Reasons for George McGovern's presidential election failure are summarized in the context of McGovern's rhetoric as a challenger. Taking the point of view that McGovern abandoned the traditional rhetorical advantages of the challenger, the authors conclude that this abandonment along with the problems of financing, the impression of alignment with…

"Agenda-setting" is a concept that describes the effect of the news media on social groups and public opinion on major issues. Recent studies in communication are focusing on the power of the media, by selection of and emphasis on selected news, to influence public attention and to raise certain issues high on the public "agenda." The effect of…

The relationship of tax law and the politicization of the university is discussed in an effort to make university personnel aware of possible legal penalties involved in political action. The effect of political activities on university tax exemption is reviewed in relation to the policy section of Section 510 (3) of the Internal Revenue Code,…

The potential of satellites for telecommunication is enormous; however, it is possible that political and legal barriers rather than technological considerations will ultimately shape the utilization of satellite systems. This annotated bibliography is designed for use by lawyers, political scientists, technicians, engineers, and scholars who need…

The mismatch between education and work results in social and economic costs. Career education, intended to ease the problem, is criticized for opting for economic efficiency at the expense of individual development. (Author/MLF)

Explores the cessation of the protest activity prevalent during the 1960s by examining one form of protest activity -- that which occurred in several Los Angeles high schools -- by means of an analytical framework based on a view of protest as a bargaining tactic designed to induce the intervention of sympathetic third parties. (Author/JM)

Traces the historical background of the Canadian national agency, Radio-Quebec. (JY)

City Lights Books of San Francisco has served as a literary meeting place, as a bookstore that concentrates on serious literature--especially poetry, as a publisher of significant voices such as those of Allen Ginsberg and Charles Bukowski, and as an institution with a political conscience. (JMD)

Discusses improvement of relations between Western European governments and the Soviet Union and the parallel disillusionment of the revolutionary left political parties in Western Europe with the Soviet regime. (DB)

Raises several policy issues concerning interactive cable television, including the role of government and the regulation powers, and the implications of telecommunication/social service system concerning privacy and confidentiality, approaches to electronic opinion polling, and the potential widening of the information gap between rich and poor.…

Keith Spicer, Canada's Official Languages Commissioner from 1970 to 1977, reflects upon strengths and weaknesses in the implementation of the Official Languages Act and expresses his views on the current status of French language rights in the spheres of government administration and education. (Author)

Concludes that as black unemployment rates stay well above the national average, black power's potential for precipitating change has diminished because its internal weaknesses have enabled it to be transformed into reinforcement for conventional American political and economic ideology. (Author/AM)

The comparison in this article centers on a relatively neglected area in the politics of race relations, the development of national reservation systems in the U.S. and Canada. (Author)

This paper identifies the politically significant others for 154 6th, 9th, and 12th grade respondents for the following topics: political parties, the presidency, Richard Nixon, and the war in Vietnam. Parents emerge as the most influential individual political socialization agent, with peers a close second. (Author/AM)

Presents a conceptual approach to the legislative process which includes coverage of the role of the media. Major texts are reviewed in terms of their coverage of the media topic. Suggestions are made for ways in which the role of the media can be more appropriately presented and emphasized in political science courses. (Author)