American Political Science Research Guide Volume 1
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Edited by
GEORGE W. JOHNSON
IFI/PLENUM • NEW YORK-WASHINGTON-LONDON
library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data Main entry under title: American political science research guide. Includes indexes. 1. United States-Politics and government-Research-Collected works. 2. Public administration-Research-United States-Collected works. I. Johnson, George W. JA88.U6A75 320.9'73 77-21809 ISBN-13: 978-1-4684-8484-7 e-ISBN-13: 978-1-4684-8482-3 DOl: 10.1007/978-1-4684-8482-3
© 1977 IFIjPlenum Data Company Softcover reprint of the hardcover 1st edition 1977
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CONTENTS
Introduction
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Models of Judicial Decision-Making by Stuart Nagel and Marian Neef
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American Politics: A Survey of Progress by Eric M. Us1aner Frequency Report
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JUdiciary • . • . . . . . . . . . . . . . • . . . . . . . . . . .
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Legislative and Executive Branches
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Public Administration . . • . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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State and Local Government
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Subject Index . . . . . • . • . . . . . . . . . . . , . . . . "
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Author Index
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INTRODUCTION
The American PoZiticaZ Science Research Guide is a new series dealing generally with American government and specifically with public administration, state and local government, the legislative and executive branches, and the judiciary. As an innovative idea, the APSRG is an approach to political research which focuses upon a single area within the discpline of political science. The first in a proposed series of softcover research guides, the APSRG is representative of the guiding principle of providing a select but relatively comprehensive guide to the current literature of a clearly defined segment of the behavioral and social sciences. In Volume 1, the spectrum of positions on the issues of the American experience and profiles of individual decision makers allow the serious scholar to judiciously examine the possible constituents of a bibliography, suggesting avenues of study which may have otherwise escaped attention. Part of the rationale for developing this approach is that there exists a demand for a specific research tool which takes into account that individual students and researchers have need for a general research volume which details American political documents. The solution arrived at here is to utilize a paperback format with a carefully defined scope. Reasonably priced, the APSRG can be added to the reference shelves of political science departments and general reference libraries and to the book lists of universitylevel courses. Researchers in both the academic and private sectors will find
