These essays address education for citizenship at a specific, concrete level. The collection offers examples of efforts to create among students a new set of what Alexis de Tocqueville called "mores" or culturally defining "habits of the heart" that enhance citizenship, foster a sense of connectedness to a community, and…

In light of on-going strife in the Middle East, particularly in Palestinian-Israeli relations, it is intriguing to note how relatively unaware many Americans are of the historical and religious framework from which much of the conflict derives. In addition, the perception of many Americans of current Palestinian-Israeli relations has been tainted…

This substantially updated version of a book first published in 1988 tells the story of welfare reform in the United States over the past three decades, with an emphasis on contributions made by social scientists. This edition contains five new chapters with new case material to show how social science principles can be used in U.S. government. In…

Political and financial difficulties of the Council for Cultural Cooperation (Council of Europe) are described by its chairman, designated pilot projects of the Steering-group on Permanent Education listed, and criteria for their selection given. Necessary conditions to support European Adult Education in a framework of "education…

The National Wildlife Federation's Fifth Environmental Quality (EQ) Index reports a continuing downward trend in the battle against environmental deterioration. All EQ indicators, except air, are lower than the previous year. Also discusses the political factors which tend to inhibit the progress of environmental and conservation efforts. (JR)

Author raises crucial political issues for anyone involved in education, not the least for those working with the sociological perspectives they comment on. (Author/RK)

Examines how the poor and minorities can create structural changes in local communities to better serve their collective interest, in the context of a rural county in California in which organizers actually designed and implemented political strategies which resulted in a new set of local power relationships. (Author/JM)

Assesses the significance of data on childhood political learning to political theory by testing the structuring principle,'' considered one of the central assumptions of political socialization research. This principle asserts that basic orientations acquired during childhood structure the later learning of specific issue beliefs.'' The…

A defense of the Open Admissions policy of the City University of New York, initiated in the Fall of 1970, against several of its critics. (JM)

The social studies classroom becomes a forum for examining the issues and problems of contemporary society by letting students provide popular records for classroom discussion. Results of two such experiments are reviewed. (Author/KM)

Argues that a value and action-oriented sociology is needed to rectify the imbalances in the discipline of sociology today, and that for our type of society this must be a political sociology. (Author/JM)

Suggests that a fundamental idea embraced today in Sweden is that one must aim for change which emancipates men as well as women from the restrictive effects engendered by the traditional sex-roles. (Author/JM)

Three steps are suggested to improve the social and political positions in our country and to approach the goal of American democracy: (1) citizens must learn the rules of the game, (2) have a willingness to acknowledge the existence of problems, and (3) develop civic competence. (Author/JB)