Explores how the complexity of citizenship provides a lens through which one might view such issues as globalization, human rights, and the relation between nation states and citizens. (EV)

Since 1989, large numbers of "ethnic returnees" have settled in Germany and Japan. After the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989, 2.8 million "Aussiedler," or ethnic German returnees, came to Germany from the former Soviet Union. In Japan, immigration reform driven by low-skill labor shortages induced nearly 300,000…

This report reflects the work of the Commission on Environmental Education created and authorized to study environmental education in the state of New Jersey. The commission identified the knowledge, attitudes, values, behaviors and skills that should be communicated, developed, and/or nurtured among the state's citizenry. A list of…

This keynote address examines the clashing viewpoints of unity and diversity on the meanings of "e pluribus unum." The continuing debate can be cataloged and clarified by three "ideal-type" models of conceptions: (1) monolithic integration; (2) pluralistic preservation; and (3) pluralistic integration. The speaker examines the main themes of these…

This Civic Arts Review issue contains an essay by Stanley Manfred titled "The American University as a Civic Institution" which identifies some of the features which have made the contemporary American university a civic institution with important civic functions, and identifies some of the societal contradictions which impede recognition and…

This study surveyed news sources and participants in an effort to understand consumer boycotts that occurred in the United States in the 1970-1980 period. Findings indicate that boycotts have involved an unusually wide variety of protest groups, target organizations, and social concerns in cities and states throughout the U.S. (Author/CT)

Author suggests citizen action to coerce stations into broadening their format and serving a larger segment of the community. (SP)

Early efforts to develop good law-related programs in the schools indicate that they can contribute to several important educational and citizenship objectives. (DM)

The controllers of science and technology have become the new bosses. Ordinary people will not be satisfied until they have turned the power of science and technology to their own ends. (Author/AL)

It is argued that the information needs of stakeholders should be incorporated directly into the formulation of evaluation objectives, and the design of the evaluation. The paper presents a rationale for the stakeholder survey, describes its major components, and reports on the application of the approach in a large program evaluation. (Author/BW)

This booklet is the second in a series of four research reports that address problems in smaller American cities. The reports focus on issues of collaboration between public, private, and not-for-profit sectors in communities; profile urban issues in the context of strategies for systemic change; and suggest new models for strengthening…

It is believed that this compilation will meet an information need that currently exists about environmental organizations. There are numerous directories and listings of environmental groups which furnish names, addresses, and brief statements of objectives, but they are frequently quite meager in their presentation of the history and character…

The Centre for Civic Education has as its chief objective educating the populace of Ghana in social, economic, and political subjects. To effect this, the country is divided into 9 regions, made up of 51 districts, with 2 organizers per region. A board of Trustees acts as the Centre's governing body. The work of the Centre is organized into…