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Some ways in which PO analysis & PO as a variable fit into H. D. Lasswell's scheme. He proposes a series of Basic Data Surveys at each level of gov embracing all phases of the decision-making process & incorporating 7 variables for each phase: participants, perspectives, arenas, base values, strategies, outcomes, & effects. Variables affecting the use of PO in decision making include personal characteristics of decision makers & their inclinations to use PO, the stage in the decision-making process, status of the situation as a crisis or noncrisis. Alternative instit'al settings for the systematic study of PO & pol'al sci are discussed. U's act more as legitimators than innovators. Because their clientele desire immediate practical applications & because their bur'tic structures are decentralized, U's are often conservative. Lasswell proposes a revitalized professional assoc of pol'al sci'ts & the creation of advanced centers for pol'al sci that would provide context & intellectual integration. Though prospects for such instit's are not promising such centers will have to occur within the existing U framework in the foreseeable future. D. Davis (Modified).

Based on thesis--Northwestern university.

In the September ABS, Morton Halperin gave a generally favorable evaluation of the U.S. Senate's venture into foreign policy researches. James Robinson, of North- western University's Department of Political Science, is more critical. Though such studies have much potential, they are marred by inadequate ways of thinking about the future, ambiguous criteria for evaluating policies, and limited use of behavioral science.