This essay suggests why environmental problems are becoming more political in nature, outlines a proposed course in environmental politics, and identifies relevant reading materials. (Author/DE)

The Washington Report identifies legislation of interest to Indian people, namely the Indian Child Welfare Act of 1977, Navajo/Hopi Relocation Amendments, HR 12860, Supreme Court summaries, and bills which failed in the Congress. (RTS)

The year 1978 saw the passage of the nation's energy bill, but this is offset by stalemates in other areas. (BB)

Since third party access seems to resist effective control, it may be necessary to restrict the contents of student records to the barest minimum. With the least amount of information being kept, the practice of sharing will be reduced and so will the potential harm to students. (Author)

The dramaturgical dimensions of the "theater of fact" as found in two anti-war plays, "Discourse on Viet Nam" by Peter Weiss and "Xa: A Vietnam Primer" by the ProVisional Theatre are examined. In these plays the author finds that Vietnamese history becomes rhetorical testament in arguments against United States…

A fictional account which points out that writing involves both exploration and communication and that students should be taught to explore both themselves and their political environment. (DD)

As a means of understanding the Jarvis-Gann initiative, the author examines the political and economic climate of California in 1977-78, examines the Jarvis initiative and the legislative alternative, and discusses the campaign strategies and unanticipated events as they affected the voters. (Author/IRT)

A comparison of regional newspapers in the United States and the United Kingdom indicates that American newspapers tend to report more local and regional news, and to be more aggressive toward their governments, than do their British counterparts. (GW)

This study posits that social learning theory can explain development of structure in preadults' political attitudes better than the much-discussed "vulnerability" and "two-step" hypotheses. (Author)

Speaks first of freedom, next of violence, and then of their co-relationship in society in general. Where appropriate data or logic permit, freedom and violence are linked to the school setting and the educational process. (Author/AM)

Notes that blacks are destined to remain strangers in the land of opportunity and in the system of justice, except as persons suspected, accused, arrested, prosecuted, imprisoned, executed--all in disproportionate numbers. (Author/AM)

Application of Shneidman categories of logical structure to network newscast coverage was shown feasible in this study of the 1972 presidential campaign. (KS)

Discusses the three Pacific cultural areas of Polynesia, Melanesia, and Micronesia and identifies the differences within and between the groups. States that a regionwide sense of identity has emerged because these small nations have gained independence from colonizing countries and joined regional institutions such as the South Pacific Forum. (GEA)

Discusses the history and enforcement of Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) along with recent legislative efforts to restrict its use. Examines FOIA guidelines and presents instances in which they have been denied. Urges continued support of the original FOIA legislation. (GEA)