This classified, comprehensive bibliography for Appalachian studies includes books, journal articles, government documents, and selected newspaper articles published in 2010, plus relevant titles indexed in ProQuest Dissertations & Theses Database. Also, a number of earlier citations not included in the previous bibliography are listed here.…

Government publications, indexes, periodicals and selected articles, booklets and pamphlets, books, and other useful information dealing with the legislative process in the United States at the local, state, and federal levels are described. (CMJ)

This document provides references to recently published materials on the social and political aspects of science and technology available for examination in the collections of the Library of Congress. These published materials include: selected texts; handbooks, encyclopedias and dictionaries; bibliographies; government publications; abstracting…

Comments upon selected literature and data sources that are illustrative of such interdisciplinary areas as political psychology, propaganda, election and voting behavior, public opinion polls, and election statistics. (Author)

The key question identified is not whether literacy theories, practices, and research recognize variable and contextual aspects of literacy, but whether they consider how this diversity positions learners, teachers, and researchers with respect to existing inequities and relations of domination and subordination. (55 references) (LB)

This packet of 10 microfiche (a total of 960 pages) contains resource materials concerning the 1974-75 National High School Debate issue, political reform. The majority of these items consist of material from United States Congressional activity (e.g., reports from several Senate and House committees, a statement by Birch Bayh on direct popular…

A bibliography of approximately 88 materials on the new right and education in the United States is presented. Although some of the publications are from the 1970s, most cover the 1980-1983 period. Specific topics include the following: school politics and the influence of interest groups and social movements; secular humanism and the schools;…

This annotated bibliography lists bibliographies, directories, articles, unpublished papers, manuals, citations, conference reports, and other documents dealing with Koreans in America. Topics considered include general history, immigration history, deportation cases, Korean students, State and Federal legislation affecting Koreans in America,…

The focus on this two-part document is the background information illuminating the underlying issues of the 1974-75 National High School Debate Resolutions. Within the general category of the problems of political reform, the specific problem area is stated as "How can the federal political system best be improved?" The three debate…

This 63-page annotated bibliography contains available materials in the area of political communication, a relatively new field of political science. Political communication includes facets of the election process and interaction between political parties and the voter. A variety of materials dating from 1960 to 1972 include books, pamphlets,…

Information about materials on environmental scanning is offered. Suggestions about sources of data for scanning are provided, organized into six facets of the environment: demographic, economic, political, organizational, technological, and social-cultural. (MLW)

This bibliography provides a survey of current published research in urban education. It is divided into the following topics: (1) general works on urban education; (2) educating urban youth; (3) fiscal priorities in urban education; (4) emerging (school-community) partnerships; (5) political and legal realities confronting urban education; and…

An abstract of a study to discover the political interaction leading to policy decisions for the management of underutilized school facilities, to determine the actual policies that resulted from those activities, and to investigate the satisfaction level of participants. (Author/MLF)

This brief summarizes the findings of significant research studies dealing with school district governance and the political processes of local school districts. The bulk of the discussion focuses on the research of Harmon Zeigler and his colleagues, particularly on the study described in "Governing American Schools," by Zeigler, Jennings, and…

Designed to provide an orientation in and foster sensitivity to the field of educational politics as it has evolved during the past decade, this monograph reviews, synthesizes, and evaluates selected literature in the field, and integrates theoretical analysis and empirical evidence. Three themes recur throughout the monograph--that there is a…