The Social Science Journal articles from October 1998

The Social Science Journal archives from October 1998

'Techniques' for governance.(Special Issue: Focus on Governance)
October 1, 1998... Modern governance, as a use of power that is rationally based, rests upon the idea that certain behaviors can be expected and met. Fulfillment of those expectations may be obtained through a variety of techniques which reside, among other...

Organic planning: a new approach to public participation in local governance.(Special Issue: Focus on Governance)
October 1, 1998... The place of public participation in governance is an enduring question in the study of politics, society, and administration. Currently, there is a great deal of interest in both the popular and academic arena regarding the relationship...

Growth management in Maricopa County, 1988-1992: an application of Kindgon's agenda setting model.(Special Issue: Focus on Governance)
October 1, 1998... INTRODUCTION Growth management is an important issue in most urban regions. Metropolitan Phoenix, Arizona, is one of the areas of most rapid growth and development during the past two decades. Since 1988, leaders have worked to develop a...

Oregon shines: updating the Oregon state strategic plan.(Special Issue: Focus on Governance)
October 1, 1998... INTRODUCTION On April 22, 1987, Oregon Governor Neil Goldschmidt began a process intended to redesign the state's troubled resource based economy, reverse out-migration and build an Oregon that was economically, socially and...

Institutional readiness for integrated watershed management: the case of the Maumee River.(Special Issue: Focus on Governance)
October 1, 1998... The most promising institutional arrangement for integrated watershed management is a decentralized set of formal and informal agreements among diverse groups and organizations that can address watershed issues and orient other management...

Local elected officials and environmental policy: does rural matter anymore?(Special Issue: Focus on Governance)
October 1, 1998... INTRODUCTION Throughout the years, the literature has portrayed rural citizens as indifferent or outright hostile to environmental policy. The major theoretical reasons offered for such a characterization are termed "extractive-commodity...

The role of governments in 21st century governance: a concluding essay.(Special Issue: Focus on Governance)
October 1, 1998... I think it is useful to begin this essay by revisiting a definition of governance and reviewing the role governments can play in that process. In what turned out to be a very controversial book, Reinventing Government (1992), David Osborne...

Globalization and the social sciences.(Special Issue: Focus on Governance)
October 1, 1998... Continuing the critique of Western social scientific thought set in motion in the 1960s, postmodern thinkers of this decade have promoted descriptions of the uniqueness and complexity of human life by focusing on identities and group...

Affirmative action in municipal government: political, structural and demographic determinants of alternative strategies.(Special Issue: Focus on Governance)
October 1, 1998... City managers, especially those employed in cities with part-time, unpaid councils, face a political administrative policy dilemma. They are expected to administer neutrally using the best principles of management. Simultaneously, they are...

The incidence of California poverty by population segment.(Special Issue: Focus on Governance)
October 1, 1998... GOALS, DATA, MODELS, ESTIMATES AND PROJECTIONS Objectives and Data The first of the two goals of this study is to estimate reliable or smoothed sequential rates of annual poverty for each of seven segments of the California state...

Black portraits in African-American literature: a perspective from 1920-1996, including the Midwest.(Special Issue: Focus on Governance)
October 1, 1998... INTRODUCTION An investigation into black portraits in American fiction must consider the cultural factors influencing the lives of black people and creating the conflicts of black versus white. Often, fictional images of blacks...

Why some theories fail to describe, explain, and predict: reconstructing the future.(Special Issue: Focus on Governance)
October 1, 1998... INTRODUCTION The most valuable element of Thomas S. Kuhn's book The Structure of Scientific Revolutions comes from the way in which Kuhn applies his training in physics to detail the process by which he sets about constructing his...

Recent literature on leading and managing change in public service organizations.(Special Issue: Focus on Governance)
October 1, 1998... Governments have an important role to play in 21st century governance. However, emerging criticisms of public service bureaucracies, particularly larger ones, indicates they are frequently too slow and cumbersome, inefficient and ineffective,...

Banishing Bureaucracy: The Five Strategies for Reinventing Government.(Special Issue: Focus on Governance)(Review)
October 1, 1998... Governments have an important role to play in 21st century governance. However, emerging criticisms of public service bureaucracies, particularly larger ones, indicates they are frequently too slow and cumbersome, inefficient and ineffective,...

Catalytic Leadership: Strategies for an Interconnected World.(Special Issue: Focus on Governance)(Review)
October 1, 1998... Governments have an important role to play in 21st century governance. However, emerging criticisms of public service bureaucracies, particularly larger ones, indicates they are frequently too slow and cumbersome, inefficient and ineffective,...

Changing by Design: A Practical Approach to Leading Innovation in Nonprofit Organizations.(Special Issue: Focus on Governance)(Review)
October 1, 1998... Governments have an important role to play in 21st century governance. However, emerging criticisms of public service bureaucracies, particularly larger ones, indicates they are frequently too slow and cumbersome, inefficient and ineffective,...