Policy Studies Journal articles from August 2005

Policy Studies Journal archives from August 2005

Editor's notes.
August 1, 2005... This issue of the Policy Studies Journal includes articles that address two of the central themes of theories of the public policy process: the roles and interactions of institutions in policy formulation, and the varying characteristics and...

The preemptive power of state supreme courts: adoption of abortion and death penalty legislation.
August 1, 2005... Introduction State supreme courts serve as crucial arenas for the clash of issues in many of the policy debates that ensue in the American states. Using their power of judicial review and statutory interpretation, these courts may be the...

Bureaucratic competition in the policy process.(public policy)
August 1, 2005... Introduction The factors that influence the formulation and design of public policy have long been a topic of interest for students of institutional politics. In the search for parsimonious answers regarding policy outputs, theorists often...

Multiple principals, multiple signals: a signaling approach to principal-agent relations.
August 1, 2005... Twenty years ago Barry Mitnick (1984) suggested that the "bureaucracy problem," first enunciated by James Q. Wilson (1989), was not so much inherent in bureaucracy as it was in agency. Mitnick's interest in agency, the dilemma involved when one...

Nearby, but not wanted? The bypassing of rural hospitals and policy implications for rural health care systems.
August 1, 2005... Introduction Scholars and policymakers have looked at various aspects of the U.S. health care system, including health care service quality (Brook, 1997; Luft et al., 1990; Williams, Neighbors, & Jackson, 2003), medical institutional...

Perceived risk and citizen preferences for governmental management of routine hazards.
August 1, 2005... Individuals' perceptions of risks are relevant to the policy process. The degree of risk individuals assign to activities (e.g., cigarette smoking) or technologies (e.g., genetic modification of foods) involving possible harm helps shape their...

Strategic alliances in action: toward a theory of evolution.
August 1, 2005... Introduction Strategic alliances have emerged during the past several decades as a popular problem solving tool. Based on the benefits of collective action, strategic alliances are groups of organizations--nonprofit, for-profit, and...

Laying down the law? Interest group influence on state adoption of animal cruelty felony laws.
August 1, 2005... Since the late 1960s, the number and types of organized interests working at the state level have increased dramatically (Nownes & Freeman, 1998; Thomas & Hrebenar, 1999b). The groups that traditionally served the states have been joined by a...

We finished the plan, so now what? Impacts of collaborative stakeholder participation on land use policy.
August 1, 2005... Introduction One of the most remarkable trends in environmental policy in the United States and other industrialized democracies over the past few decades has been the growth in more inclusive, participatory efforts to involve multiple...