1. Imperialism on a swallowtail: Applications of catastrophe theory to international relations

   • James P. Bennett

   OriginalPaper Pages: 1 - 17

2. Trends and cycles in the legislative productivity of the United States Congress, 1789–1976

   • Donald L. Eilenstine
   • David L. Farnsworth
   • James S. Fleming

   OriginalPaper Pages: 19 - 44

3. The outlook of journal editors and referees on the normative criteria of scientific craftsmanship

   • Duncan Lindsey
   • Thomas Lindsey

   OriginalPaper Pages: 45 - 62

4. A model of factions in the Japanese liberal democratic party

   • Roger Benjamin
   • William Morris
   • Kan Ori

   OriginalPaper Pages: 63 - 74

5. On dimensional invariance

   • D. K. Osborne

   OriginalPaper Pages: 75 - 89

6. On measuring national integration in regionally divided societies

   • Anthony Mughan

   Note Pages: 91 - 98

7. Abstracts

   • James P. Bennett
   • Donald L. Eilenstine
   • Anthony Mughan

   Abstract Pages: 99 - 101