DRAWN FROM SOME 700 POLICY STUDIES PAPERS PUBLISHED DURING THE YEAR, AS WELL AS 'FUGITIVE' MATERIALS, RESEARCH REPORTS, AND BOOKS, THE SELECTIONS PRESENT VIEWS ON THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN POLICY RESEARCH AND PUBLIC POLICY. ILLUSTRATING THE SCOPE OF POLICY STUDIES IN THE PUBLIC SECTOR AND THE ROLE OF POLICY STUDIES IN RESEARCH ON THE ECONOMY, THIS MATERIAL OUTLINES PERSISTENT AREAS OF PUBLIC POLICY ANALYSIS (E.G., EMPLOYMENT AND EDUCATION) DEALING WITH HUMAN RESOURCE ACTIVITIES, DISCUSSES ENVIRONMENT POLICY AS A NEW FOCUS OF POLICY ANALYSIS, AND REVIEWS THE CONTINUING APPLICATION OF POLICY ANALYSIS TECHNIQUES TO SUCH PERVASIVE ISSUES AS HEALTH, CRIME, POPULATION GROWTH, CHILDREN, THE AGED, DISCRIMINATION, THE MASS MEDIA, AND INTERNATIONAL SECURITY. A NUMBER OF THE ARTICLES PROVIDE REFERENCES AND TABULAR AND GRAPHIC DATA. NO INDEX IS INCLUDED. SEE ALSO NCJ 50894, 51599, 45434, AND 51648-51659. (KBL)