Briefly discusses the effects on libraries of political issues and governmental policies regarding library resources, and calls for special librarians and special libraries to shed their traditional "a-political" role and to develop their political power, especially through lobbying by the Special Libraries Association. (JD)

Suggests that conceptual and methodological approaches to the study of the family fundamentally reflect the sociohistorical context within which they are embedded. Argues for the development of a philosophical anthropology and comparative methodology appropriate to the study of humans as social beings. (Author)

Examines the positions of different interest groups and corporations regarding the use of standardized test scores for determining educational achievement and advancement. (GC)

Holds that the occupation of abandoned urban dwellings by squatters is an outgrowth of bureaucratic inflexibility, discrimination, and social-spatial exclusion. Discusses the history of squatting as a social movement in Great Britain since the late 1960s. (GC)

A significant number of educational innovations are aborted because of political problems. Trying to change people's behavior or to get extra funds for educational change creates political problems. Some steps by which educational innovators can reduce the political problems inherent in their work are provided. (MLW)

Evaluates the 1976 presidential debates as an innovation in political communication formats that might overcome existing gaps in electoral participation between the more and less active sectors of society. Examines the equivalence of effects of debate-watching and related behaviors for different levels of age, education, and politial interest.…

Notes that the Afro-Americans' struggle for equality during the second century has been waged on many fronts: education, jobs, housing, public accommodations, voting rights, and human dignity, among others. (Author)

In 1993, "Applied Linguistics" published an issue on theory construction in second-language acquisition, including papers by Beretta and Crookes, Gregg, and Long. The article argues that these papers and the rationalist understanding of scientific research exemplified in them, have become the object of misguided critiques, including Block (1996).…

Explores the moral and political issues involved in the concept of language rights. Examines language diversity as well as insights into the relationship among language, human existence, and culture; elaborates the concept of language rights; and discusses the moral and political philosophy of language rights. (34 references) (Author/CK)

Focuses on an exploration of an alternative space adjacent to postmodernist work in language rights. There are numerous different positions on language rights. Extends a politicized version of language rights that proposes that these rights are subordinate to the structure of power and domination and that language policy is a form of covert state…

Reviews current research to investigate the way the power and politics of genre is often exploited by the so-called established membership of disciplinary communities to keep outsiders at a safe distance. Argues that the privilege to exploit generic conventions to create new forms becomes available only to those few enjoying a certain degree of…

Examines neo-Marxist and poststructural critiques of classical language planning (lp) for relevance to lp on behalf of minority languages. Criticisms suggest lp is conducted by elites governed by self-interest, reproduces rather than overcomes sociocultural and econotechnical inequalities, inhibits multiculturalism, espouses worldwide…

Analyzes respondents' discussions of media framing of a variety of personal concerns including crime, education, taxes, economics, abortion, and more. Finds that accounts of commonly held personal concerns were highly individualized. Identifies three conceptual processes (linking, collapsing, and colorizing) as contributing to the way individuals…

International Adult Literacy Survey data show the average adult education participation in Nordic countries is 14% higher than in other industrialized nations. Public support for participation of the disadvantaged, an active labor market policy, and popular education are key characteristics. (Contains 37 references.) (Author/JOW)

Proposes that positions which claim that classrooms and institutions are historically situated in economic and political structures lack a critique of capital. Examines the technologizing of composition through the critical lens of political economy. Concludes that in order to speak ethically, compositionists who theorize the role of technology in…