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Williams, George – School and Society, 1972
By looking back at Fascist Italy, 1922-43, and examining student compositions, it is possible to ascertain to what extent indoctrination influenced the thoughts of Fascist youth. (Author/MB)
Descriptors: Conformity, Foreign Countries, History, Political Affiliation
Hourani, Benjamin T. – J Leg Educ, 1970
Considers how lawyers relate themselves to politics by investigating whether the variations in the work situation of lawyers and their position in the hierarchy of the profession affect their political activity and some aspects of their perceptions. (Author)
Descriptors: Career Opportunities, Employee Attitudes, Higher Education, Lawyers
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Barnett, Larry D. – BioScience, 1971
Analyzes relationships between attitudes of ZPG members to population growth and to their intended family size in terms of educational, political, and social variables. Data supports the thesis of no relationship between concern with population growth in general and personal commitment to limiting family size. (AL)
Descriptors: Attitudes, Cultural Influences, Demography, Family Planning
Ewing, John L. – J Educ Admin, 1970
The author contends that party politics in New Zealand Have little influence on educational decisions. The real politics of education" is to be found in the relationships among groups involved in education and the pressures these groups are able to exert. (JF)
Descriptors: Administrative Organization, Boards of Education, Educational Policy, Political Affiliation
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Thomas, L. Eugene – Journal of Marriage and the Family, 1971
An analysis of the association of six independent family variables with parent child attitude congruence indicated significant association of measures of family political climate with attitude congruence for all dyads except "mother/son" with "father/son" dyads showing the greatest association. Reasons for the apparent discrepancies were…
Descriptors: Family Influence, Parent Child Relationship, Political Affiliation, Political Attitudes
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Pohlmann, Marcus D. – Urban Affairs Quarterly, 1978
Analysis of recent presidential, congressional, and gubernatorial elections has given rise to the conclusions that traditional party loyalties are waning, while an imcumbent remains extremely difficult to unseat. The analysis of lower level elections in New York City indicates that, although incumbents run strong, party partisanship remains very…
Descriptors: Case Studies, City Government, Elections, Local Government
Waters, Maxine – The Nation, 1989
Questions the commitment of the Democratic party to address the problems of African Americans. Examines the economic roots of the drug problem in the ghetto and emphasizes politicians' and the media's attempts to scapegoat the Black family. Suggests ways to help Black children break the social isolation of the ghetto. (FMW)
Descriptors: Blacks, Child Welfare, Ghettos, Illegal Drug Use
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Ganter, Granville – American Indian Quarterly, 2007
History has not always been kind to Sagoyewatha, or, as he is more commonly known, Red Jacket. One of the most eloquent spokesmen for Native sovereignty in the early national period, Sagoyewatha was nonetheless accused by his peers of cowardice, alcoholism, and egotism. Fortunately, this picture is beginning to change. Christopher Densmore's…
Descriptors: Biographies, Historians, American Indians, American Indian History
Hoff, David J. – Education Week, 2007
President George W. Bush and President Bill Clinton have both enacted significant expansions in federal oversight of K-12 schools during their terms. In the combined 15 years of the Clinton and Bush presidencies so far, the federal government has required states to set academic goals for their students and has made schools and districts…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Federal Government, Political Campaigns, Presidents
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Jost, John T. – American Psychologist, 2006
The "end of ideology" was declared by social scientists in the aftermath of World War II. They argued that: (1) ordinary citizens' political attitudes lack the kind of stability, consistency, and constraint that ideology requires; (2) ideological constructs such as liberalism and conservatism lack motivational potency and behavioral…
Descriptors: Ideology, Social Sciences, Political Attitudes, Political Affiliation
Klein, Alyson – Education Week, 2006
In this article, the author talks about the Shays-Farrell race as one of three closely watched contests in Connecticut that could help determine control of the U.S. House of Representatives in the midterm elections November 7. U.S. Rep. Christopher Shays, a Republican, and Diane Farrell, a Democratic, are the candidates for the state's 4th…
Descriptors: Federal Legislation, Elections, Educational Legislation, State Legislation
Hebel, Sara – Chronicle of Higher Education, 2007
Never before has a college degree been more essential to an individual's prosperity in the United States. Nor have colleges ever been asked to play a more crucial part in preparing citizens for a global economy. Yet finding a way to erase persisting inequities in who earns a college degree has proved difficult. With a new generation that is more…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Immigrants, Access to Education, Equal Education
Marullo, Sam – 1989
Women have been believed to be peacemakers throughout the centuries. Whether this is biologically determined or a socially structured has been a matter of controversy. This study examined gender differences and the social dynamics of peace movement participation. Subjects (N=272) were members of a local nuclear freeze campaign in 1984.…
Descriptors: Activism, Change Agents, Group Dynamics, Peace
Maher, Michael – 1980
The document introduces and lists tape recordings of Adlai E. Stevenson's speeches from 1952 until his death in 1965. The objective is to supplement the tapes and to aid in their usage by offering background information. The guide is presented in two sections. Section I offers an overview of the political atmosphere in 1952 and 1956 and…
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Political Affiliation, Political Issues, Politics
Atwood, L. Erwin; Jarvis, Dennis – 1978
Persuasive mass communication is believed to be more likely to reinforce existing opinions than to change them. This study set out to test this hypothesis in the political area by doing the following: isolating attitudinal patterns in a sample of voters; determining if characteristics of the questionnaire statements were systematically related to…
Descriptors: Communication Research, Information Needs, Media Research, Political Affiliation
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