Briefly reviews the environmental conditions which gave rise to the development of environmental politics and later to the subdiscipline of political ecology. Defines the intellectual boundaries of political ecology and the goals it seeks to attain. Concludes that the increasingly global economy and widespread ecological problems guarantee an…

This article argues that environmental awareness has a substantial impact on law, both as a technical discipline and as a policy process. It further develops the concept of ecomanagement and reviews the role of environmental impact assessments in policy development. (JDH)

This article provides a brief review of the Marxist economic approach to the environment and environmental protection with special attention given to the formal system of environmental regulation in Hungary. (JDH)

Reviews recent decisions of the U.S. Supreme Court. The decisions involve student rights, the Gramm-Rudman budget law, homosexuals' right to privacy, the regulation of state primary elections, pregnancy and employment policy, Miranda Rights, and the legality of certain police searches. (JDH)

Explores the failure of market and political solutions to a common civic problem: a shortage of winter parking spaces. Narrow self-interest and a lack of community mindedness are seen as sources of this civic problem. (JDH)

Reviews of five books are presented. Topics are public property and private power (Hartog, 1983), essays on Julius Caesar (Blits, 1982), changes in the American political system (Shafer, 1983), the spiritual crisis in western civilizations (Harrington, 1983), and justice, pluralism and equality (Walzer, 1983). (JDH)

Scientism has so infected political science that the only viable policy for political philosophy is declaring its independence from political science and allying itself with liberal education practitioners. Political philosophy can benefit itself and the liberal arts by introducing students to classical rhetoric. (RM)

Reviews findings on early political learning in U.S. elementary and secondary schools. Identifies counterproductive practices and presents alternatives which might better prepare students for responsible and competent participation in democratic society. (JDH)

Presents survey data indicating that public administration education programs need to be more attuned to the professional requirements of international and U.S. students working in developing nations. Reviews instructional materials and techniques required to achieve this result.(JDH)

Describes how college students can develop a better understanding of the operation of county government as it is represented in the budget. Students analyze the budget for information relating to 1) organization and structure, 2) functions and services, 3) funding sources, 4) governmental priorities, 5) intergovernmental relationships, and 6)…

Describes the equipment and classroom procedures used for conducting teleconferences. Provides examples of high school students' teleconferences with historians and political representatives. (JDH)

Provides an overview of public administration and its similarities to library and information science, and notes research themes in public administration (innovation, organizational development and change, decision-making and evaluation, personnel, financial concerns, marketing, dissertations). Future of public administration research and its…

Evaluates Lyndon Johnson's knowledge of history and his utilization of historical knowledge as a part of his political record. (RK)

Chapters of this collection show that students benefit from a research-based teaching environment, and that students who have the opportunity for research complete their science programs in greater numbers than those who do not. The chapters of section 1, "Achieving Excellence," are: (1) "The Role of Research at Undergraduate Institution: Why Is…

Political science has new approaches, methodologies, and substantive knowledge to contribute to legal education, and political science can serve as a model for the use and utility of behavioral methods in addressing many of the same questions and materials discussed in law schools.