Describes the Shanghai Party School, which includes training classes, theory classes, and refresher classes and prepares teachers of party schools and cadres for theoretical and political work in China. (JOW)

Examines the use of Mobilizing Information (MI)--information that helps people act on the attitudes they already have--in two alternative newspapers: Portland, Oregon's "Williamette Week," and Eugene, Oregon's "Valley Observer." States that the activist newspaper, the "Valley Observer," had a higher MI rate than the…

A vision of equality and accountability to the Black community is based on principles that have enabled successful Black leaders to survive in their difficult social role. In the current political climate, Black leaders also need to unify diverse sectors of their community and work toward a just society. (GC)

Examines current trends in mass international immigration and refugee resettlement and discusses related legal and humanitarian concerns. Briefly reviews the articles which follow in this special issue. (GC)

The author discusses the restraint of liberty. He notes that whereas the underlying importance given to liberty within a society's scheme of values does vary over time, it is pivotal reflection in moral, social, and political theory to ask whether this variation may be legitimated. (CT)

Orwell's novel "1984" illustrates almost every form of censorship. In so doing, it is the most thorough twentieth century work on the subject. (RM)

The need for television news to be entertaining constrains the ability of television news to educate and inform the electorate who use it as their main source of knowledge about the political process. Until television news places the need to inform ahead of entertainment, voters will continue to be shortchanged. (Author/IS)

Using the historic debates as a case study, the author draws inferences about how and why conspiracy arguments become credible and concludes that Lincoln's achievement was strategic and tactical, reflecting an intuitive understanding of how political arguments involving moral questions are discussed in the public sphere. (PD)

Governors and other politicians are beginning to broach the issue of vouchers again. If so, the issue could generate heated debate rivaling that caused by merit pay. (Author)

Reveals that while the accessibility to information of influential members of a community was high and generally similar for all sources, certain types of information were more accessible through some sources than were others. (FL)

A model presidential nominating convention gathered 4,000 students from three states in May 1984 and selected Gary Hart as the Democratic nominee. Preconvention training prepares students to run the convention themselves while learning the political process in action. (MD)

Discusses a survey of newspaper editors that indicates that news value of unsuccessful political assassination attempts outweighs consideration of potential effects such coverage may have on antisocial behavior. (MH)

Summarized are 13 major problems facing every country in the world today. Problems include: disarmament, population explosion, pollution, energy, conservation of natural resources, transportation, communications, and health. (SL)

This paper presents the foundation of an exploratory study about the effects of primary school education provision by the ultra-orthodox Shas party on electoral support for the party in Israel. Specifically, the research explores the question of whether and to what extent religious organizations that provide services for their clients are able to…

This position paper discusses the changes to the UC Academic Senate's regulations on academic freedom and on policies for teaching potentially contentious or political issues, arguing that the new regulation has not been adequately considered in light of its detrimental effect on academic standards. Whereas previously the university's policy had…