Teachers must not provide a platform for any student or outside speaker to ventilate racist, anti-Semitic, or totalitarian sentiments. In the classroom, democratic values should be obvious from the outset. Toward this end, a curriculum entitled "Extremist Groups" has been developed by the Anti-Defamation League of B'nai B'rith.…

Reports on how traditional feedback channels in the Soviet Union work and how public opinion surveys have caused Communist party leaders to assess and expand their feedback channels, particularly in the area of letters from private citizens. (PD)

Examines changes in attitudinal support for the women's liberation movement from 1972-1976. Attitudes in all age groups became more favorable, but shifts were greater among the older members of the panel. The findings provide no support for the notions that attitudes become more conservative with aging. (Author)

Interviewed American, British, and German young people about their ideas regarding numerous political, social, and moral issues. Discusses the children's conceptions of community and of law, the growth of principles, and their understanding of human psychology and social reality. (Author/GC)

Applies the Gerbner, et al, theory of television "mainstreaming" to political orientations. Analyzes survey data to show the political attitudes of heavy, medium, and light TV viewers. Suggests new ways of thinking about television and the formation of political perspectives. (PD)

Examined the possible functions served by old age stereotypes from a sociocultural frame of reference. Tested the hypothesis that problem-oriented conceptions of older persons are part of an emerging political ideology. Using survey responses reports the relation between aging stereotypes and attitudes toward federal support of the aged. (Author)

Discusses social justice in West Germany within the context of the experience of Nazism, the economic disaster after World War II, and the successful development of the economy and welfare state since 1949. Refers to various textbooks and recent empirical studies on the political attitudes of students in West Germany. (Author/KC)

The political attitudes and beliefs of Black students who attended a Black southern university during the 1963 demonstrations provide the data for this study of the long-range consequences of the Black student protest movement in the 1960s. (Author/JLF)

Stafford's counter-reply to Edgley's article, "Marxism, Education and Mr. Stafford" (v15 n2 p167-70 1981). The author clarifies his views on (1) the wage earner's right of dissent, (2) class differences as a source of social problems, (3) the tendency of political commitment to become ideological dogmatism, and (4) the evidence demonstrating…

Presents a selected, chronological retrospective highlighting both the Reagan Administration's proposal to dismantle the Department of Education and some opposing viewpoints. (Author/MP)

Describes how the Nicaraguan Literacy Crusade, faced with monumental problems in logistics and organization, succeeded in reaching many of the 800,000 adult illiterates in the country. (AEA)

Suggests several ways in which students in junior high school social studies classes can be made aware of how the political system works. Topics discussed include the research approach, political participation, decision making, and effecting change. (DB)

This essay reviews the political socialization literature and the assumptions underlying the theory that political socialization, formal and informal, is sponsored by the state to reinforce its stability and social order. The author argues that family influence and enlightened self-interest are strong, independent factors in personal political…

This study compares the dimensions of elite (political leaders) and mass (general public) opinions towards foreign policy. A factor analysis revealed the elite's five major concerns (internationalism, international organization, Americanism, defense spending, and interventionism) and an overall preference for structured approaches. The masses also…

Examines Lyndon Johnson's rhetoric in bringing about a shift in the concept of "equal opportunity" from nondiscrimination to affirmative action through the process of dissociation. Defines dissociation as separating a unitary concept into parts, identifying the less valued part, and reformulating the more valued part. (JMF)