Describes the controversies taking place in Sweden, West Germany, and England regarding the advisability of government subsidies as a way of maintaining a free and viable press in a period of economic strife. (JMF)

The use of sports in the German Democratic Republic and the People's Republic of China is both propagandist and ideological. International sports competition can enhance the country's image and domestic sport is a means of political socialization. (DF)

Examines the impacts and consequences of the politicalization of science, the shift from an international to a national orientation in the scientific enterprise, and the professionalization of the scientific community, all of which have developed in the last century. Provides examples of each trend, including the case of German science in and…

This article discusses the concept of the forum as a form of "political conversation" in America. Two forum models (liberal and democratic) are contrasted on the basis of educational objective, experiential analogy, consensus goal, and forum participants. (IAH)

The 19th-century emergence of a centralized, state-controlled school system helped stabilize government and legitimize a state model during a revolutionary period in French history. The centralized model assisted national integration goals by fabricating a symbolic public space. This ambitious political construction may be coming apart. (Contains…

Discusses how President Clinton's view of citizenship is flawed, leading to his attempt to recast big-government programs, such as AmeriCorps, as instruments of individual and community empowerment. The debate over school lunch funding is offered as an example of Clinton's refusal to turn over power, responsibility, and resources to local control.…

Discusses the nature and dynamics of conservatism in relation to the politics of education. Argues that, because the state has replaced society and the workplace as the locus of class struggle, implementation of conservative educational and fiscal policies face barriers created by popular resistance and failures within the New Right itself. (KH)

The crisis on American campuses is blamed on the self-destructiveness of the higher education community." (Editor/IR)

With the expansion of the technological revolution, the danger of dehumanization is ever present. Governmental domination of individual and social thought, coupled with economic manipulation, are areas of concern relating to basic educational philosophy. (RAO)

Black children, like all children in all cultures, acquire the attitudes, values, and behaviors of the culture in which they grow up, including those related to government and its administration. (Author)

Explores the relationship of politics and education in Australia and describes seven important areas for future research. (JF)

Toward the end of the nineteenth century, legal and sociopolitical sectors began to view children as a social group of their own, and European countries passed laws for the protection of children and introduced compulsory school attendance. This paper asserts that measures like these led to a far-reaching new definition of childhood on a…

Describes problems encountered in educating students to become citizens who are capable of responding to domestic and international challenges. Discusses the responsibility of social studies educators in the realm of citizenship education. (Author/DB)