This book consists of a series of original case studies which developed from a year-long environmental policy seminar held at the University of Washington. Each chapter surveys a recent piece of legislation to determine how Congress has handled a particular environmental problem. Focusing on issues of highway beautification, water quality control,…

A record and interpretation of the Senate hearings on the White House Conference on Youth are presented. Various concerns of youth are pursued. These include: jobs, education, an end to discrimination (racial and otherwise), and the quality of life in the United States. The basic themes that ran through the work of the Conference include: youth…

THE VOTING RESULTS OF 13 DEMOCRATIC PRIMARIES, PARTISAN, NONPARTISAN, AND REFERENDUMS ELECTIONS HELD BETWEEN 1954 AND 1964 IN ATLANTA, GEORGIA, WERE STUDIED TO ASSESS THE EFFECTS OF PARTY AFFILIATION, CLASS COMPOSITION, AND RACE. THIS STUDY WAS A REPLICATION OF THE MAIN PORTIONS OF A DES MOINES STUDY (SEPTEMBER, 1963) AND RELATED THE RESULTS OF…

A study of the Charleston, South Carolina press at four intervals in the early nineteenth century, reveals a strong dependence of state newspapers on the Washington press for political information and commentary on national political issues. (GW)

Traces the development of discourse analysis in modern linguistics, and presents a semantic analysis, based on a comparative word frequency count, of two political speeches made by the socialist Jean Jaures. (AM)

Some 350 American firms, with holdings worth approximately $1.7 billion, now operate in South Africa. American students want them to get out of the country. The author evaluates the net effects of such action, and considers how American corporations can improve the racial situation in South Africa. (Author/RK)

There are two points that a social scientist would ask jurists to consider before deciding how much further and in what direction to proceed: (1) social science is concerned with the prediction of future events, whereas the purpose of the law is to order them; (2) social science is rarely neutral. (Author/MC)

Reports on an investigation of the amount and partisan direction of editorial space that ten leading newspapers devoted to foreign affairs in the 1976 presidential election, and of the way in which the newspapers dealth with foreign policy issues. (GW)

Examines the role of generations in American political culture in light of the similarities that bind the participants in each political generation and the differences that distinguish one generation from another. (Author/DB)

Discusses Rokeach's conceptualization of values and specifically examines Rokeach's model of political orientation based on the importance of Freedom and Equality. Contends that content analysis of four American political books using Rokeach's model underscores these two values as those most important for differentiating ideological positions. (MH)

Attempts to uncover clues concerning the ways people of different orientations responded to incoming information during the 1976 Presidential campaign. (MH)

Concerned that the undocumented alien questions should not be pushed aside, MALDEF focused its efforts on presenting Mexican American immigration concerns both in individual meetings with Carter's "domestic issues man" and with other administration officials. MALDEF also facilitated Administration meetings on immigration with other…

Political, social and ethnic awareness arising from the Vietnam war have influenced the performing arts. The proliferation of theaters and dramatic workshops and the level of consciousness in the works produced demonstrate trends in American ethnic theater. (GC)

This article reports on the development and activities of an Asian American theater group on the West Coast. The author interviewed actors and organizers about how Asian social and political experiences, including the Vietnam war, are manifesting themselves in modern drama. (GC)