Examines popular culture in terms of its position in social structures of power, looking at the Ivoirien music made popular by state television in Cote d'Ivoire. Focuses on Cote d'Ivoire's international singing star, Alpha Blondy, and how this singer and others negotiate the relationship between state television and the Ivoirien popular singer.…

Professor George Sefa Dei has written and taught extensively in the fields of anti-colonialism and anti-racism. His latest work on the subject is "Anti-Colonialism and Education: The Politics of Resistance," co-edited with Arlo Kempf for Sense Publishers (2006). Dei and Kempf are also co-authoring a forthcoming volume on anti-colonial…

Reflecting on his experience as a trustee of the University of Maine when the Governor demanded the resignation of the entire board (and all refused), the author examines issues of institutional autonomy in public higher education emphasizing that the board of trustees must determine which kinds of political influence are proper. (JT)

The higher education lobby has been severely criticized for its aloofness toward politics. In the past, vigorous lobbying was less necessary, but sustained representation in the political sphere is now vital to the future of higher education. Although the education lobby failed to promote its interests concerning the Education Amendments of 1972,…

This study measures changes over nearly thirty years in the amount of aid provided by state governments to public libraries and the relationship of these changes to the party in power. Aid is examined at two levels: the first views the party in power at the inception of state aid the second notes the party when a significant increase is made in…

Increased grassroots political activity by the far right wing of the political spectrum suggests that American public education may be entering another round of attack from that sector. A review of activities of ultraconservatives and the far right shows that the "New Right" coalition of these groups presents signs of long range…

This study compares the perceptions of the educational policymaking process held by education interest group staffs with those of State legislators. Structured interviews were held with executive officers in six major education organizations, and 207 legislators were surveyed by personal interviews during the 1969 legislative session. Categories…

This is the complete text of President Carter's speech concerning the black community. Here he presents the programs, goals, and objectives the Carter Administration has in mind for black Americans. (Author/AM)

Examines a conflict of interests between the Israeli Ministry of Education and the teachers union over proposed Legislation for a structural school change. The author also compares education politics in Israel with those of Michigan. (JF)

Discusses weakness of traditionally accepted measures of political efficacy and presents a new measure based on problem solving. Political efficacy is defined as the feeling that an individual political action can have an impact on the political process. (Author/KC)

Examines the efforts of conservative religious and political organizations to influence the schools. Argues that protection of inquiry in the classroom constitutes the first line of defense for the continuation of democracy during times of stress and change. (Author/IRT)

Argues that media flow research needs to be reconceptualized differently from notions of one-way flows that serve coherent national interests, and whose asymmetries can be measured statistically and unambiguously. Argues that global circulation is now complex and contradictory, and that new culturally-based models and methods are needed for…

Examines how texts are constrained by cultural forces in a critical analysis of the controversy regarding rap group Public Enemy's Professor Griff and his universalizing claims about Jews. Investigates the economic, political, and ideological mechanisms that encouraged the band to withdraw Griff's comments and replace it with a text more…

The article reports on efforts of scholars (including historians, political scientists, economists, and sociologists) to study the economic and political transformation taking place in Eastern Europe. Noted are analogies with Latin American development, difficulties of privatization, and contradictions between democracy and economic reform. (DB)

Discusses liberal and conservative foreign policy contributions to the end of the Cold War, as marked by the rapid liberalization of Eastern Europe and the Soviet Union. Emphasizes that the collapse of the Soviet empire occurred at the end of a decade of sustained conservative government in every major country of the Western world. (FMW)