Policy Studies Review articles from September 2001

Policy Studies Review archives from September 2001

Globalization's Impact on State-Local Economic Development Policy: Introduction to the Symposium
September 22, 2001... The growing exposure of the U.S. economy to international competition, popularly termed globalization, over the past two decades has brought some momentous changes affecting the American economy, society, and life styles. Not surprisingly, these...

The Growning International Activities of the American States. (1)
September 22, 2001... As we begin the 21st century, American policy makers face new challenges in response to the end of the cold war, the pressures of a global economy, and rapid social and technological change. Internationally, the bipolar competition of the cold...

The Growing Impact of Globalization upon City Policies (1)
September 22, 2001... The increasing pace of globalization is impacting considerably on numerous cities across the United States. Only a few have advanced to the point where they might be counted among the elite core of world cities. Yet, more and more are being...

Local Regimes: Does Globalization Challenge the "Growth Machine"?
September 22, 2001... As the waves of globalization washed up higher on to the shores of the United States during the 1980s and 1990s, several wide swings occurred in the performance of the U.S. economy. The resulting uncertainty and frustration on the part of the...

Globalization's Impact on State and Local Policy: The Rise of Regional Cluster-Based Economic Development Strategies (1)
September 22, 2001... The business of business, the business of politics, and, therefore, the business of economic development is global. This fact is not going to change. Mander (1996) has argued that globalization involves the most fundamental redesign of political...

Moving into Global Competition: A Case Study of Alabama's Recruitment of Mercedes-Benz
September 22, 2001... The recruitment of Mercedes-Benz to Alabama has been widely discussed as an extreme example of the cut-throat competition among the American state that had already been dubbed "The New Civil War" (Watson, 1995). Clearly, the bidding for Mercedes...

Exporting American Economic Development Practice to Russia
September 22, 2001... In October, 1992, Congress passed the FREEDOM Support Act -- Freedom for Russia and Emerging Eurasian Democracies and Open Markets Support Act (P.L. 102-511) and offered other programs to help Russia make her transition from Communism to a...

Workers' Compensation Reform in Florida: Why Did Two Innovative Return to Work Programs Fail?
September 22, 2001... INTRODUCTION Political scientists and policy analysts have long known that just passing legislation is not the same as solving a problem. At least since the 1970s an increasing amount of academic and applied focus has been placed on the...

Representative Ideology and the Vote for Welfare Reform
September 22, 2001... INTRODUCTION Passage of the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Act of 1996 provides a recent example of how contentious and ideologically charged debates regarding aid to the poor can be. H.R. 3734, passed only after a long,...

IT Workers Shortage: Implications for Education Policy
September 22, 2001... INTRODUCTION The US Department of Commerce Office of Technology Policy (OTP) has reported an increasing gap between business demand for and growth in the supply of Information Technology (IT) workers. Between 1996 and 2006, according to OTP...

Protection for Whom? Blood Policy Creation and Interest Representation
September 22, 2001... INTRODUCTION In 1990, the state of Vermont became the last New England state (and the 49th state overall) to pass a "blood shield" law. The first New England state (and the third state within the United States) to pass such a law was...