In an attempt to gain control of education, teacher associations reduce complex educational issues to popular slogans and enobled watchwords that tend to complicate the negotiations process. The process has, however, the potential to make the organization more functional and humane. (Author/IRT)

Suggests that as a result of the new wave of ethnicism, for the first time in their history in the United States, the Jews are showing signs of becoming a pressure group. (Author/AM)

This article seeks to examine: (1) the relevance of and necessity for inclusion of an undergraduate course on the intergenerational shift in political power; and (2) the methodology best suited to involve students in the problem and potential solutions, both through traditional research methods and through "hands on" community interaction. (BSR)

Identifies five great ideas of the U.S. Constitution as power, liberty, justice, equality, and property. The first of two installments, article focuses on how ideas of power and liberty are presented in the Constitution. It also discusses how people may exercise power through voting and public protest and liberty through their First Amendment…

The author proposes a theory of power which explains important features of social and political life from the point of view that a more democratic and equalitarian organization of society is possible and desirable, and that education can play a role in attaining that kind of society. (MT)

The role of supervising art education must include leadership and advocacy as well as supervision. If art education is to be an important part of education, art educators must understand the political process which allocates support to educational programs and develops the leadership necessary for effective political action. (IS)

Superintendents and board members have political power that they can use to coerce, manipulate, negotiate, co-opt, and reach consensus. The variety and amount of power used will depend on personal value systems and the way in which one analyzes people and situations. (Author/IRT)

This paper examines an ongoing community debate over a proposed FedEx distribution hub to be constructed at the local airport. The essay looks to theorists, including Patsy Healey, Richard Johannesen, Daniel Kemmis, James Klumpp, and Martha Nussbaum. These theorists provide a way to view the role of consensus, power, and norms of communication…

Article consists of an examination of the political controversy which arose in the state of Maharashtra when a plan for "educational development" was put forward for public consideration by the state cabinet in April 1968. (Author)

Presents two points of view on feminism--one black and one white. (DM)

The critical challenge to be met in reviving the environment is selecting political strategies and economic trade-off formulae to implement a fundamental shift in society's value preferences. It requires a bold re-thinking about innovations in social custom, economic power, and political justice, needed to build a healthier, industrial order. (BL)

Rochester, New York was praised as they voluntarily moved toward systemwide school integration--but failed in the attempt. (DM)

Success in statescraft will depend on a delicate balance of moral rejuvenation and suasion on the one side, and reasonable law enforcement on the other. (DM)

Traditional society, viewed as static with little differentiation or specialization as well as low levels of urbanization and literacy, and modern society, characterized as having thorough differentiation, urbanization, literacy, and exposure to mass media, are examined in situations of change as different models of social and political order…