All governments or ruling parties contain competing agencies, powerful individuals or small groups that are able to commit government resources to their viewpoint on foreign policy. These configurations make up the ultimate decision unit, whose properties modify the precise character of its government's actions. The first part of this paper…

The questions that observers of Congress have posed throughout U.S. history continue to confront citizens: how have the constitutional powers of Congress adapted to new conditions, and how has this affected Congress's relations with the other branches of government. Congress, in its constitutional design, is part of the remedy for the problems of…

The study focuses on the 16 industrial unions joined together in the German Trade Union Confederation and their relations at the national level to the two major parties of the Federal Republic. Historical background and current socioeconomic issues and problems are topics discussed. (MW)

As old-school officers of the armed forces take over Chile, the think tank-trained ruling military of Brazil and Peru wonder why the Chileans didn't educate themselves to govern. (Editor)

This publication is a comprehensive record of testimony and exhibits presented to the Committee on Governmental Affairs of the U.S. Senate during hearings on five proposed bills to establish a Department of Education. The hearings were conducted on October 12 and 13, 1977 to consider the following bills: S.991, S.255, S.300, S.894, and S.1685.…

We are, for the second time in a hundred years, experiencing a revolution in the politics of education. In the 1890s municipal reform wrested control of urban school systems from city political machines and their neighborhood subunits. Since then the structure of school government has rested on two types of legitimacy. These are a belief in…

IN THIS HANDBOOK PROCEDURES FOR THE DESIGNATION, RECOGNITION, AND STRUCTURE OF COMMUNITY ACTION AGENCIES UNDER SECTIONS 210 AND 211 OF THE ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY ACT, AS AMENDED BY THE ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY AMENDMENTS OF 1967 ARE OUTLINED. ADDITIONAL POLICIES REQUIRED BY THE 1967 AMENDMENTS WILL BE ISSUED IN THE FUTURE. DETAILED TIMETABLES FOR…

This report is an interpretative review of the state laws and aspects of the general governing structure of Ohio public libraries that are important for development of a statewide library program in accordance with accepted professional standards. Library and municipal laws were analyzed, questionnaires were submitted to public libraries, and…

Corporate management is a reorganization of local government promulgated in Great Britain by the Bains Report and reinforced by the 1974 reorganization act. It emphasizes that the departmental orientation of much of local government must give way to a broader, unifying, corporate perspective. The example of how corporate management has not worked…

GRADES OR AGES: Grade 7. SUBJECT MATTER: Social studies, Southeast Asia. ORGANIZATION AND PHYSICAL APPEARANCE: The guide is divided into four subunits--physical geography, social development, economic development, and history and government. The central section of each subunit is laid out in three columns, one each for topics, activities, and…

In May 1968, President Johnson called upon the White House Fellows Association to develop a plan for bringing outstanding college students to Washington for a series of seminars with government leaders on key issues of the times. The resulting study revealed that communications channels between the federal government and students in the US were…

Discusses Chicago's recent adoption of a new personnel system patterned closely after the Model Public Personnel Administration Law developed by the National Civil Service League (NCSL). Describes major provisions of NCSL's model law and relates the process used by NCSL to develop, evaluate, and encourage adoption of the model law. (JG)

Preparing poster-sized organizational charts forces students and reporters to develop detailed familiarity with their assigned news beats. (RL)

Australia is an independent nation-state, federally constituted under a democratic parliamentary system. Being part of the Commonwealth of Nations, with feelings of loyalty to the Crown, Australia is also a democratic monarchy. Its political structure is discussed. (RM)

America's economic system is re-examined in the light of cataclysmic changes which have occurred since 1932. Features of the New Deal and Fair Deal are highlighted. (Author/KM)