Provides alternative strategies for teaching about the 13 colonies and linking politics with social, economic, and demographic trends. Relates how syntheses of various studies modify earlier historiographical theories into a better interpretation. (TRS)

Considers school desegregation in light of: (1) its relationship to the structure of American racism; (2) its status as a form of racial public policy; and (3) the shift in public policy toward narrower views of the proper government role. Outlines an interpretation of school desegregation in relationship to broader dynamics of American social…

It is suggested that despite its simplicity, neutrality, and practical nature, Esperanto is at risk of extinction because of the growing dominance of English as an international language. It is further proposed that in order to assure its maintenance, Esperantists must federate into a state with political autonomy. The first section of the…

This evaluation of CIVITAS-Hungary's "Citizen in a Democracy" competition for 1999 extends the pilot study results obtained in 1998. The evaluation is concerned with the effects of the "Citizen in a Democracy" competition on students, schools, and families in Hungary. The report contains the following sections: "Executive…

This guide is a revised and adapted version of a previous monograph, "A New Public Perspective on Representative Democracy: A Guide for Legislative Interns." The guide focuses on civic perspective: how citizens view the political institutions, processes, and people that are fundamental to representative democracy in the United States. It…

Control over a broad range of programs is being shifted back to state and local jurisdictions. Based on focus groups, interviews, and surveys of those who live in or represent organizations with a strong interest in rural America, this report highlights the concerns of rural communities towards these changing intergovernmental relations.…

This publication contains journal essays and book chapters (from publications of the National Council of Teachers of English) dealing with trends and issues in secondary English education. The publication's first section, "The World Wide Web in the Classroom," contains the following articles: (1) "Journey into Cyberspace"…

Among Swedish youth, (1) higher social status was associated with more conservative political party preferences and greater capitalist orientation, punitiveness, support of social inequality, and racism; (2) economic inequality and social conservatism emerged as discriminators of social class categories; and (3) Lipset's theory that working class…

Examination of Nigerian political behavior surrounding expansion of secondary education in a northern state and emergence of national universal primary education reveals that calculations of political advantage dominated policy choices and that professional planning issues were ignored. As part of a wider pattern, such political behavior…

Research among high school students in Saint Louis, Missouri, tested five theoretical models that posited the existence of racial differences in adolescents' perceptions of life satisfaction, self-competence, sociopolitical reality, political alienation, and justification of political violence. The self-competence and sociopolitical reality models…

A 1977 study of 9,000 college students surveyed as freshmen in 1970 examines changes in life goals, religious preference, voting habits, political views, and satisfaction with work and leisure among students in different major fields, noting strong correlations between job satisfaction and satisfaction with leisure and other aspects of life.…

The University of Maryland's decision not to appoint Professor Ollman, a Marxist, is analyzed by AAUP's Committee A in terms of procedural concerns of administrative decision-making and academic freedom. The dismissed case of Edgar F. Beall is appended. (AF)

Presents the results of surveys that use new technologies and procedures to provide a more accurate picture of how people feel about racially charged issues. The results suggest deep divisions and surprising agreement on many of these issues. Argues that, distrust and dislike of affirmative action is widespread even among liberals. (MJP)

Data from the Latino National Political Survey were used to examine respondents' use of primary and secondary ethnic identifications. "Hispanic" ethnicity was found to be neither simply instrumental nor cultural but rather a complex phenomenon, differing by many demographic characteristics and by use of panethnicity as a primary or…

Identifies British Fabian-Socialism and French gauchisme (a hybrid of Marxism and existentialism) as the political-philosophical antecedents of the Quebec separatist movement. Argues that the current movement has scrapped these influences in favor of racial-ethnic nationalism and has embarked on a campaign of rabble-rousing propaganda. (MJP)