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THE AUTHORS ASSESS THE EFFECTIVENESS OF CANADIAN FOREIGN POLICY UNDER FOREIGN MINISTER LLOYD AXWORTHY. SEVERAL INITIATIVES CHAMPIONED BY AXWORTHY -- ESPECIALLY THE CAMPAIGNS TO BAN ANTI-PERSONNEL LANDMINES, TO CONTROL THE INTERNATIONAL TRADE IN LIGHT WEAPONS, AND TO PROHIBIT THE USE OF CHILD SOLDIERS IN COMBAT -- HAVE PROVED TO BE EXTREMELY POPULAR WITH THE CANADIAN PEOPLE BECAUSE THEY REFLECT CORE CANADIAN VALUES. MOREOVER, AXWORTHY'S VIGOROUS PERSONAL COMMITMENT TO HUMAN RIGHTS, DISARMAMENT, AND RELATED CAUSES HAS ENERGIZED BOTH HIS DEPARTMENT AND, FREQUENTLY, THE CHRETIEN GOVERNMENT.

The extent to which fundamentalist religious beliefs influence political attitudes & behavior among whites is explored using data from the U of Michigan 1980 National Election Study, which conducted pre- & postelection interviews with 1,614 individuals. The analysis reveals that strong fundamentalists are particularly conservative, & hold distinct attitudes on various issues of public concern, especially those dealing with questions of morality & lifestyle. New Christian Right supporters also participated at a higher rate in the 1980 election, & voted more heavily for Republican candidates. Contrary to earlier studies, findings show that conservative religious groups played a noteworthy role in the defeat of Democratic congressional candidates in 1980. It is suggested that the new Christian Right may have a greater impact on the outcome of low turnout contests such as congressional elections than on presidential elections. 6 Tables, 16 References. Modified AA.

Objective. Although debate concerning the theory of evolution is part of an ongoing U.S. dialogue over the proper role of religion in society, academics have provided little in the way of systematic understanding of public opinion on this issue. Important questions, such as the relative influence of socializing agents—religion and education—in shaping attitudes on evolution remain unanswered. Building on socialization and cognitive accessibility theories, we offer a framework for predicting public opinion on human origins and the teaching of evolution in public schools.Methods. We model attitudes on evolution and related policy through analysis of data from a 2005 national survey of U.S. adults.Results. Our analysis suggests that religion and education are key predictors of opinion, but that gender, partisanship, and ideology also play an important role.Conclusion. The socializing agent of religion outweighs the effect of education on attitudes related to evolution.

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Press, Platform, Pulpit examines how early black feminism goes public by sheding new light on some of the major figures of early black feminism as well as bringing forward some lesser-known individuals who helped shape various reform movements. With a perspective unlike many other studies of black feminism, Teresa Zackodnik considers these activists as central, rather than marginal, to the politics of their day, and argues that black feminism reached critical mass well before the club movement's national federation at the turn into the twentieth century . Throughout, she shifts the