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In this chapter, the author examines the different types of research methodology used in public opinion research, what is being measured in public opinion research -- behavior, knowledge, & views, & distinguishes between opinions, attitudes, & values. References. D. Miller

The author highlights the alternative choices open to Australian policy makers in their quest to achieve an acceptable balance between three potentially conflicting quality goals: improved efficiency (GDP per capita), full employment, and distributional equity.

THE AUTHOR SUMMARIZES MAJOR POLITICAL DEVELOPMENTS IN RUSSIA IN 1997 AND FINDS NEW EVIDENCE OF STABILITY DESPITE PRESIDENT BORIS YELTSIN'S SOMETIMES UNPREDICTABLE BEHAVIOR. HE ALSO DISCUSSES RUSSIAN FOREIGN POLICY IN 1997, PARTICULARLY MOSCOW'S RESPONSE TO NATO ENLARGEMENT.

Eric Alden Smith and Bruce Winterhalder, eds., Evolutionary Ecology and Human Behavior. Aldine de Gruyter, New York, 1992. Pp. xv, 470, tables, boxes, figures, bibliography, author index, subject index, $59.95 (cloth), $29.95 (paper).

The author writes in detail about the political scene in Malta during the British occupation which featured several high-ranking British officials. Two such individuals were Lord Hobart and Civil Commissioner Charles Cameron. ; N/A

Mode of access: Internet. ; Author corporate affiliation: Federal Highway Administration, Washington, D.C. ; Subject code: CCE ; Subject code: CDL ; Subject code: CDM ; Subject code: DZNY ; Subject code: FGD ; Subject code: S ; Subject code: SCHBG

The author discusses elderly alcohol and drug abusers in the workplace, emphasizing prevention and strategies to identify the abuser while the problem is still in the incipient stage. Social workers' roles in providing treatment are discussed.

THE AUTHOR BEGINS WITH A BRIEF SURVEY OF CZECHOSLOVAKIA'S COMMUNIST ECONOMY BEFORE THE VELVET REVOLUTION BEGAN. THEN HE DISCUSSES THE COUNTRY'S STRATEGY FOR TRANSFORMING THE ECONOMY AFTER THE OVERTHROW OF THE COMMUNIST REGIME.

The author does not support the view that there has been an alarming downward trend in agricultural wages since the 1960s or that the contribution of technological change to labour demand has been strong. (ODA)

The author discusses four ways in which clinical diagnosis can be detrimental to minority clients: through cultural expression of symptomatology, unreliable research instruments, clinician bias, and institutional racism. Recommendations are offered to minimize misdiagnosis.

THE AUTHOR LOOKS FOR THE CAUSES UNDERLYING THE UPRISING OF THE POOR AND THE INTERCOMMUNAL VIOLENCE IN LOS ANGELES IN MAY 1992, FOLLOWING THE ACQUITTAL OF THE OFFICERS INVOLVED IN THE RODNEY KING POLICE BRUTALITY TRIAL.

As the author points out, the Andean and Mesoamerican communication systems, predominantly oral, did not lend themselves to supraregional intellectual exchange. The introduction of writing by Europeans transformed the American system of communication