JPS volume 6 issue 2 Cover and Front matter Volume 6 Part 2 April 1976 British Journal of Political lence Cambridge University Press British Journal of Political Science Editor: A N T H O N Y K I N O , Professor of Government, University of Essex Editorial Board BRIAN BARKY, University of British Columbia H U G H B E R R I N G T O N , University of Newcastle upon Tyne IVOR C R E W E , University of Essex ROBERT D O W S E , University of Exeter F R E D . I. G R E E N S T E I N , Princeton University J A C K H A Y W A R D , University of Hull M A U R I C E K O C A N , Brunei University A REND L I J P H A R T , University of Leiden SAMUEL C. PATTERSON, University of Iowa R O B E R T D. PUTNAM, University of Michigan E D I T O R I A L POLICY The British Journal of Political Science is an independent journal, whose policy is set by its editorial board. 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