Discusses the state of the Soviet economy during the period of perestroika. Includes the level of output, rate of inflation, privatization, and proposals for economic reform. Assesses the stabilization program and possibilities of restructuring. Concludes that neither Mikhail Gorbachev nor perestroika are likely to survive the trials of inflation,…

George S. Schuyler, an outspoken reactionary conservative from the 1940s until his death in 1977, was an active member of the Socialist Party of America in the 1920s and 1930s. Examination of his novel, "Black No More" (1931) demonstrates his early Marxist leanings. (BJV)

Examines various sociological theories of socio-cultural reproduction, devoting special attention to the role of education. Differentiates historical repetition from social reproduction and develops a social-reproduction model. (JDH)

In Marxist geography the relations that geography has traditionally analyzed--natural environment and spatial relations--are reviewed as outcomes of the mode of material production. To understand geographical relations, the social structure must also be examined. Marxist geography attempts to change the basic structure of society. (RM)

Explanations for growth beyond central city borders are examined. Presented is a general overview of the confrontation between conventional and critical urban theory. (Author/RM)

Stafford's counter-reply to Edgley's article, "Marxism, Education and Mr. Stafford" (v15 n2 p167-70 1981). The author clarifies his views on (1) the wage earner's right of dissent, (2) class differences as a source of social problems, (3) the tendency of political commitment to become ideological dogmatism, and (4) the evidence demonstrating…

Explicates the concept of praxis in Marx's dialectical analysis of capitalism and relates it to radical education: issues of access to educational opportunities, the challenge to the status quo through curriculum change, the role of the intellectual, and the relationship between knowledge and action. (SK)

Professors of educational administration are being pressed to hold one of three conflicting viewpoints about knowledge and practice: "behavioral science,""symbolic," or "critical." Using Rein's notion of stories, the author urges professors to debate these viewpoints among themselves but use stories to study…

This essay, written from a Marxist perspective, outlines the historical development of the idea of "the public." The author concludes that lifelong education is the result of working class solidarity rather than the academic heritage of the nineteenth century. (JB)

Reviews two books by Henry Giroux that consider the relations among schooling, culture, and power, and that argue for a critical science drawing on contemporary European and American Marxist cultural analyses and critical structural traditions. Argues that Giroux's work provides an important theoretical perspective for a method of study and…

Informed by recent Marxist education theory, the author gives a new account of the changes brought about by the 1875 Education Act in South Australia. Many of these changes, although couched in terms of morality and efficiency, represented a direct assault on the lifestyles and culture of the laboring people. (RM)

A rejoinder to Stafford's article which states that Marxist teachers should not be tolerated (v15 n2 p161-66 1981). The author argues that in rejecting the Marxist critique of education which holds that capitalist schools indoctrinate students to reproduce the system, Stafford avoids confronting the reality of capitalist exploitation. (AM)

Suggests research agenda to analyze the class struggle occurring with farm women. Views the household as the unit of analysis, both internally from a farming-systems perspective and externally as responding to shifts in policy and technology. Available from: Rural Sociological Society, 325 Morgan Hall, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN 37916.…

Compares the language usage of a working-class couple and a small-town mayor. Uses a Marxian rhetorical perspective to connect language styles and class distinctions. Considers the educational implications of this connection. (RL)

Discusses the development of Soviet teaching methodology in literature from 1917 to the present. The document is written from the point of view of Soviet Marxist-Leninist criticism and covers the curriculum reform of the late 1960s. (Author/KC)