This volume of the National Political Science Review, the official publication of the National Political Science Association, is anchored by a major symposium on The Politics of the Black "Nation," the book authored by Matthew Holden in 1973, which is now considered one of the most influential books in the field of black politics Acknowledgments ix Editor's Introductory Note xi Georgia A. Persons SYMPOSIUM: THE POLITICS OF THE BLACK ``NATION'' A TWENTY-FIVE-YEAR RETROSPECTIVE Introduction to the Symposium 1(3) Joseph P. McCormick II The Politics of the Black ``Nation'': Significance and Context of the Book 4(2) Robert C. Smith In the Mirror of Time: Unbound Interests and the New Black Leadership: A Retrospective Critique of Essay I: ``Centrifugal Influences on Black Politics'' 6(13) Donn G. Davis Clientage, Opposition, and Withdrawal: Three Forms of External Politics: A Reexamination of Essay II 19(11) Joseph P. McCormick II Revisiting Black Nationalist Politics: An Assessment of Essay III: ``Politics as a Collective Psychiatry: A Critique of Withdrawal'' 30(7) Charles E. Jones Looking Backward While Moving Forward: Comments on Essay IV: ``Toward Black Regrouping'' 37(6) Michael B. Preston Toward Black Regrouping: Comments on Essay V: ``The Next Five Years: I. Morale and Objective Capacity'' 43(7) Dianne M. Pinderhughes Politics and Organizational Options: Comments on Essay VI: ``The Next Five Years: II. Organizational Options'' 50(8) Mack H. Jones Modifying Political Tactics: Comments on Essay VII: ``The Next Five Years: III. Modifying Political Tactics'' 58(14) Robert C. Smith AFRICAN AMERICAN POLITICS IN CONSTANCY AND CHANGE Erasing Racial Justice, or How Liberals Became Black 72(28) Charles P. Henry The Micro-World of the Black Activist: An Examination During the Ebb Tide of a Social Movement 100(24) David Covin Rating Black Leaders 124(15) Robert C. Smith African American Voting Behavior, President Clinton's Scandal, and the 1998 Election: The Search for New Variables 139(12) Hanes Walton, Jr. Kenneth Jordan Lester Spence Maxie Foster Thomas N. Walton Black No More: Race Construction and the 2000 Census 151(20) Clyde Lusane Presidential Advocacy of Welfare Reform: From Roosevelt to Clinton 171(19) Cheryl M. Miller Crime Fighting and the Exclusionary Rule: Bama Talk on Giving the Police More Leeway to Gather Evidence in Criminal Cases 190(16) D'Linell Finley Black Organizational Development and the Black Student Leadership Network 206(15) Sekou Franklin REFLECTIONS African American Public Opinion and the Pre-Scientific Polls: The Literary Digest Magazine's Straw-Vote Presidential Polls, 1916--1936 221(23) Hanes Walton, Jr. C. Vernon Gray Leslie McLemore BOOK FORUM Review Essay America as a ``New World'' Power: U.S. Foreign Policy in the Post-Cold War Era 244(8) Peter Ronaye Book Reviews Friends or Rivals? The Insider's Account of U.S.-Japan Relations 252(4) Leonard Schoppa Proportional Representation and Election Reform in Ohio 256(2) Chandler Davidson Freedom of Religion and Belief: A World Report 258(7) Sandy Dwayne Martin American Environmental Politics 261(4) Brandon Andersen Senators on the Campaign Trial: The Politics of Representation 265(2) Vincent L. Hutchings The Face of the Nation: Immigration, the State, and National Identity 267(3) Louis DeSipio Politics, Sociology and Social Theory: Encounters with Classical and Contemporary Social Thought 270(3) Joshua Foa Dienstag Congress and the Governance of the Nation's Capital: The Conflict of Federal and Local Interests 273(3) Ann Bowman In Search of National Economic Success: Balancing Competition and Cooperation 276(2) Ira Katznelson American Exceptionalism: A Double-Edge Sword 278(3) Gary Bryner The Contemporary Congress 281(3) Melinda Mueller Racial Politics at the Crossroads: Memphis Elects Dr. W.W. Herenton 284(3) Sharon D. Wright Voting Hopes or Fears? White Voters, Black Candidates, and Racial Politics in America 287(3) James Alan Kendrick Black Mayors and School Politics: The Failure of Reform in Detroit, Gary, and Newark 290(3) Marion Orr African American Power and Politics: The Political Context Variable 293(4) Jarvis A. Hall Invitation to the Scholarly Community 297