Describes and identifies U.S. labor market areas (LMAs) and focuses on relationships between rural LMAs and local resources. Includes graph comparing labor-force educational levels of rural LMAs. Two U.S. maps identify rural LMA by industry, including resource (e.g. mining, agriculture), manufacturing, and public education/administration. (TES)

Discusses the intent and consequences of family law codes decreed in Soviet Union between 1917 and 1945, examining whether postrevolutionary government intended to destroy the family. Notes that Soviet policymakers did not achieve consensus on the issue of the family's role in socialist state, and legislation did not successfully alter citizens'…

A questionnaire survey of 106 master's programs in public affairs/administration are to a significant degree conducting more computer training than are programs within political science departments. (Author/CT)

Interview with George Keyworth, former White House science advisor. Presents his views on conservatism, social policy, strategic defense initiative, and global politics. (JM)

Examines the role of policy evaluation research and the influences on such research of political regime shifts. Using data from a number of western countries, the authors conclude that conservative or liberal shifts in political regimes do influence the nature of policy evaluation research. (JDH)

One of the principal challenges in public administration is adapting to needs derived from the application of new technologies that impact directly on managing as well as transmitting information and in supplying it accurately to the citizens. The Bangemann Report calls attention to the important role played in the development of the information…

This report presents the findings of the state legislature's Management Audit Committee's review of the structure and governance of community colleges in Wyoming, as requested by the Legislature's Management Council in September 1998. In trying to answer questions about the structure of community college governance, the tensions present in the…

Outlined are measures for improving the instructional methods and materials used in the training of leaders within the Communist Party. (JB)

Describes a practical, university level course which applies principles of social science and public administration to the engineering of social change. The course, modeled on the Michigan Department of Human Rights, provides realistic exercises simulating the operations of a real agency involved in social planning and policy change. (GC)

Provides an overview of the trends and changes that are shaping the communities of the 80s and advances an argument that the public sector must involve citizens to cooperate, share, and collectively plan. (Author/MLF)

At Loyola University of Chicago a needs assessment procedure was used to decide whether to establish a master's degree program in public administration that would serve many part-time students. It required the analysis of potential participants, the university, faculty, competing programs, and potential employers. (CT)

School administrators need to devise a study of administration that can investigate the manner in which fundamental structures influence social relations. Administrators must understand cultural and social conditions and develop a value position to determine and defend their actions. (JN)

Experience with student teams working on policy analysis projects indicates the need for faculty supervision of teams in the process of addressing complex issues. The problem-solving approach adopted in one policy analysis course is described, including assignments and tasks, issues and sponsors, team dynamics, conflict management, and the…

Discussion of the use of electronic networking systems by women focuses on a study of their use of the Public Electronic Network (PEN) in Santa Monica (California). Characteristics of PEN that contributed to female adoption are described; gender, political participation, and motivation are examined; and future research is suggested. (46…

Ties the emergence of turbo-capitalism to concerns about governments' legitimacy and the wholesale auditing of public institutions. Criticizes hastily contrived auditing procedures for their irrelevance, narrowly focused financial criteria, and a blame-oriented view of accountability. Traditional policy values are being eclipsed by consumer…