Introductory readings in political behavior - Ulmer, S. Sidney (Chicago Rand McNally, 1961)
PART ONE Behavior and its determinants -- Chapter 1 Introduction to political behavior -- Research in political behavior /by Samuel J. Eldersveld ... et al. -- The Impact on political science of the revolution in the behavioral sciences /by David B. Truman -- Chapter 2 Psychological bases of political behavior -- Psychology looks at morals and politics /by Harold Lasswell --Authoritarianism "Right" and "Left" /by Edward A. Shils -- Conservatism and personality /by Herbert McClosky -- Certain personality factors of state legislators in South Carolina /by John McConaughy -- The Fear of equality /by Robert Lane -- Ethnic and party affiliations of candidates as determinants of voting /by Leon J. Kamin -- Chapter 3 Social bases of political behavior -- Youth and political change /by Eleanor E. Maccoby -- The legislator and his environment /by Edward A. Shils -- The folkways of the United states Senate: conformity to group norms and legislative effectiveness /by Donald R. Matthews -- The justices of the Supreme Court: a collective portrait /by John Schmidhauser -- Negro restriction in Louisiana /by John F. Easton and Kenneth N. Vines -- PART TWO Conceptual approaches to political behavior --Chapter 4 Systems analysis -- Power, party and system /by Talcott Parsons -- An approach to the analysis of political systems /by David Easton -- Comparative political systems /by Gabriel Almond -- The functions of the political machine /by Robert Merton -- Homeostatic tendencies in the United States Supreme Court /by Sidney Ulmer -- Chapter 5 Groups -- The group concept /by David Truman -- Nature and prospects of political interest groups /by Alfred de Grazia -- Litigation as a form of pressure group activity /by Clement E. Vose --Primary group influence on party loyalty / by Herbert McClosky and Harold E. Dahlgren -- The Supreme Court as a small group /by Eloise Snyder --The Analysis of behavior patterns in the United States Supreme Court /by S. Sidney Ulmer -- Chapter 6 Decision making -- The Basic logic of government decision-making /by Anthony Downs -- Decision making in a democracy: the Supreme Court as a National policy-maker /by Robert Dahl --Game theory and the analysis of political behavior /by Richard C. Synder -- The study of judicial decision-making as an aspect of political behavior /by Glendon A. Schubert --Game theory and politics: some problems of application /by Karl W. Deitsch -- Chapter 7 Communication -- Cybernetics /by Norbert Wiener -- what is information? /by Antol Rapoport -- the returns from Information and their diminution /by Anthony Downs -- Language and behavior /by Hayakawa -- Transcendental nonsense and the functional approach /by Felix S. Cohen -- Chapter 8 Power -- Types of power and status /by Herbert Goldhamer and Edward A. Shils -- The concept of power /by Robert Dahl -- Notes on the observation and measurement of political power /by Herbert Simon -- An analysis of power with special reference to international politics /by Maurice A. Ash -- A method for evaluating the distribution of power in a committee system /by L. S. Shapley and Maurice Shubik -- Chapter 9 Roles -- American state legislator's role orientations toward pressure groups /by John C. Wahlke ... -- Role conceptions and organizational size /by Edwin J. Thomas -- Role conflict in organization : a study of prison camp officials /by Oscar Grusky -- Occupational role strains : the American elective public official /by William C. Mitchell -- Chapter 10 Elites -- The elite concept /byby Harold D. Lasswell, Daniel Lerner, and C. Easton Rothwell -- The power elite /by R. O. Schultze and L. U. Blumberg -- The determination of local power elites /by R.O. Schultze and L.U. Blumberg -- Post-totalitarian leadership: elites in the German Federal Republic /by Lewis J. Edinger -- Approaches to leadership /by Alvin W. Gouldner.
Keywords: Political psychology -- Collections