Reviews involvement by the United Federation of Teachers (UFT) in educational reform in New York and/or in the United States since it was established in l960. Focuses on curriculum concerns, sources of UFT policy, and governance issues. (DB)

Comments upon selected literature and data sources that are illustrative of such interdisciplinary areas as political psychology, propaganda, election and voting behavior, public opinion polls, and election statistics. (Author)

Outlines the political changes and pressures that have influenced the ambitious and impressive, but so far unsuccessful, attempt to implement free universal primary education in Nigeria. (Author/IRT)

Evaluates various theories of causes of revolution (particularly, the Conservative, the Marxist, and Thermidorian) and concludes that existing theories generally avoid systematic study of revolution's consequences. Advances a theory that maintains that the economic effects of revolution are neither as pervasive nor as disruptive as commonly…

This paper examines the contributions of different sets of variables to explaining British racial attitudes. Considered are the relative influences of socioeconomic characteristics, social context, and political context. (Author/EB)

This article focuses on classroom behavior in the People's Republic of China. (MM)

Interest and pressure group activity is analyzed in the context of state public employee relations laws and state "open meeting" laws. Suggests that the courts and state labor relations boards are susceptible receptors of pressure- and interest-group influence. (Author/IRT)

Examines the political influences on minimum competency testing in Florida, Michigan, Minnesota, and California. (IRT)

Reviews budget changes made by President Carter in the following science areas: basic science research; fusion research and breeder reactor projects; oil and gas recovery; coal conversion techniques; and space exploration. (CS)

Discusses the political meaning of the interviewee's music, his attitudes toward sex, dancing and partying, the status of reggae music in Jamaica, the response of white audiences to reggae music, the mass media image of reggae musicians, and the influence of Marcus Garvey upon the interviewee's music. (JM)

The author, who immigrated from Germany to the United States late in 1940, celebrates our nation's Bicentennial with a look back at his absorption and growth as a citizen of the United States. (RK)

Discusses the particular context of policy system and adaptation when perceived as politicized phenomena, describes a macro policy system--those responsible for the university and college preparation of educational administrators--under stress conditions, and speculates on the "natural" process of adaptation that occurs within this policy context.…

Describes the history of the random experiment in the Home Office in the United Kingdom and demonstrates that research and the conduct of research is not an altogether rational process and that fashion, personality, and politics play a role in research policy and methodology choice. (SLD)

At least two dozen political action committees in six states (Alabama, Michigan, Missouri, New York, Texas, Washington) accept donations and contribute to legislators on behalf of diverse colleges and universities. Defenders say the political committees help keep the institutions' allies in office and protect access to them. Critics feel public…

Discusses current Chicago, Illinois, school reform in the context of economic restructuring, the drive to become a "global city," and the cultural politics of race. Focuses on high stakes testing and accountability. Suggests that education policies are part of a cultural politics of race aimed at the control and regulation of African…