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This is a survey of the author's major contributions to the study of quasiprimitive permutation groups and their applications. A permutation group \(G\) is quasiprimitive if every non-trivial normal subgroup is transitive. This is clearly a generalization of primitivity. In an earlier paper [J. Lond. Math. Soc., II. Ser. 47, No. 2, 227-239 (1993; Zbl 0738.05046)] the author proved an O'Nan-Scott Theorem for quasiprimitive groups. In this paper she gives a good description of the structure of quasiprimitive groups divided into eight classes. In Section 4 the application of these ideas to a problem in graph theory is given with an interesting explanation as to why primitivity is not a strong enough hypothesis. In Section 5 she examines how the ideas can be used to look at the problems of line-transitive automorphism groups of finite linear spaces. There is useful bibliography and the reviewer recommends this survey paper to get a good account of what is happening in this field. For the entire collection see [Zbl 0933.00033].