The procedures the New Right is using to bring about the restoration of an America which once existed not only repudiate traditional conservative ways but also threaten the fragile structure of American politics. Issues, methods, and goals of the New Right are discussed. (CJ)

The act of reading is more than decoding written language, and should be seen as a development process that leads to understanding of actual experiences and the real world. Reading involves critical perception, interpretation, and the conscious transformation of what is read into practical action to change the world. (Author/MJL)

Vigorous and dramatic attempts to reform city life and people have been with us for almost two centuries. In retrospect, the school desegregation movement appears to have been an extension of the tradition of moral reform crusades which began after 1800. Desegregation of the public schools was seen as the best hope for reconstituting public…

Court-ordered citizen monitoring of school desegregation does little to increase participation in school politics by minorities, women, the powerless, or the uninvolved. The greatest effects of increasing community involvement are likely to be a little more effective desegregation and much more power and participation for those who already have…

Community problem solving as an aspect of continuing education is traced from the colonial period to the present. This review shows that educational programs to help adults identify and solve community problems are not a recent innovation. (Author/JOW)

This paper presents recommendations concerning the reduction of child abuse and neglect. Some recommendations concern research toward further understanding the problem, while other recommendations concern policies that may help reduce the problem. (Author/EB)

A summary and a critique of citizenship education that defines it as education for decision making within a democratic society. Ethical and epistemological aspects of the fundamental assumptions are clarified. (Author/MLF)

While John Dewey and Bertrand Russell share certain fundamental similarities in thought on many major social issues, it is in their educational thought that the disparity is most evident. (JN)

The evolution of ethics in law is followed from the harshness of caveat emptor to the humanistic ethics of the 1970s, including a renewal of formal ethics in the post-Watergate era. The impact on universities and individual disciplines of legalizing ethical conduct is examined cautiously. (JMF)

A little over ten years ago, Herbert Marcuse found himself in the cross fire of the student movement. The radical right saw in Marcuse an incitement to revolutionary action, but individualism distinguished him from doctrinaire Marxists. He upheld the importance of pure contemplation and theory. (MLW)

Suggests that the commercial broadcasting system is an anomaly in a nation which pledges allegiance to child welfare since it permits even more advertising to young viewers than it sanctions for their parents. (Author/AM)

Forty-nine blacks, sixty-two prejudiced whites, and sixty unprejudiced whites rated twenty-eight goals of possible social action. All groups expressed preference for establishment of equal rights and opportunities over forced integration and "hand-out" social programs. (RW)

Contends that theatre has the power to induce oppressors to change their attitudes permanently towards the groups they oppress. Describes theatrical performances by women in Mundemba Sub-Division, Cameroon, which created lasting changes in men's attitudes. Concludes that theatre calls for sociocultural and economic changes and it has the power to…

Includes three articles that focus on people affected by immigration: (1) "Locked Up Tight" (Margaret Graham Tebo); (2) "Asylum May Be a Matter of Life and Death" (Mary Meg McCarthy); and (3) "The Next Gideon?" (Siobhan Morrissey). Includes adult detainees, asylum seekers, and refugee minors. (CMK)

Examined the impact of a college course that focused on intergroup relations and social conflict. Student surveys indicated that the course increased students' structural attributions for racial/ethnic inequality and socio-historical causation. In thinking or cognitive understanding and competencies, engaged learning mediated the impact of content…