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RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN CROWDING AND POLITICAL AGGRESSION AS EXPRESSED BY ACTS OF CIVIL DISORDER IS EXAMINED. THE AUTHORS HYPOTHESIZE THAT CROWDING ALONE DOES NOT CAUSE POLITICAL AGGRESSION, BUT THAT HUMAN CONGESTION, INDEPENDENT OF ITS LINKAGE WITH SES VARIABLES, MAY BE ONE FACTOR CAUSING SUCH AGGRESSION.

SURVEYS THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN RIOT INCIDENCE AND THE CHANGES IN URBAN EXPENDITURES AND REVENUE FOR U.S. CITIES WITH POPULATIONS EXCEEDING 50,000. CONCLUDES THAT RIOTS DO HAVE A MEASURABLE EFFECT ON PUBLIC POLICY, WITH INCREASED EXPENDITURES IN THE AREAS OF CONCERN TO THOSE DEMANDING CONTROL AND PUNISHMENT OF RIOTERS, AS OPPOSED TO SOCIAL WELFARE EXPENDITURES WHICH ARE CONSIDERED A CONCERN OF THE RIOTERS.

RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN CROWDING AND AGGRESSION IN ANIMAL POPULATIONS IS WELL ESTABLISHED: IN HUMAN POPULATIONS IT IS LESS WELL DOCUMENTED. WHILE CROWDING HAS SOMETIMES BEEN SUGGESTED AS A FACTOR PROMOTING ONE FORM OF AGGRESSION CIVIL DISORDER - LITTLE SYSTEMATIC ANALYSIS OF THIS POSSIBLE LINK HAS BEEN DONE.

THE STUDY ASSESSES THE ELECTORAL IMPACT OF CHARGES OF CORRUPTION ON CANDIDATES IN CONTESTS FOR THE US HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES IN FIVE ELECTIONS FROM 1968-1978. THE ANALYSIS INCLUDES CONSIDERATION OF THE IMPACT OF CORRUPTION CHARGES ON ELECTORAL TURNOUT AND PERCENTAGE OF VOTES POLLED BY THE ACCUSED CANDIDATES.

WHETHER OR NOT THERE ARE ANY OBSERVABLE DEMOGRAPHIC AND POLITICAL VARIABLES CORRELATED WITH THE PREVALENCE OF DEPOLARIZING TENDENCIES WITHIN A POLITICAL PARTY IS EXAMINED HERE. THE ANALYSIS IS CONFINED TO THE ITALIAN SOCIALIST PARTY BECAUSE OF THE BELIEF THAT THE FACTIONAL DATA USED BY FARROW FOR THE CHRISTIAN DEMOCRATS ARE EXCESSIVELY SOFT IN NATURE.

An examination of the public's attitudes toward federal, state, & local spending & taxing. Data from a random sample survey of over 900 households in a midwestern US state, conducted Feb-Apr 1983, reveal that people desire more spending for a wide variety of services, but less taxation. People do not perceive this as a contradiction, since they believe existing revenues are sufficient to cover costs, through such means as reallocation & non-tax revenue (eg, user fees). Overall, the desire for a "free lunch" is not as widespread as a simple comparison of taxing & spending preferences suggests. 2 Tables, 9 References. Modified HA

Most research on assimilation of the large & growing Latino population in the US focuses on educational & economic advances. Examined here are the frequency, antecedents, & consequences of social contact between Latinos & Anglos, based on data from the 1989/90 National Latino Political Survey of 1,546 Mexican, 589 Puerto Rican, & 682 Cuban Americans. Social contact between Latinos & Anglos appears to be considerably more frequent than that between African Americans & whites. In all three Latino groups, more or less the same factors encourage such contact. However, there is no consistent or substantial relationship between contact with Anglos & affect for them. The relatively high frequency of Latino-Anglo social contact is not especially surprising, nor is the finding that higher levels of contact are related to other measures of assimilation. More extensive research will be needed, however, to unravel the consequences of such contact. 3 Tables, 34 References. Adapted from the source document.

Analyzes the impact of Bakke (1978) on Black and Hispanic enrollment, using interrupted time series analysis on aggregate enrollment trends from 1968 to 1987. The analysis reveals relatively little impact of the decision. (Abstract amended)

Looks toward black Americans for evidence of a 'gender gap' of the type previously documented among white Americans and in several other Western democracies. Such evidence proves, for the most part, to be lacking. (Abstract amended)