Describes a classroom activity to introduce students to pros and cons of recent bottle bill legislation which proposes restrictions on the sale of nonreturnable beverage containers. Flowcharts are used to analyze the problem in a systems format. (Author/AV)

Panel members discussed voting trends, declining enrollment, success of bond issues, school closing, and a summary of NIE's research on declining enrollment. Workshop members participated in discussing the issues. (Author/MLF)

In 1895 the United States and France became involved in a dispute concerning the arrest and imprisonment of one John L. Waller, a black American who dared to challenge French imperialism in Madagascar. The black press, perhaps at the height of its power and influence, reacted vigorously to Waller and his goals, and to the Cleveland…

Discusses literary representations of Scottsboro. Notes that "the content of the extensive literature of Scottsboro changed dramatically, reflecting the radicalism of the 1930's, the cold-war liberalism of the 1950's, and the vacillations of the late 1960's early 70's. (Author/JM)

From the limited data, the authors are able to show that approval of incumbent performance is an important (but not sole) determinant of diffuse support for the institution. (Author/AM)

Described are effects of political decentralization in the United Kingdom on political and social institutions, particularly education. The author concludes that regionalism could yield advantages of power decentralization, diversity of decision making, and educational systems which are more closely connected to regional and local traditions.…

Describes the establishment of ranks, within revolutionary cadre training schools, which study revolutionary theory in order to raise their own and others' consciousness about class struggle and to recognize true Marxism. (AV)

This study suggests that elected officials would be well off if they merely attain the support of the constituent voters. Constituent voters are those who have a real or perceived stake in a particular governmental entity. (Author/AM)

Provides a critique of Culbertson's paper on international trade (see SO516710). Critiques Culbertson's treatment of national sovereignty and the general welfare, international wage differentials, and prices and competition. (JDH)

Discusses Foster McMurray's critical retrospective essay, included in the second edition of Arthur Bestor's "Educational Wastelands: The Retreat from Learning in Our Public Schools." Disagrees with McMurray's conception of liberal education and maintaining the centrality of the academic disciplines. (PS)

Proponents of the liberal arts continue to disagree over maintaining the traditional college curriculum versus diversifying it to give a greater role to ethnic and women's studies and to the ideas of non-Western cultures. (MSE)

Examines the question of why the Mexican Federal Government decided to decentralize the national system of education, going against Mexican historical trends towards centralization. Discusses five possible answers to this question, suggesting that perhaps the "shallow" structures of education are being decentralized in order to…

A survey of the parents of French immersion students and the parents of regular English-language program students in four Winnipeg, Manitoba districts revealed that non-immersion parents generally question the viability of immersion programs, prefer to send their children to neighborhood schools, and have stronger feelings than immersion parents…

Interview with George Keyworth, former White House science advisor. Presents his views on conservatism, social policy, strategic defense initiative, and global politics. (JM)

Decisions of the federal courts on such issues as school desegregation and school prayer generally reflect a national consensus. But in this conservative era, legislative efforts to limit the tradition of judicial activism, as begun by the Warren court, threaten the principles of constitutional protections and the federal system of checks and…