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Power and Policy at the DES [Department of Education and Science]. A Case Study
Lukes, J. R. – Universities Quarterly, 1975
Considers whether the British Department of Education and Science has too much power and if it has destroyed the British Colleges of Education, by examining the background, concealed strategies, and public strategies of the department. (PG)
Descriptors: Case Studies, Foreign Countries, Government Role, Governmental Structure
The Judicial Branch and the Constitutional Order. College-Community Forums.
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Commission on the Bicentennial of the United States Constitution, Washington, DC. – 1988
Article III of the U.S. Constitution called for a federal judiciary that would dispense and administer justice in accordance with the principles on which the United States was founded. There was considerable ambivalence among the Founding Fathers as to what was the appropriate role for the judiciary, an ambivalence that has continued to the…
Descriptors: Constitutional History, Constitutional Law, Court Role, Courts
From Confederation to Constitituion.
Lennon, Donald R. – 1986
The paper discusses the political events and issues that affected North Carolina and the nation between 1776 and 1789. Attitudes and philosophies on government and its centralization form the foundation for North Carolina's traditional and firm opposition to centralization of power and changes in government structure. North Carolina's…
Descriptors: Constitutional History, Federal State Relationship, Government Role, Governmental Structure
Education for Citizenship in the Information Society.
Cleveland, Harlan – EDUCOM Bulletin, 1985
An information-rich environment is a sharing environment with standards, rules, conventions, and ethical codes different from those created to manage the zero-sum bargains of market trading and traditional international relations. Societies must give all their people a chance at relevant education or be left behind by those that do. (MBR)
Descriptors: Citizen Participation, Citizenship Education, Core Curriculum, Educational Change
Administrative Agents, Policy Partners, and Political Catalysts: A Structural Perspective on the Interactions of Governmental and Nonprofit Organizations.
Wyszomirski, Margaret J. – Teaching Political Science, 1989
Notes the blurring of boundaries between public and private sectors, pointing out that the interaction between governmental and non-profit agencies is increasing in the areas of public policy. Argues that these increasing interactions need to be integrated into the political science curriculum. (GG)
Descriptors: Administrative Organization, Curriculum Development, Federal Government, Government (Administrative Body)
Faculty Development Proposal.
Jones, Kelsey A. – 1987
An integrative approach to departmental design proposed for the Department of Criminal Justice at the University of the District of Columbia is described. The proposed curriculum classification framework for faculty assignment consists of three matrices: social behavior and humanities courses, technical courses, and philosophical courses. For the…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Accountability, College Faculty, Criminology
The Conduct of United States Foreign Policy in the Nation's Third Century. Headline Series. No. 231.
Manning, Bayless – 1976
This Headline Series, focusing on U.S. foreign policy, is adapted from a series of four lectures by the author delivered at the Claremont University Center in April 1975. Part one discusses the 1973 Mideast oil embargo and the impact of the crisis on future U.S. foreign relations. Especially affected are questions of interdependence, raw…
Descriptors: Developing Nations, Foreign Policy, Futures (of Society), Governmental Structure