Book Reviews : Index Digest of State Constitutions. 2d ed. Edited by RICHARD A. EDWARDS. Leg islative Drafting Research Fund of Columbia University. (New York: Oceana Press, Inc., 1960. Pp. xx, 1132. $20.00.)

• Date: 01 June 1960
• Published date: 01 June 1960
• DOI: 10.1177/106591296001300224
• Subject Matter: Articles

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and television time-tables are reproduced. The second part covers ten small-
scale case studies within the general case study. They are very narrowly defined
by a small region (e.g., Grenoble and Isere) or a particular topic (e.g., frequency
of names and issues mentioned in partisan meetings). The third part consists
of two statistical analyses, one relating to the personal, social, and political back-
ground of candidates, and the other to electoral geography.
There are few footnotes, no bibliography, and no index. These deficiencies
may be excused by the nature of the study. Most authors handle primary mate-
rial in the raw. The various contributions are sufficiently short (average twenty-
five pages) and different from each other so that the Table of Contents can be
used in lieu of an index.
Most of the material is descriptive. There is also much graphic material, in-
cluding charts, tables, maps and diagrams. The graphic material is original and
self-explanatory. It may well stimulate the electoral process specialist to com-
parative thinking. Mattei Dogan has again made (see Cahiers, No. 74, p. 328)
some excellent tables on the social origin of the elected. Comparative govern-
ment specialists may find this technique useful in their field.
In sum, the book is a must for those who concentrate on details in the politi-
cal history of the Fourth Republic. It may also have some methodological points
of more general interest.
PETER H. ROHN
Columbia University
Index Digest of State Constitutions. 2d ed. Edited by RICHARD A. EDWARDS. Leg-
islative Drafting Research Fund of Columbia University. (New York:
Oceana Press, Inc., 1960. Pp. xx, 1132. $20.00.)
The original or first edition of this work was published in 1915. The revi-
sions and amendments of existing state constitutions and the addition of two new
ones made this second edition almost a necessity. The index covers over four
hundred major titles of which nearly two hundred are cross-references which
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