THE POLITICAL UNIVERSE OF SOCIALIST MILITANTS : A SURVEY OF THE ORIENTATIONS, CURRENTS AND TRENDS IN THE SOCIALIST PARTY, by ROLAND CAYROL Socialist party conferences are of fundamental importance for the internal working and orientation of these organisations. The participants represent the different currents in the party, and are a reflection of the most militant element among its members. A survey carried out by means of a questionnaire completed by 383 delegates at the 1973 Socialist Party Conference gives an accurate idea of the political image of the Party and of its trends on the basis of questions concerning the different degree of urgency attached to a number of political issues, and sympathy towards other political parti...