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Studies of individual political behavior have not been well integrated with studies of the total pol'al process. We have learned much about how individuals make pol'al decisions, but know less about how these individual decisions affect politics on the level of the pol'al system. Conversely, not enough attention has been paid to the effects of the institutions of the pol'al system on individual pol'al behavior. One reason for this is that studies of individual pol'al behavior have been limited largely to the US, so that the varying effects of diff pol'al systems cannot be considered. Models of pol'al choice, it is suggested, should be expanded to take into account the effect of pol'al variables on individual pol'al behavior. IPSA.

A review article of David Butler's THE STUDY OF POLITI- CAL BEHAVIOUR, with special emphasis on the fact that it is an appraisal by an American of a book by a British pol'al sci'st. There is first a short summary of the 5 'approaches' which characterize the current study of pol'al behavior.. And the bulk of the article is devoted to an analysis of why the behavioral approaches are so popular among Americans, whereas they are so conspicuously avoided by the British. 7 reasons, themselves based on an informal 'behavioral' analysis of the pol'al sci professions in the respective countries, are advanced for this diff in orientation. AA-IPSA.

An attempt to (a) locate the extent of the authoritarian predisposition in 2 nationwide samples, and (b) link such predispositions with certain types of political attitudes and behavior. The hypothesis was that high authoritarians would tend to participate less, and have less political self-confidence in politics than low authoritarians. The F-scale, modified by F. Sanford and the authors had been administered to 2 crosssectional, area probability samples, in addition to questions on opinions on foreign policy (N=1,470). The social profile of the authoritarian appears to be as follows: (1) younger people tended to be low, older people, high authoritarians, (2) those with limited education tend to be high, those with fuller education low authoritarian. (3) High authoritarianism occurs more frequently in Lc. (4) In the Mc the lower income group was more vulnerable, the higher income group was less vulnerable to authoritarianism. The same was true of Lc. (5) The highest concentration of authoritarians was found in the LLc and the poorly educated LMc. Analyzing the authoritarian's response to politics on the basis of the social profile it was found that (1) a signif. link exists between authoritarianism and isolationism though the isolationist is by no means always the 'reactionary.' (2) Authoritarianism is directly related to feelings of political ineffectiveness. (3) High authoritarians did not vote as frequently as the rest of the pop. (4) Authoritarianism was helpful in explaining candidate preference. L. P. Chall.

The argument that political science research should incorporate measures of political context is illustrated through a discussion of the effects of political culture on political behavior in the US. The utility of using culture to account for political mobilization processes as reported in recent studies is discussed. Measures of political culture can help explain both differences between states & variations within a state in political mobilization processes. 15 References. Modified HA