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TIS PAPER ATTEMPTS FIVE GOALS:TO DESCRIBE AND ILLUSTRATE THE USE OF FORMAL METHODS OF POLITICAL BEHAVIOR; TO EXPLAIN WHY SOME USE MODELS IN RESEARCH; TO IDENTIFY SUBFIELDS IN WHICH MODELS EXIST AND SUGGEST OTHERS WHERE MODELS SHOULD EXIST; TO DISCUSS VARIOUS TYPES OF EXISTING MODELS; AND, TO OFFER SOME CRITICAL STANDARDS ACCORDING TO WHICH RESEARCH WHICH INVOLVES MODELS CAN BE JUDGED.