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The articles in this symposium underscore at least three common points about understanding and combatting sexual harassment in the context of social science fieldwork:

I share Gary King and Maya Sen's view that applying the knowledge, approaches, and tools of the social and policy sciences might help us be more intelligent about shaping the future of the American system of higher education and its component parts. I have even been surprised, in turning from the scholarly field of my training and academic field to a professional preoccupation with higher education, to search in vain for sessions at APSA meetings in which my fellow political scientists might focus their analytical eyes on our own sector and institutions. Taking more systematic analytical approaches might certainly be a good alternative to riding the most recent serious source of anxiety—and there have been many in recent decades—or mining a particular strand of data in search of indicators that might serve as tea leaves or life rafts, also known in the trade as "benchmarks."

The field of political socialization is often stereotyped in terms of some of the earliest work in the field & is neglected outside certain areas of American political behavior. However, the continuing & vibrant stream of work in political socialization holds potential for addressing many critical issues across American, comparative, & international politics. This article discusses three themes: the construction of a more genuinely comparative field of political socialization, a reconsideration of the relevance of childhood to politics following its virtual abandonment by the field for many years, & the importance of understanding the origins of preferences. 1 Table, 1 Figure, 93 References. Adapted from the source document.

Dividing Citizens is an important contribution both to the
burgeoning literature on the historical development of the
American state and citizenship and to the lively field of work
on gender within that corpus. Like the best studies of this
sort, Mettler's book ably demonstrates not only how the
transforming institutions and practices affected women but
also how gender norms and practices were built into the new
structures, making gender a basic element of their architec-
ture.