In a discussion of the attempts of the organized workers' photography movement in Weimar Germany to redirect the use of photographs in everyday life, this paper analyzes photographs published in the "Arbeiter-Illustrierte-Zeitung," (AIZ) a large and successful picture magazine that emphasized a left-wing, humanitarian approach. The paper…

Discussed in this article is the extent to which the meaning and the practice of full equality for Jewish people have been clarified and achieved, respectively, in relation to the modern developments of the Enlightenment and Socialism. (EB)

Despite contrasts between capitalist Hong Kong and socialist Guangzhou, the two cities' community work is similar in terms of superficial emphasis on citizen participation, maintenance of status quo, and consensus orientation. The imminent changeover in Hong Kong's sovereignty will change social welfare services in both cities. (SK)

Uses library research and international fieldwork to describe local social services for elderly in Hungary stating that supplemental local services are needed to compensate for inadequate universal entitlements. Concludes that current economic and political situation is unfavorable to improving benefit system. (Author/CM)

Studied the effects of state policies on the areas of tracking, content, and pedagogy on the faculties of eight German secondary schools after the fall of socialism. Teachers forcefully adjusted their beliefs to the new tracking structure, but did not necessarily adjust teaching standards. (SLD)

The contradictions of political education in East European socialist countries based on the Hungarian experience are explored in this paper. Divided into three parts, the first part gives a brief sketch of institutionalized political education, while the second concerns the crisis of Hungary's political education emerging in the 1980s. In the…

The relationship between the secondary education system and wider political, economic, and sociocultural developments in Africa is examined. Special emphasis is given to the problems of political ideology and education in Zambia; but as Zambian socialist ideology and educational history show similarities to other African nations, the author's…

A content analysis of selected German translations of six Chinese primary school textbooks, used from 1963 to 1982, assessed the socializing functions of qualification, integration, and identification. Categories involved include professional, moral, cultural, family, school, associations, China as a unified nation, China's achievements, and…