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"March, 1916"--Cover ; Index covers July 1890-Jan. 1916 ; "Supplement to The Annals of The American Academy of Political and Social Science"--Cover ; Mode of access: Internet.

Examines the impact of social movement organizations (SMOs) & interest groups on public policy, arguing that their influence is constrained by electoral competition & limits on the ability of citizens/legislators to address multiple issues at the same time. Legislators pay attention to the wishes of the majority of their constituents, & SMOs cannot have a direct impact on policy if they are in conflict with the majority over issues the public cares about. However, SMOs can directly influence policy on issues the public is not particularly interested in, & indirectly influence policy by relating information to elected officials & administrative agencies, as well as by working to change the public's policy preferences or the intensity of their concerns. An examination of the activities of SMOs & interest groups in the context of theories of democracy leads to the conclusion that there is no theoretical justification for distinguishing between them; hence, their abilities to impact public policy are roughly the same. J. Lindroth

US foreign policy, if it continues to be defined in terms of the extensive set of post WWII commitments & a continuing interest in world order, faces 2 possible futures. US policy can seek to restore the bipartisan consensus & mass confidence in public policy which was so dismembered during the years of Vietnam & by the spectacle of Watergate. If public enthusiasm for the consequences of America's commitments continues to be uncertain at best, the Ford & subsequent administrations, much like the Nixon Administration had attempted to do, can simply attempt to ignore PO in the hope that the trend of public indifference to foreign affairs can be managed so as not to exclude continuing global activism. If, however, the public is bestirred by a foreign policy which is costly & not immediately 'successful', future administrations may find real difficulty in ignoring &/or convincing an aroused public that its interests are best interpreted by national security managers. 2 Tables. AA.

A special form of social impact assessment has evolved to observe and measure the impact of science on society. A system of social impacts of science indicators has been developed to represent these complex patterns and relationships. The causal relevance of science to social performance depends on our capacity to link the complex knowledge system of modern science to the achievement of social goals. (Abstract amended)

'The Economics of Immigration' shows that immigration could significantly boost world GDP, does little to impact the job prospects or wages of the native born population, has little net fiscal impact, and that immigrants are not assimilating more slowly than prior generations