concerned with the identification and analysis of values which influence public policy decision-making at two levels of government-international and metropolitan.The immediate object of the study is to test the applicability of different methods of behavioral analysis to the study of this problem. The ultimate purpose is to develop better understanding of the factors which impede or contribute toward effective cooperation among relatively autonomous governmental units in the solution of common problems. Formulation of Conceptual SchemeMethodologically, the project is concerned with the interrelationship between values as criteria of group / individual action and their impact on governmental decision-making. A monograph setting forth -is scheduled for publication soon. This study will provide the conceptual framework to test hypotheses in all of the field and research aspects of the project. It is hoped that the definition here developed provides a much-needed interdisciplinary approach to the analysis of values and their influence on decision-making. &dquo;Values&dquo; is defined as a normative standard of the desirable, functioning as an operational force in human behavior. Only that which is defined by the actor as guiding is considered relevant. Value is distinguished from goals, because the &dquo;desired&dquo; is distinguishable from (a) the &dquo;desirable&dquo;; from (b) beliefs which are existential propositions, expressing what human beings consider to be facts; and from (c) &dquo;im-pulses&dquo; which include a range of factors, either biologically determined or socially learned, which dictate human behavior with little room for choice.Value is distinguished by such properties as (1) oughtness, (2) associated reacat NORTH DAKOTA STATE UNIV LIB on June 19, 2015 jcr.sagepub.com Downloaded from 176 tions of guilt, anxiety, condemnation, or approval, and (3) a sense of self-appraisal or appraisal of others. This analysis of value is broadly set within the frame of reference of the theory of action of Parsons, Shils, Kluckhohn and their followers and Lewinian field theory. Bibliographical CenterA master bibliographical classification scheme has been designed for the bibliographical center where materials are being collected for use by research fellows and others working on the program. The center will include references relating to:1. The identification of value profiles and analysis of their relationship to political behavior, 2. The identification of policy processes, goals and operative influences upon policy, and, 3. Research methodology and theory relevant to the analysis of values and political behavior.The classification scheme provides for a breakdown of determinants of behavior into values, beliefs, and impulses, as affecting and affected by governmental action, and a structural functional approach which relates behavior to social and political systems. Metropolitan ProjectsThe metropolitan aspect of the program, under the direction of Drs. Teune and Wheaton, is currently exploring (1) the role of va...
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