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CONFLICTING FINDINGS ON THE DIRECTION OF CAUSATION IN THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN COMMITTEE JURISDICTIONS OF REPRESENTATIVES AND THE AMOUNTS OF FEDERAL OUTLAYS FOR THEIR DISTRICTS ARE EXAMINED. THE AUTHOR HYPOTHESIZES THAT THE GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION OF FEDERAL SPENDING MANDATES THE COMMITTEE ASSIGNMENTS OF US REPRESENTATIVES. DATA ANALYZED CONTRIBUTE SUPPORT TO THIS "RECRUITMENT" HYPOTHESIS.

THIS ADDRESS BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE INTERNATIONAL STUDIES ASSOCIATION DISCUSSES PROBLEMS OF THEORY BUILDING IN THE AREA OF INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS. THE AUTHOR DISCUSSES ONE CONCEPTUAL APPROACH TO THEORY DEVELOPMENT, THINKING IN TERMS OF PUZZLES, AND EXAMINES THREE BODIES OF LITERATURE IN DEVELOPING THE APPROACH: DYADIC INTERATION, SYSTEMIC STRUCTURE AND WAR; AND CONFLICT BEHAVIOR CHARACTERISTICS.

IN AN EXAMINATION OF AMERICAN VICE PRESIDENTIAL SELECTION THE AUTHOR STRESSES THE IMPORTANCE OF THE NATIONAL PARTY NOMINATING CONVENTION AS A UNIFYING FORCE, AT A CRITICAL TIME, FOR AMERICA'S DECENTRALIZED PARTIES. SIGNIFICANT CRITERIA IN THE SELECTION PROCESS ARE ENUMERATED, INCLUDING THE GEOGRAPHICAL AND IDEOLOGICAL BALANCING ROLE OFTEN PLAYED BY A VICE PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE.

AUTHOR, IN THE FIRST OF A TWO-PART ESSAY, OUTLINES IN DETAIL THE POLITICAL AND INTELLECTUAL CULTURE WHICH HAS INSPIRED AND SHAPED MARXIST HISTORY IN BRITAIN. HE ILLUSTRATES THE WAYS IN WHICH SOCIALIST AND COMMUNIST THOUGHT WERE INFLUENCED BY PRIOR TRADITIONS WITH THEIR ROOTS IN SECTARIAN RELIGIOUS ZEAL AND THE SCIENTIFIC RATIONALISM OF THE 19TH CENTURY.

ARTICLE CONSIDERS THE ROLE OF CONGRESS IN FOREIGN POLICY MAKING, FOCUSING ON THE PRE-1973 PRESIDENCY. THE AUTHOR DEVELOPS A SERIES OF PROPOSITIONS RELATING TO RECIPROCAL INFLUENCE BETWEEN THE LEGISLATIVE AND EXECUTIVE BRANCHES AND ESTABLISHES ISSUE TYPOLOGIES MOST LIKELY TO ACTIVATE CONGRESSIONAL ACTIVITY. HE ARGUES THAT FOREIGN POLICY IS, & WILL REMAIN, AN EXECUTIVE DOMAIN.

THE ESSAY DISCUSSES PAST PERCEPTIONS OF MILITARY GOVERNMENTS IN AFRICA, NOTING THAT MOST STUDIES HAVE BEEN DEVOTED TO MEASURABLE POLICY OUTCOMES OF MILITARY REGIMES. THE AUTHOR THEN MOVES TO A DISCUSSION OF MILITARY REGIMES AND FOREIGN POLICY FACTORS, QUESTIONING WHETHER CERTAIN INSTITUTIONAL FACTORS LEAD AFRICAN MILITARIES TO SPECIAL FOREIGN POLICY POSTURES.

ARTICLE DISCUSSES THE PROPOSAL, SPONSORED BY PRESIDENT SENGHOR OF SENEGAL, FOR A FRANCO-AFRICAN COMMONWEALTH CONSISTING OF THE FORMER AFRICAN COLONIES OF FRANCE. DESPITE THE CLEAR NEED FOR AFRICAN POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC INTEGRATION AND COOPERATION, THE AUTHOR ARGUES THAT THE ATTEMPTED INSTITUTION OF A NEO-COLONIAL PACT IS A QUESTIONABLE IDEA.

THE AUTHOR REVIEWS COMMONLY HELD BELIEFS ABOUT THE POLITICAL ACTIVITY OF WOMEN: THAT THEY ARE LESS LIKELY TO VOTE THAN MEN, THAT THEY ARE MORE CONSERVATIVE IN POLITICAL ORIENTATION, ETC. SUCH VIEWS ARE EVALUATED FIRST WITH REFERENCE TO CLASSIC WORKS WHICH HAVE SUPPORTED THEM, AND THEN IN LIGHT OF MORE RECENT RESEARCH FINDINGS.

ARTICLE EXAMINES SYSTEMS OR PROCESSES OF KEEPING TRACK OF INFORMATION IN THE FIELD OF POLITICAL SCIENCE. THE AUTHOR FOCUSES ON NINE INDEXES AND ABSTRACTS WHICH ARE INTERNATIONAL IN SCOPE, COVER ALL FIELDS COMMON TO POLITICAL SCIENCE, ARE PUBLISHED ANNULLY. THE PUBLICATIONS ARE COMPARED AND ASSESSED IN TERMS OF USEFULNESS FOR RESEARCHERS, TEACHERS, LIBRARIES.

AUTHOR FIRST IDENTIFIES SEVERAL GENERAL TENDENCIES IN INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATION WHICH EMERGED IN THE 1970S (INTERRELATEDNESS OF ISSUES; LACK OF CONSENSUS, ETC.). A FRAMEWORK FOR EXAMINING CHANGES IN THE STRUCTURES OF WORLD ORDER AND INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTIONS IS DISCUSSED, INCLUDING POLITICAL, SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC CHANGES IN THE GLOBAL ORDER. A CONSIDERATION OF FUTURE WORLD ORDER IS INCLUDED.

THE EVALUATION RESEARCH UTILIZATION QUESTION IS ADDRESSED IN THIS ESSAY. AN IDEALIZED MODEL OF EVALUATION IS DESCRIBED AND COMPARED WITH AN "ACTUAL' MODEL, I.E., ONE USED IN A RITUAL SENSE TO CALM THE CITIZENRY OR TO RESOLVE CONFLICT. THE AUTHOR ARGUES IN FAVOR OF THE VALUE OF EVALUATION RESEARCH AND ITS USEFULNESS IN THE POLICY MAKING PROCESS.

ARTICLE REVIEWS OPERATION INTERCEPT, LAUNCHED ALONG THE US-MEXICAN BORDER BY THE NIXON ADMINISTRATION IN 1969, WHICH WAS DESIGNED TO FORCE MEXICAN COMPLIANCE WITH WASHINGTON'S ANTI-DRUG CAMPAIGN. THE AUTHOR DISCUSSES THE FAILURE OF THE PROGRAM AND THE DAMAGE IT DID TO DIPLOMATIC RELATIONS BETWEEN THE TWO COUNTRIES. POLICY RECOMMENDATIONS ARE MADE.

THE ARTICLE TRACES THE IRANIAN REVOLUTION, FROM THE GENERAL STRIKE OF 1978-79, TO THE CONSOLIDATION OF A THEOCRATIC REGIME IN PRESENT-DAY IRAN. THE AUTHOR OFFERS AN INDEPTH ANALYSIS OF THE ROLE OF THE MIDDLE CLASS, FOUR DISTINCT RELIGIOUS REVOLUTIONARY FACTIONS, AND THE ARMY. HE DISCUSSES KHOMEINI'S PRIME POLICIES & FUTURE PROSPECTS.

ESSAY REVIEWS THE EXPANSION OF TV NEWS COVERAGE ON FOREIGN EVENTS, NOTING THAT THE COVERAGE TIME HAS ALMOST DOUBLED SINCE 1977. EXAMINING THE ROLE OF THE NEWS MEDIA IN THE IRANIAN HOSTAGE SITUATION, THE AUTHOR FOCUSES ON THE SOPHISTICATION OF THIRD WORLD GOVERNMENTS AND REVOLUTIONARIES IN MANIPULATING THE MEDIA FOR THEIR OWN ENDS.

AUTHOR DISCUSSES ALTERNATIVES OF PUBLIC INTERNATIONAL AGENCIES (PIAS), SUGGESTING THAT THEY ARE CHARACTERIZED BY NEGATIVE ATTRIBUTES: TREATIES OR FORMAL AGREEMENTS ARE NOT CENTRAL TO THEIR OPERATION, ETC. THESE ALTERNATIVE 'ORGANIZATIONS' ARE DIVIDED INTO 4 GROUPS: CHANGING LINES OF NATIONAL JURISDICTION; NATIONAL BUREAUCRACIES; PRIVATE GROUPS; NONCOMMERCIAL GROUPS. EACH IS COMPARED WITH PIAS.