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ARTICLE ATTEMPTS TO EXTEND THE ANALYSIS OF URBAN SERVICE DELIVERY BEYOND EQUALITY OF UNITS OF SERVICE INPUT TO MEASUREMENT OF THE EQUITY OF BOTH INPUTS AND OUTPUTS (IMPACT). THE AUTHOR DEVELOPS AN ORIGINAL TECHNIQUE FOR MEASURING AND INDEXING SERVICE EQUITY AND APPLIES IT TO POLICE SERVICES IN TUSCALOOSA, ALABAMA. LITTLE EVIDENCE OF DISCRIMINATION TOWARD THE POOR AND MINORITIES IS FOUND.

THE AUTHOR FIRST EXAMINES THE POST-VIETNAM TREND TOWARD DECREASING ARMS EXPENDITURES IN THE US, AND THE ACCOMPANYING ANTI-DEFENSE ATTITUDES WHICH AROSE IN THE COUNTRY. HE THEN TURNS TO AN EXAMINATION OF CONGRESSWOMAN'S E. HOLTZMAN'S ANTI-DEFENSE VOTING RECORD, AND EVALUATES THE EFFECTS OF SUCH A POSTURE ON US FOREIGN POLICY AND THE BALANCE OF POWER IN THE WORLD.

THE ARTICLE CONSIDERS THE QUESTIONS OF HOW ROBERT KENNEDY CAME TO THE DECISION TO OPPOSE LYNDON JOHNSON FOR THE DEMOCRATIC PRESIDENTIAL NOMINATION IN 1968, AND THE PART PLAYED BY PRIVATE OPINION POLLS IN THAT DECISION. THE AUTHOR SUGGESTS THAT THE GROWTH IN THE POPULARITY OF EUGENE MCCARTHY WAS A SIGNIFICANT FACTOR IN KENNEDY'S DECISION, ONE THAT PRIVATE POLLS SERVED TO REINFORCE.

STUDY EXAMINES THE HYPOTHESIS THAT THE US HOUSE AND SENATE ARMED SERVICES COMMITTEES ARE MORE SUPPORTIVE OF THE MILITARY INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX THAN THE CONGRESS AS A WHOLE. ANALYSIS SUGGESTS THAT THIS IS TRUE, AND THE AUTHOR FINDS THAT WHILE RECRUITMENT PATTERNS EXPLAIN THE PHENOMENON IN THE HOUSE, COMMITTEE MEMBERS IN THE SENATE SEEM TO UNDERGO A POST-ASSIGNMENT ATTITUDE CONVERSION.

LIKELIHOOD OF A DISSENTING COALITION BETWEEN THE WORK ING CLASSES AND THE INTELLIGENTSIA OF EASTERN EUROPEAN NATIONS IS CONSIDERED IN THIS ARTICLE. THE AUTHOR SUGGESTS THAT EXPANDED WORKING CLASSES, FACED WITH DECLINING MOBILITY OPPORTUNITIES, MAY DEVELOP INCREASED 'CLASS CONSCIOUSNESS', BUT THAT THEY ARE LIKELY TO BE CONCERNED WITH 'BREAD & BUTTER' ISSUES AND NOT ALIGNED WITH INTELLECTUALS' CONCERNS.

THE AUTHOR ASKS: WHATEVER HAPPENED TO LONDON TRANSPORT? IN THIS REVIEW OF D.L. MUNBY'S "ISLAND TRANSPORT STATISTICS 1900-70," 1980, SHE NOTES THE WORK CONCENTRATES ON EXECUTIVE'S MANAGEMENT STRUCTURE AND PROCEDURES AND ITS WORKING RELATIONSHIP WITH THE GLC AND IMPROVEMENTS IN PERFORMANCE. IT IS SLOW TO INNOVATE AND PLAN AHEAD, DEFENSIVE IN ATTITUDE, STARVED OF NEW INVESTMENT AND MEASURED SUBSIDY.

THE AUTHOR DISCUSSES THE HISTORY OF THE CIVIL WAR, STRESSING THE ACHIEVEMENT OF THE NORTH AGAINST THE INTENSE LOYALTY AND MILITARISM OF THE SOUTH WHICH MADE IT A FORMIDABLE ENEMY. IN SOME RESPECTS, HE SAYS, THE CIVIL WAR FORESHADOWED THE TOTAL WAR OF THE 20TH CENTURY. HE CONCLUDES THAT GRANT WAS THE PRINCIPAL ARCHITECT OF THE NORTHERN VICTORY OF THE CIVIL WAR.

AUTHOR ARGUES THAT CRITICS OF GOVERNMENT REGULATION OF BUSINESS HAVE FOCUSED PRIMARILY ON THE POLICYMAKING PHASE OF THE REGULATORY PROCESS, IGNORING THE ENFORCEMENT FUNCTION. HE THEN EXAMINES TWO MODELS OF ENFORCEMENT STRATEGY: A RATIONALIST, TOP-DOWN, APPROACH; AND AN ALTERNATIVE MODEL WHICH FOCUSES ON THE NATURE OF ENFORCEMENT & ITS TRANSFORMATION OF REGULATED BEHAVIOR INTO SETS OF LEGAL CONSEQUENCES.

WITH PARTICULAR REFERENCE TO THEIR MEANING FOR AND IMPACT UPON AFRICA, THIS PAPER PRESENTS AN EXAMINATION AND COMPARISON OF TWO MAJOR INTERNATIONAL REPORTS ON DEVELOPMENT PROBLEMS: PARTNERS FOR DEVELOPMENT BY LESTER PEARSON AND THE NORTH-SOUTH REPORT OF THE BRANDT COMMISSION. THE AUTHOR HIGHLIGHTS CHANGES IN ATTITUDES ABOUT DEVELOPMENT AND DISCUSSES ISSUES RAISED BY THE BRANDT COMMISSION REPORT.

THE AUTHOR ARGUES THE EARL OF SHAFTESBURY'S EFFORT TO PROMOTE A REVOLUTION, WITH WHICH LOCKE AND THE TWO TREATISES WERE ASSOCIATED, BROUGHT TOGETHER RADICALS WHO, IN THEIR SOCIAL COMPOSITION AND, SOMEWHAT, IN THEIR POLITICAL OBJECTIVES, DIFFERED FROM WHIG MAGNATES WHO "MANAGED" THE GLORIOUS REVOLUTION OF 1689. LOCKE'S LANGUAGE AND THOUGHT HAD CLEAR LINKS WITH IDEAS OF THE CIVIL WAR RADICALS.