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Following a period initiated by the publication of Lazarsfeld & Berelson's THE PEOPLE'S CHOICE, in which pol'al behavior was explained primarily in terms of SES, recent yrs have seen a tendency toward greater emphasis on psychol'al factors. Some preliminary data from a study of the 1956 presidential election now being carried out by the Survey Res Center, U of Michigan, suggest that the individual's econ confidence is a signif variable in the interpretation of pol'al behavior. The individual's outlook regarding the future of the nation's business is found to depend partly on his econ circumstances, & partly on such personality traits as a feeling of competence or ineffectiveness, & the tendency to seek or avoid conflict with others. This most ubiquitous variable thus illustrates the interaction between SE factors, which are undeniably important, & the psychological interpretations of politics now in vogue. Concretely, the study of the 1956 election shows that among all educ groups, on all income levels, & regardless of party identification, the econ optimist gave less frequent support to welfare state policies than did the pessimist. Other factors being equal, Republicans were far more likely than Democrats to be optimistic about business conditions. In the field of foreign policy, it was found that the econ pessimists, who gave more support to domestic welfare activity, were less likely than the optimists to support an active policy of aid to other countries. It thus appears that patterns of att's on foreign & domestic policy do not cluster on a humanitarian-anti-humanitarian dimension. IPSA.

Examines how male and female adolescents engage in political discourse and experience political learning, based on the 1999 Model United Nations of the Southwest (MUNSW) at the University of Oklahoma; concludes that contextual factors, such as issues addressed by the committee, timing of the session, and committee chairs influence participation rates; perception that politics is dominated by masculinity.

Relationship between professionalization and military coups d'état. Examines reasons for civilian political control and absence of coup behavior; concentrates on internal characteristics of the armed forces.