Discusses various aspects of community work in Australia: national context, consensus politics, early community work, literature and training, current trends in Australian community work, localist programs, and community work politics. (CT)

Examines how Senator Kefauver felt about television and the publicity it generated both about him and the effects of the Senate committee he headed in the early l950s. Explores the lessons learned from the experience.(FL)

The roots of American involvement in Vietnam, which stem from the ending of World War II, are examined. (RM)

In addition to serving as managers and teachers, superintendents must exercise considerable political skill to meet the varying demands placed on school administrations by school boards responding to changing public pressures. Managing the conflict growing out of these multiple roles is the sign of an excellent superintendent. (PGD)

Reveals a trend toward more emphasis on images and less on issues in political advertising and news. (FL)

Outlines the results of a survey of seven school dictricts whose tax referenda failed. Includes a list of 40 reasons why districts lose in tax votes. (MD)

Concludes that most Japanese Diet members meet reporters to transmit and to receive information but also to maintain good relations with the press. (FL)

Concludes that the ads of winners in state contests in Alabama developed issues more than did the ads of losers, but that in federal races, there was less difference in the use of issues. (FL)

This article provides an analytical framework that not only explains the contradictions in the relationship between decentralization and development, but also facilitates constructive debate about decentralization's role in development. It also reviews the extent, form, and impact of recent decentralization policies and programs in less developed…

Today there is a widening gap between the far left, which believes that the university should take an active role in social and political issues, and the neo-conservatives, who think universities and academic endeavor should not play any significant guiding role. (RM)

This guide will help secondary teachers use the 1984 elections as a tool to teach about American government and politics. Students use their town, county, or city as the classroom. Newspapers, community resources, campaign materials and activities, and the broadcast media are their textbooks. (RM)

It is important to understand the government's role in educational policies to gain understanding of educational change or reform. Reports on the status of education tend to be oriented to the needs of the corporate section and its problems of adequate profitability. (DF)

Concludes that in a state election, the public is exposed to a combination of policy and personal messages in the advertisements created by a candidate but that the overwhelming majority of these ads focus on the personal. (FL)

How rabbinic Judaism interprets the following laws and doctrines from the Bible is examined: the seven mitzvot of the Sons of Noah, laws of war, doctrines concerning the administration of justice, and political organization according to Abravenel. Spinoza's contribution to modern political thought is described. (RM)

Policymakers need to formulate policies that are responsive to the reforms called for in recent reports but must decide for their own school districts what changes would be sensible and what procedures will best bring them about. (MLF)