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Results from research on the effects of public policy in the Netherlands are examined & compared with some US findings. Issues examined include educational & housing policy's effects on income distribution, & the effects of suburbanization & participation policies. While in both countries there are limitations to the success of welfare state policy, it appears that some goals are at least partly attained. When pubic policy appears ineffective, it can be explained by several factors: content of policy & the underlying theory, policy process, society, research, & a shortsightedness about the effects of policy. Modified HA.

Focus is given to studies on Belgian politics which have been published in the US & Britain between 1965 & 1975. Special emphasis is on works by V. R. Lorwin, D. Urwin, A. Zolberg, & M. O. Heisler. These studies have added considerable insights, findings, & hypotheses to knowledge of political processes in Belgium. This is probably due to 3 characteristics which mark most of these studies: (1) a strong tendency toward comparative analysis, (2) the use of fruitful theoretical concepts, & (3) the use of sophisticated techniques for handling empirical data. Modified HA.