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It has been argued by D. H. Rosenbloom & J. G. Featherstonehaugh (see SA 26:1/78J0674) that passive bureaucratic representation can serve as a functional prerequisite to active representation. However, their data do not directly address the questions they deal with as they provide no evidence on whether black & white bureaucrats hold different views on policy questions relevant to their roles as bureaucrats. Inspection of their data shows more similarity between black & white bureaucrats than between either the general black or white population. Replication of their analysis shows no correlations of even moderate strength between race & political participation items. In Response to Sigelman and Carter, David H. Rosenbloom (U of Vermont, Burlington) & Jeannette G. Featherstonehaugh (U of Chicago, Ill) argue that their conclusions are not as sweeping as indicated by Sigelman & Carter, that their survey is misrepresented, & that use of nonparametric statistics can erase or obscure differences which are otherwise obvious. The transformation of race into an ordinal variable violates the basic notion of isomorphism. 1 Table. W. H. Stoddard.

Books Reviewed: The Supreme Court and the Idea of Progress by Alexander M. Bickel New York: Harper & Row, 1970. Pp. xii, 210. $6.50. Politics, the Constitution and the Warren Court By Philip B. Kurland Chicago University of Chicago Press, 1970. Pp. xxv, 222.$9.75. Reviewer: Francis X. Beytagh, Jr. ============================ Books Reviewed: Politics of Southern Equality: Law and Social Change in a Mississippi County By Frederick M. Wirt Chicago: Aldine Publishing Co., 1970. Pp. 335. $10.00. reviewer: Robert L. Carter ============================ The Apportionment Cases By Richard C. Cortner Knoxville: University of Tennessee Press, 1970. Pp. ix. 283. $10.00. reviewer William E. Miller (Judge)