Understanding the relationship between interest groups and legislators is one resource for effective use of influence. As major social welfare decisions are made in the political arena, social work must commit itself to understanding and influencing the political process. The article states generalizations based on political science literature.…

Examines some common assumptions about licensing, identifies the major regulatory and non-regulatory policies affecting child care programs, and relates these policies to the issue of quality care for children. (CM)

Examines the resource decision processes of English education, with emphasis on decisional freedom and constraints, government influence, budgeting processes, fiscal accounting, and allocative mechanisms. (DB)

Explores how the increasing interest by social science researchers in public policy issues has influenced policy, particularly in the area of education. Offers suggestions for making research on social science utilization and impact stronger. (Author/DB)

Describes radio broadcasting in Nigeria, and discusses the factors for successful radio communication, the policy implications, the provision of radio stations, and political objections. (JEG)

An editorial is presented on the effect of computer technology on informatics policies in developing countries. (BB)

A new problem in technology policy is posed by the need for technology suited to creating productive jobs and providing minimum public services at a cost and level of sophistication within the reach of poor people in developing countries. (BB)

Examines some major underlying issues responsible for pervasive negative attitudes towards the 1979 United Nations Conference on Science and Technology for Development (UNCSTD). Cites world economy, socio-political influence in less developed countries, and the modus operandi of the United Nations as issues of importance. (MA)

Describes the establishment of a scheme whereby the students in the Atherton and Tyldesley area adult education centers in England can participate in the policy-making and running of their centers. (WL)

Discusses multicultural education policy in Canada in terms of a proposed redefinition toward a framework involving revision of the norm to include all groups of students. Argues that although the vision of multicultural education presented in Ghosh's book provides valuable suggestions of what multicultural education in Canada should be like, the…

Describes a model organization tree for the typical report expected of students in the strategy or policy course. Argues that, by defining relationships between the various analytical tasks and the overall strategy recommendation, the model helps students not only organize the final report but also understand the process by which they arrive at a…

A rapidly developing innovation culture in higher education heightens the importance of policies regarding intellectual property rights. Irish universities are beginning to develop such policies, using examples from the United States. (SK)

Presents a list of commonly used elements found in a number of electronic information collection development policy statements collected by an American Library Association committee. The article concludes with a selected annotated bibliography of 14 sources relating to collection development policies for electronic information resources.…

Research on stress, burnout, and family-work balance among extension agents in several states identified factors influencing stress. Effective stress management techniques were derived from successful extension workshops. Also needed are systemic changes in policies and in practices that contribute to high stress. (SK)

Proposes that educators and researchers need guidelines that not only address the potential power abuses in researcher/teacher to participant/student relationships, they also need guidelines that deal substantively with the impossibility of researchers taking completely objective, detached stances. Suggests several principles that should be…