The article describes the context of Chicano political life, empirically tests the validity of the description through an analysis of Chicano and Anglo voting patterns in El Paso (Texas), and discusses the implications of the findings presented. (NQ)

The purpose of this guide is to describe primary election changes, clarify some of the questions people ask about primaries, and help readers understand the primaries' role in choosing the president in 1976. Primaries in 1976 differ in three important respects; the number of states that hold primaries has increased substantially, the rules used to…

The author examines the political affiliation of German women with the past Nazi party before 1933. He discusses why German women supported the anti-feminist Nazi group which showed open contempt for women. (Author/RM)

Examines George S. Schuyler's life and his autobiography, "Black and Conservative"; concludes that Schuyler was a unique example of a Black intellectual who struggled with the race issue for years only to emerge as a reactionary who refused to recognize race as an issue. (GW)

The First and Fourteenth Amendments guarantee that high school students may form political clubs. Such clubs should be recognized by the school unless they prevent others from learning, interrupt class, or violate valid school rules. (Author/IRT)

Examines Ford and Carter's 1976 primary and general election television spot commercials and offers analytic and evaluative observations. (MH)

The use of sports in the German Democratic Republic and the People's Republic of China is both propagandist and ideological. International sports competition can enhance the country's image and domestic sport is a means of political socialization. (DF)

The Rokeach free-equality model of political idealogies was explored within the context of the 1968 American presidential campaign. The data were interpreted as indicating that the basic value dimension in American political life is an equalitarian one, with variations ranging from democratic socialist to capitalist. (Author/JB)

A study of party independence and the trend to one party allegiance as a result of aging. (JB)

Summarizes a background paper presented and discussion held at a 1978 conference for human rights professionals. Paper reviews (1) basic protections of the right to political participation, (2) methods used to deny full participation, and (3) proposed remedies. Discussion focuses primarily on minority group participation. (GC)

The role and importance of the National Education Association's Political Action Committee is stressed, and a call to action is issued to the educational community. (LH)

Discusses results of a survey of undergraduate student opinion (n=949) in 1991 about the U.S. involvement in the Persian Gulf War. Determines the students' support for or opposition to U.S. involvement, and the extent to which they did or did not act on those beliefs. (JPS)

While the founders of the penny press did not set out to establish a truer form of journalism, they did popularize both low prices for newspapers and newspaper economics based on sales instead of political party backing. The history of "The Sun,""The Herald," and "The Tribune" disprove the idea (advanced by journalism…

After seeing a keen interest stimulated by a residential course of political training, the executive of the Youth Movement (Democrazia Cristiana) in the province of Reggio Emilia (Italy) decided to abandon the traditional training methodology, which consisted of one or two residential courses evey year on current political issues on the party's…