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Peer reviewedGapotchka, Marlen P. – International Social Science Journal, 1985
Details the aims and efforts of contemporary social science research in the Soviet Union. Includes an extensive list of recent Russian-language social science research monographs and books. (JDH)
Descriptors: Culture, Political Attitudes, Research, Secondary Education
Peer reviewedYoung, Marilyn J.; Launer, Michael K. – Journal of Communication, 1991
Demonstrates that a review of news coverage and an analysis of two documentary films in the context of Soviet cultural values and political stakes suggests that the rhetorical reconstruction of Chernobyl contributed to the legitimation of nuclear power and the environment as public issues. (PRA)
Descriptors: Documentaries, Foreign Countries, Mass Media Effects, Mass Media Role
Krasovitskii, M. Iu. – Soviet Education, 1991
Discusses former Soviet schools' inadequacy in promoting students' political involvement. Reports that students can be grouped according to their social attitudes as (1) conformists; (2) negativists or nihilists; and (3) those with critical, creative attitudes toward majority opinion. Argues that schools can promote independent thinking by…
Descriptors: Activism, Critical Thinking, Curriculum Development, Educational Change
Peer reviewedWalch, Karen; And Others – Journal of Language for International Business, 1995
Presents perspectives resulting from the inquiry of the American Graduate School of International Management (AZ) 1994 Winterim students who traveled and studied in Cuba. The article maintains that the selective withdrawal of state power from economic activity and the gradual renewal of private competition promotes controversy. (48 references)…
Descriptors: Change Agents, Economic Change, Foreign Countries, Graduate Students
