Examination of its historical development indicates that while Congressional Black Caucus legislative priorities have become more focused, on the other hand these priorities are not the result of a careful analysis of what is or is not a black issue but rather of the economic climate which led to concentration on economic issues. (Author/AM)

Concludes that in spite of the small number of black women office holders, they have been able to maneuver themselves to be on target when critical issues are of concern to their legislative districts. (Author/AM)

Focuses on Lyndon Johnson's public statements about Vietnam during the final eighteen months of his presidency in an attempt to gain a perspective on the factors which shape presidential rhetoric. (MH)

In 1823, a series of events, centering around a slave rebellion in Demerara, had a significant impact on the developing rhetoric of anti-slavery in England. This impact and the Parliamentary debates which resulted from the uprising are examined. (JF)

Seeks to provide a method of describing the relationship between ethical codes and individual strategies of argumentation and attempts to generate a descriptive approach to ethical code examination by analyzing recent questions of political impropriety. (MH)

Reviews Polish-American protests over the political decisions made at Yalta in 1945 as well as the influence of public opinion on foreign policy formation. (Author/RK)

Proves the influence of three variables on election outcomes and demonstrates the potential utility of the panel design for detecting causality in analyses of political data. (RB)

Focuses on some of the most important features of world and national political campaigns as constructed by and presented in television network news primarily in the 1976 presidential campaign. (MH)

An in depth examination of the NAACP's role in the fight against the confirmation of President Hoover's nomination of John J. Parker to the Supreme Court in 1930 provides one illustration of how the NAACP developed its style of pressure politics. (Author/AM)

This study of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) extends and elaborates on the characteristics of redemptive organizations. SNCC is of interest because it attempted to do two things: to be political and to offer its members the satisfaction of a redemptive ethos. (Author/AM)

Notes that party decomposition is likely to continue. The probable future pattern is one where the major parties continue to exert influence on the voting choices of the American public, but where many voters are available for mobilization by competing movements. (Author/AM)

Examines three issues: (1) street journalism, (2) the assimilation of West Indian women to Afro-American women's political standards, and (3) the growth of a political sense of community in black New York. (Author/AM)

Notes that there is inconsistency between the philosophical basis of the American immigration policy and the legal status of the immigrant in the labor market. (Author/AM)

Reports on a comparison of coverage of the Democratic and Republican parties by 12 Ohio metropolitan newspapers in the 1971 Ohio municipal election campaigns. (GW)

Describes Congressional hearings into the amendment of legislation regulating Congress' Office of Technology Assessment (OTA). (SL)