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Eugene E. Burdick's & Arthur J. Brodbeck's AMERICAN VOTING BEHAVIOR seems to review soc-psychol'al res on the resolution of the vote. The lead article by Peter H. Rossi makes a notable methodological analysis of predecessors (Stuart Rice, P. Lazarsfeld, B. Berelson, Angus Campbell). From this & the other contributions, what are the future res directions suggested? Investigation of the personality factors which mediate the influence of group affiliations, for those with a soc-psychol'al orientation. For sociol'al theory, the direction seems to be in examination of the function of the voting process in the soc system (Parson's conceptualization of problems of consensus, stability, etc, & Key's historical analysis of consensus). Robert E. Lane's POLITICAL LIFE (See SA 7521) is a comprehensive reference work on pol'al participation, from letter-writing, influence on politicians, discussion & reading to electoral work, party-joining & voting. The burden of analysis on psychol'al, group-structure & institutional influences is absorbed with the correlates of the rates of participation. But it concludes with a general section on reforming the nature of pol'al society to increase participation of the status-deprived. IPSA.