts in working for school change. (Author/RK)

Summarizes the views of language presented in George Orwell's "Nineteen Eighty-Four,""Animal Farm," and "Politics and the English Language." (DD)