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FALL 1975 Published Quarterly by the American Political Science Association Volume VIII Number 4 F Women Political Scientists r1 J FALL 1975 Published quarterly by the American Political Science Association Volume VIII Number 4 f Women Political Scientists Supporting Sam Beer We the undersigned urge women political scientists to vote for Sam Beer for President-Elect of the American Political Science Association. Our knowl- edge of his attitudes and past activities convinces us that as President of the Association he will work effectively and aggressively to enlarge the opportunities for women in the profession and in the Association. Women in the profession should note that Professor Beer has committed himself to provide: (1) more effective grievance procedures in implementing Association policy, including censure of departments when called for; (2) tighter liaison with department chairpersons encouraging professional study by women, including substantial expansion of Fellowship programs, and encouraging professional employment of women, including more part-time opportunities; (3) closer coordination of the Council and the relevant committees of the Association. Suzanne Berger, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Frances Burke, Suffolk University Barbara Callaway, Rutgers University, Newark Gwendolen Carter, Indiana University Nazli Choucri, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Martha Derthick,The Brookings Institution Valerie Earle, Georgetown University Ada Finifter, Michigan State University Anne H. Hopkins, University of Tennessee Ruth Jones, University of Missouri, St. Louis Marion Just, Wellesley College Joyce K. Kallgren, University of California, Davis Jeane J. Kirkpatrick, Georgetown University Cecilia M. Kenyon, Smith College Josephine Milburn, University of Rhode Island Elinor Ostrom, Indiana University Clara Penniman, University of Wisconsin Susanne H. Rudolph, University of Chicago Victoria Schuck, Mount Holyoke College Judith N. Shklar, Harvard University Ruth Silva, Pennsylvania State University Betty Zisk, Boston University 370 PS Fall 1975 Fall 1975 Published quarterly by the American Political Science Association Volume VIM Number 4 J 371 PS Editor Editorial Board Walter E. Beach Chairman Editorial Assistant William Siffin Alma E. Long Indiana University Herschelle Sullivan Challenor The Ford Foundation John Dorsey, Jr. " Vanderbilt University f Jean M. Driscoll \ Wilkes College I Allen Schick Library of Congress Carl E. Schwartz Fullerton Community College Published in February, May, August and November by The American Political Science Association 1527 r.'ew Hampshire Avenue, N.W. Washington, D.C. 20036 Distributed to individual members of the Association Membership Categories Dues Regular Annual Income Under $12,000 $20 $12,000-$15,000 $25 Over $15,000 $30 Student and Retired $12 Family $ 5 Life $1,000 Institutional (includes APSR and PS) $50 Single copies $2.00 For information on advertising, contact Ms. Nancy Edgerton at the Washington office. Address all other correspondence to Editor, PS, at The Association's Washington office. Microfilm edition of PS is available from: University Microfilms Ann Arbor, Michigan 48106 Printed in the United States by Sauls Lithograph Company, Inc. Washington, D.C. Second-class postage paid at Washington, D.C. Copyright © American Political Science Association 1975 372 PS Fall 1975 The American Political Science Association Officers Council 1974-75 Lucius J. Barker Washington University, St. Louis President Martin Diamond James MacGregor Burns Northern Illinois University Williams College Ada W. Finifter Vice President Elinor Ostrom Michigan State University Indiana University Stanley Hoffman Vice President Harvard University Herbert McClosky Theodore J. Lowi University of California, Berkeley Cornell University Vice President Francine F. Rabinovitz Jewel L. Prestage University of California, Los Angeles Southern University Secretary Sidney Verba Wilson Carey McWilliams Harvard University Rutgers University Aaron Witdavsky Treasurer University of California, Berkeley Betty A. Nesvold San Diego State University 1975-77 Executive Director Hayward R. Alker, Jr. Evron M. Kirkpatrick M.I.T. Program Co-Chairpersons Leonard Binder Frances Fox Piven University of Chicago Brooklyn College, CUNY Seymour Martin Lipset Benjamin R. Barber Harvard University Rutgers University Dale Rogers Marshall Managing Editor, APSR University of California, Davis Nelson W. Polsby Samuel C. Patterson University of California, Berkeley University of Iowa Frances Fox Piven Brooklyn College, CUNY Mulford Q. Sibley University of Minnesota John E. Turner University of Minnesota 373 1 Table of Contents Articles and Special Features 376 The Use of Political Science 376 THE PRACTITIONERS' PERSPECTIVE Stuart Nagel Marian Neef 382 THE JOURNALISTS' VIEW Robert O. Blanchard 386 Not Renewed: Apologia Pro Vita Mea Keith Petersen 388 Even Paranoids Have Real Enemies Alfred Diamant f 374 PS Fall 1975 Table of Contents Sections 390 Report of the Managing Editor of the American Political Science Review, 1974-75 Nelson W. Polsby 396 Report of the Treasurer, 1974-75 Betty A. Nesvold 400 Association News 400 1975 Annual Meeting 406 William Anderson Award Established 406 Annual Meeting Visiting Foreign National Travel Grant Programs 407 APSA Council Minutes, April 1975 411 Organizations Related to the Study of Political Science 412 Special Conferences and Educational Programs Information Sought 413 AAUP-CAUT Censure Lists 414 APSA Division of Educational Affairs 414 NSF Chautauqua-Type Short Courses in Political Science, 1975-76 415 Short Course Announcement: Southern Political Science Association Meeting 416 Reports of APSA Committees 416 1976 Program Committee 417 Committee of Department Chairpersons Placement of Political Scientists in 1975 Thomas E. Mann 420 The Profession 420 Professional Notes 426 Research and Training Support 426 Support Available 434 Announcement of Awards 440 Professional Conferences 440 Past 444 Forthcoming 448 Communications 452 News and Notes 462 Doctoral Dissertations in Political Science, 1975 Alma E. Long 375.
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