Attempts by governmental powers to suspend the right to Habeas Corpus have occurred from time to time throughout English and American history. This study discusses one such successful attempt, engineered by William Pitt the Younger, then prime minister, in 1794. Pitt's success in gaining suspension of this writ and passage of the Habeas Corpus…

A comprehensive overview of purpose and content of the Program (an opportunity for Federal executives to learn first-hand about United States Congress in operation through work assignments with members of Congress and staffs of Congressional committees) and a report of reactions of participants to the Program is presented. Information for analysis…

An overview of municipal political studies in Canada is provided. A case study approach to city politics is suggested. (DE)

In this article a seventh and eighth grade teacher presents some of the materials and procedures he followed in staging an election to teach the skills and concepts of voting. (Author/RM)

Analyzes 13 international relations textbooks, published in the United States between 1974 and 1977, in terms of their meeting four educational objectives: to promote critical thinking, to help students conceptualize, to quantify, and to theorize. (Author/AV)

Presents ideas for using food as concrete objects to teach mathematics and offers suggestions for teaching about political cartoons. (JMB)

Examines the relationship between prestige, prestige mobility, and publication in major scholarly journals in the disciplines of chemistry, sociology, and political science. The authors conclude that there are differences in this relationship across disciplines and that publication is more important in disciplines with a well developed scientific…

In this introduction to a series of articles blending perspectives of political science and citizenship education, the author stresses the need for a variety of citizenship skills in voter education programs and for an emphasis on learning by doing. (AV)

Famines and their relationships with food supply and availability are discussed. The fallacy associated with amount of food per capita and the amount of food available for consumption is noted. Exchange entitlements, the means by which food is transfered in a society, and their relationships to governmental organization are discussed. (CP)

Discusses problems related to evaluation of college faculty and describes popular evaluation methods. Advocates a pluralist method of evaluation which measures an instructor's success in achieving self-proclaimed goals which vary from teacher to teacher and from course to course. (Author/DB)

Describes and evaluates an introductory course in American government at the college level which encourages students to perceive political processes as instruments of personal choice. Findings indicate that dramatic increases in students' political involvement result from course participation. (Author/DB)

Explores the relationship between language and the intellectual discipline of political science, and explains how political dictionaries can be used effectively as teaching tools. Includes a selected, annotated bibliography of 14 contemporary political dictionaries. (Author/AV)

The relatively new discipline of political history is characterized by comparative inquiry, analysis of political change, use of scientific approaches, and development of empirically based theory. The authors discuss the political history of the United States from this perspective. (Author/AV)

A unit on survey research demonstrates how to incorporate competency based education in an introductory political science research methods course. (Author/JR)

An experiential political science course at the college level offers students a chance to volunteer their time to help in both national and local elections. Techniques and methods of evaluation are discussed. (JR)