Robert Stevenson identified four behavioural and programmatic regularities that have inhibited the implementation of environmental education as envisioned by the framers of the Belgrade Charter and Tbilisi Declaration. These include the presentation of standardised knowledge associated with established disciplines, reliance on teachers as primary…

Presents all 19 articles of the United Nations Genocide Convention and its opening statement. (GEA)

Discusses whether universities need the General Agreement on Trade in Services (GATS) of the World Trade Organization, and concludes that they do not at present. Many questions remain to be answered before GATS should be applied to trade in education services. (SLD)

In Wisconsin, Chippewa tribal harvests have not had a negative impact on populations of lake trout, walleye, fishers, and white-tailed deer. The treaty rights controversy is fueled by uncertainties about the status of natural resources, uncertainties that could be addressed by cooperative state-tribal wildlife management programs. (SV)

The U.S. civilian space program is focused on planning for a new round of human missions to the Moon and, later, perhaps, to Mars. These plans are intended to realize a "vision" for exploration articulated by President George W. Bush. It is important to examine this "vision" in the broader context of 21st-century space exploration, which is a…

Acquisition of Cherokee lands for that which is known as the Natchez Trace Parkway is presented via an historical perspective. (JC)

Though politically separate from the Seminole, the Miccosukees are, like the Seminoles, originally from Georgia and North Carolina, and their language and customs parallel those of the Seminole. (JC)

Presents a review of existing bilateral treaties, conventions, and agreements in the field of social policy concluded between European socialist countries. It summarizes their basic principles, their social security provisions (old-age benefit, employment injury benefits, cash benefits for sickness and maternity), and the provisions concerning…

Analyzes the challenges and opportunities that international trade in educational services represents for higher education systems in industrialized and developing countries and shows the importance of international quality assurance in education. Makes the case that the lifelong learning sector is most likely to be affected by developments…

Addresses some of the public policy controversies surrounding the treatment of education services under the World Trade Organization's General Agreement on Trade in Services (GATS). Describes the core features of GATS, highlighting how the four modes of supplying services relate to trade in education services and discusses the limited role GATS…

The UN Convention on the Rights of the Child grants a full range of human rights to children and promotes a nonpaternalistic attitude toward them. Social scientists will be able to contribute to its implementation by interpreting issues of psychological and physical development. (DM)

Describes the articles of the Convention on the Rights of the Child. Emphasizes enlarging the legal coverage of human rights, acknowledging the primary role of the family, and consolidating in one document children's rights expressed in various treaties and declarations. Details reasons for the delay in U.S. ratification of the Convention. Urges…

This paper discusses the implications for higher education of the World Trade Organisation (WTO) negotiations towards the General Agreement on Trade in Services (GATS; see http://www.wto.org/) from the perspective of Australian educational institutions.

A skilled and flexible workforce is increasingly identified by governments as key to economic development. With the emergence of a global market in both educational services and labour, agreements on mutual recognition and transparency of skills and qualifications have become important elements of international co-operation. They are often…

This article analyzed the Canadian government policy concerning Indian land claims, the historical patterns including the Proclamation of 1763, and the nature of Indian treaties. (RTS)