Trends in political science

Ithiel de Sola Pool, ed.: Contemporary Political Science: Toward Empirical Theory, McGraw‐Hill, New York, 1967, pp. 276, $7.90.     

Book reviews

Australian books

L. L. Robson, The First A.I.F. A Study of Its Recruitment 1914–1918, Melbourne University Press, 1970, pp. 227 + ix, $6.75.

Richard Gordon (ed.), The Australian New Left: Critical Essays and Strategy, Heinemann Australia, Melbourne, 1970, pp. 304 + x, $1.75.

D. J. Murphy, R. B. Joyce and Colin A. Hughes (eds.), Prelude to Power. The Rise of the Labour Party in Queensland 1885–1915, Queensland University Press, 1970, pp. 336 + xx, $6.95.

J. T. Lang, The Turbulent Years, Alpha Books, Sydney, 1970, pp. 319, $4.95.

C. B. Schedvin, Australia and the Great Depression. A Study of Economic Development and Policy in the 1920s and 1930s, Sydney University Press, Sydney, 1970, pp. 419 + xvi, $10.00.

K. D. Buckley, The Amalgamated Engineers in Australia, 1852–1920, Department of Economic History, A.N.U., Canberra, 1970, pp. 318, $5.00.

W. M. Hughes, The Case for Labor, Sydney University Press, Sydney, 1970, pp. 144 + xxxiv, $1.75 (paper).

W. J. Hudson, Australia and the Colonial Question at the United Nations, Sydney University Press, 1970, pp. ix + 214, $6.00.

W. E. Tomasetti, Australia and the United Nations: New Guinea Trusteeship Issues from 1946–1966, New Guinea Research Bulletin No. 36, pp. viii + 110, Australian National University, 1970.

E. M. Andrews, Isolationism and Appeasement in Australia. Reactions to the European Crises, 1935–1939, Australian National University Press, 1970, pp. 236 + xv, $6.95.

W. Macmahon Ball, Australia and Japan, Nelson, Melbourne, 1969, pp. 172 + xii, $1.95

H. I. London, Non‐White Immigration and the “White Australia” Policy, Sydney University Press, 1970, pp. 318, $7.00.

J. M. Bennett (ed.), A History of the New South Wales Bar, Law Book Company for the Bar Association of New South Wales, Sydney, 1969, pp. 282 + xiv, $10.25.

R. McMurchie (ed.), Australia 1980: Australian Finance Conference — International Seminar, Angus and Robertson, Sydney, 1969, pp. 154, $3.50.

Julie Rigg (ed.), In Her Own Right, Nelson, Melbourne, 1969, pp. 184 + viii, $4.95.

Non‐Australian books

Trevor R. Reese, Australia, New Zealand, and the United States. A Survey of International Relations 1941–1968 (Royal Institute of International Affairs), Oxford University Press, London, 1969, pp. 376 + x, $9.35.

Austin Mitchell, Politics and People in New Zealand, Whitcombe and Tombs, Christchurch, New Zealand, 1969, pp. 323, $4.75.

Max Beloff, Imperial Sunset Vol. 1, Britain's Liberal Empire 1897–1921, Methuen & Co. Ltd., London, 1969, pp. 387 + xii, $9.60.

Grant Hugo, Britain in Tomorrow's World, Principles of Foreign Policy, Chatto & Windus, London, 1969, pp. 256, $5.40.

G. St. J. Barclay, Commonwealth or Europe, Queensland University Press, St. Lucia, Queensland, 1970, pp. 210 + xi, $4.95.

J. D. Simmonds, China's World, The Foreign Policy of a Developing State, Australian National University Press, Canberra, 1970, pp. 260 + ix, $6.95.

Haruhiro Fukui, Party in Power. The Japanese Liberal‐Democrats and Policy‐Making, Australian National University Press, Canberra, 1970, pp. 301, $8.50.

S. M. Lipset (ed.), Politics and the Social Sciences, Oxford University Press, New York, 1969, pp. 328 + xxii, $7.50 (Aust.).

J. B. Sanderson, An Interpretation of the Political Ideas of Marx and Engels, Longmans, London, pp. 118, 18/‐ stg.

Peter Bachrach and Morton S. Baratz, Power and Poverty: Theory and Practice, Oxford University Press, New York, 1970, pp. 220 + xiv, $2.95 paper, $6.75 cloth.

Robin Farquharson, Theory of Voting, Yale University Press, New Haven, 1969, pp. 83 + xii, $US5.00.

Stein Rokkan and Jean Meyriat, International Guide to Electoral Statistics. Volume I: National Elections in Western Europe, Mouton, The Hague, 1969, pp. 351 + vi. $13.50.

S. K. Panter‐Brick (ed.), Nigerian Politics and Military Rule: Prelude to the Civil War, Athlone Press, London, 1970, pp. 267, 55/‐ stg.     

Eco-cultural niches of the Badegoulian: Unraveling links between cultural adaptation and ecology during the Last Glacial Maximum in France

This study details an application of eco-cultural niche modeling (ECNM) using two modeling architectures—a genetic algorithm (GARP) and maximum entropy (Maxent)—aimed at examining the ecological context of sites with archaeological remains attributed to the culture termed the Badegoulian (ca. 22–20 k cal BP), which dates to the middle part of the Last Glacial Maximum (ca. 23–19 k cal BP). We reconstructed the ecological niche of the Badegoulian and assessed whether eco-cultural niche variability existed within this technocomplex. We identified two broad but distinct spatial entities in the distribution of Badegoulian sites based on lithic raw material sources and circulation, and found that these spatial units share a similar ecological niche. We discuss the implications of territorial differentiation within this niche in light of research on land use by culturally affiliated groups within a broad cultural entity. We propose that Badegoulian circulation networks reflect distinct social territories associated with particular conditions within a single ecological niche. This study illustrates the utility of combining ecological niche reconstructions with archaeological data to identify and evaluate diachronic trends in cultural continuity for situations where such patterns may be missed when the focus of study is restricted solely to lithic technology and typology.