This third and final article of a series on the political socialization of children discusses the development and significance of political attitudes in Hopi Indian children. (EH)

A survey of secondary social studies teachers in St. Louis asked questions to determine a political profile and attitudes toward social studies curriculum for each teacher. How the greater dissatisfaction of the more liberal teachers toward the curriculum is manifested in the classroom is an area, however, in which study is still needed. (JH)

The argument of this paper is that universities are not politically neutral and cannot become so, and if this argument can be sustained it should be evident that arguments about whether or not they ought to be neutral are utterly mistaken. (Editor)

Despite large-scale public opposition to civilian nuclear power in the United States and France, only in the former country has the opposition been successful in halting further commercialization of this energy technology. A major reason is that France's political structure provides relatively few access points for the expression of opposition.…

Special issue dedicated to discussion of the European Common Market. (DS)

If the political socialization of young people is not sex specific, it must be asked why women are apolitical. It is suggested that an explanation be sought in women's acute perception of structural constraints which make them decide against active participation in an area designated a "man's world." (RM)

Examines the book, "The Rise of the West: A History of the Human Community," 25 years after its publication. Contends that the book was influenced by the particular historical and political circumstances of its time. Discusses the books' deficiencies and biases. Considers the changes in historiography since 1963. (RW)

Devolution to Scotland, Wales and (intermittently) Northern Ireland was one of the major constitutional reforms initiated by the new Labour Government when it took office in 1997. This was largely a political project, and one of devolution's key successes was largely to halt, at least for a while, political debates about the position of Scotland…

Criticism directed at the quality of UNESCO's education statistics led to the recent restructuring of the Organization's statistical services. This criticism, primarily supported by the World Bank and subsequently confirmed by consultants engaged by UNESCO, does not prove to be completely justified. In fact, a change in the political orientation…

A violent conflict between Maoist insurgents and the national government has engulfed Nepal for most of the last decade, a situation that has been complicated by deep-seated instability at the highest levels of the government itself. Even with the declaration of a ceasefire in 2006, violence endures in pockets of lawless banditry and unrest at the…

This study examines the value of school board experience as a political apprenticeship for a group of 10 politicians in Canada who went on to successful careers in the House of Commons or the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia. Structured indepth interviews focused on the study's principal concerns: political socialization, political…

An examination of the role of journalists in the political process suggests that although there has been some reflective analysis by journalists on the potentially distorting consequences of routine news procedures, most journalists seem reluctant to acknowledge any such distortion. An analysis of the media coverage of two political scenarios (the…

A small number of selected books and articles which deal with the impact of technological advancement on the American political structure have been abstracted for this document. Materials were chosen for abstracting which presented a significant analysis of issues, a useful compilation of data, or which are representative of different outlooks and…

The purpose of this study was to explore the correlates of student political views using multiple regression and discriminant analysis. A questionnaire was administered to 5,671 undergraduates at the University of Maryland during the fall of 1970. Variables covered by the questionnaire included attitudes toward campus disruptions, the Vietnam War,…

Extends the traditional Woelfel-Saltiel balance formulation of attitude change to a continuously-scaled least-squares paradigm in which change occurs as a function of accumulated information. A longitudinal tracking of the changes in attitude toward parties, candidates, and issues is then used to make predictions about subsequent attitudes and…