Policy Studies Journal articles from December 2000

Policy Studies Journal archives from December 2000

From the Editors.
December 22, 2000... We wish to take this opportunity to thank David J. Webber for his years of service to the Policy Studies Journal as Reviews/Essays Editor. David is succeeded in this role by Evan Ringquist, a longtime member of the PSJ Editorial Board and an...

The Role of Public Input in State Welfare Policymaking.(Statistical Data Included)
December 22, 2000... This article reports findings from a survey of 257 state officials involved in public assistance policymaking in the American states during the early to mid-1990s. Respondents were asked to comment on the impetus for welfare reform, on methods...

English-Language Assistance Programs, English-Skill Acquisition, and the Academic Progress of High School Language Minority Students.(Statistical Data Included)
December 22, 2000... Utilizing the 1988-1992 surveys from the Restricted-Use National Education Longitudinal Study of 1988, I find that language minority students who received English-language assistance (ELA) programs beyond the third grade reported lower...

Trust and Understanding in Participatory Policy Analysis: The Case of the Vermont Forest Resources Advisory Council.
December 22, 2000... Participatory policy analysis (PPA) has been recommended as a means for better informing the policy process and reinvigorating citizen participation in government decisionmaking. This study analyzes the Vermont Forest Resources Advisory Council...

Policy Diffusion and Strategies for Promoting Policy Change: Evidence From California Local Gun Control Ordinances.(Statistical Data Included)
December 22, 2000... Recent research efforts on policy innovation and diffusion largely have focused upon policymaking at the state government level. In this article we seek to develop an understanding of the ways momentum for policy change can be generated among...

The Changing Face(s) of Ireland.
December 22, 2000... The Ireland of Old and the Ireland of Today Ireland is a study in contrasts, or so it might seem to those more familiar--or fascinated--with its past than its present. There is the Ireland of legend and song, the Ireland that produced W. B....

Internationalization and Patterns of Political Change in Ireland.
December 22, 2000... The forces of internationalization have been central to the Republic of Ireland's dramatic transformation during the past four decades. The political, social, and economic changes brought about by membership in the European Union (EU) have been...

Ireland: Economics and the Reinventing of a Nation.(Statistical Data Included)
December 22, 2000... Ireland is experiencing a fundamental transition in its economic life, one that has affected all levels of Irish society. The transition in living conditions and personal expectations and, at another level, in Ireland's contribution to a...

Taxing the Poor: The Politics of Income Taxation in Ireland.(Statistical Data Included)
December 22, 2000... Income tax is the largest single means of generating revenue in modern states, and its impact is felt by virtually all members of society. How it is levied is therefore a matter of the highest political significance. Yet countries vary greatly...

Religious Identity and the Future of Northern Ireland.
December 22, 2000... Religion matters in Northern Ireland because it shapes social and personal identity and influences the very different worldviews of people within the two cultures of the province (Protestant and Catholic). Because religion matters so...

The Ulster Unionist Party and the U.S. Role in the Northern Ireland Peace Process, 1994-2000.
December 22, 2000... Since the beginning of the "Troubles," Ulster unionists generally have viewed American involvement in Northern Ireland as biased towards nationalists and "unwanted interference" in their internal affairs. Yet despite vehement condemnations,...

Framing the Social Security Debate: Values, Politics, and Economics.(Review)
December 22, 2000... R. Douglas Arnold, Michael J. Graetz, and Alicia H. Munnell (Eds.), Framing the Social Security Debate: Values, Politics, and Economics. Washington, DC: Brookings Institution, 1998. 429 pp. $19.95 (paper). This annual volume of the National...

Getting Agencies to Work Together: The Practice and Theory of Managerial Craftsmanship.(Review)
December 22, 2000... Eugene Bardach, Getting Agencies to Work Together: The Practice and Theory of Managerial Craftsmanship. Washington, DC. Brookings Institution, 1998. 348 pp. $19.95 (paper); $44.95 (cloth). Bardach holds that today's climate, favoring more...

Public Integrity.(Review)
December 22, 2000... J. Patrick Dobel, Public Integrity. Baltimore, MD: The Johns Hopkins University, 1999. 260 pp. $38.00 (cloth). Dobel describes and analyzes the elements that constitute integrity in public office. Focusing on public officials...

Toward a Healthy Society: The Morality and Politics of American Health Care Reform.(Review)
December 22, 2000... Milton Fisk, Toward a Healthy Society: The Morality and Politics of American Health Care Reform. Lawrence, KS: University Press of Kansas, 2000. 304 pp. $35.00 (cloth). In this book, Milton Fisk argues that basic health care reform goes...

The Shadow Welfare State: Labor, Business, and the Politics of Health Care in the United States.(Review)
December 22, 2000... Marie Gottschalk, The Shadow Welfare State: Labor, Business, and the Politics of Health Care in the United States. Ithaca, NY: Cornell University, 2000. 288 pp. $18.95 (paper); $45.00 (cloth). This book takes an extraordinary look at the...

Privatization: An International Review of Performance.(Review)
December 22, 2000... Graeme A. Hodge, Privatization: An International Review of Performance. Boulder, CO: Westview, 2000. 312 pp. $28.00 (paper); $65.00 (cloth). Hodge challenges the assumptions that better services, lower prices, and greater accountability...

The Global Public Management Revolution: A Report on the Transformation of Governance.(Review)
December 22, 2000... Donald F. Kettl, The Global Public Management Revolution: A Report on the Transformation of Governance. Washington, DC: Brookings Institution, 2000. 88 pp. $14.95 (paper). This book addresses the worldwide phenomenon of public management...

Public Budgeting in the United States: The Cultural and Ideological Setting.(Review)
December 22, 2000... Steven G. Koven, Public Budgeting in the United States: The Cultural and Ideological Setting. Washington, DC: Georgetown University, 1999. 176 pp. $19.95 (paper); $55.00 (cloth). This book intends to provide greater definition of underlying...

A Two-Way Street: The Institutional Dynamics of the Modern Administrative State.(Review)
December 22, 2000... George A. Krause, A Two-Way Street: The Institutional Dynamics of the Modern Administrative State. Pittsburgh, PA: University of Pittsburgh, 1999. 206 pp. $45.00 (cloth). Krause proposes a dynamic-systems model of administrative politics...

The U.S. Healthcare Dilemma: Mirrors and Chains.(Review)
December 22, 2000... Michael T. McGuire and William H. Anderson, The U.S. Healthcare Dilemma: Mirrors and Chains. Westport, CT: Auburn House, 1999. 216 pp. $39.95 (cloth). McGuire and Anderson address the vexatious problem of healthcare by employing the...

What Works: A New Approach to Program and Policy Analysis.(Review)
December 22, 2000... Kenneth J. Meier and Jeff Gill, What Works: A New Approach to Program and Policy Analysis. Boulder, CO: Westview, 2000. 156 pp. $26.00 (paper). Meier and Gill seek to introduce a new methodological approach, substantively weighted...

The Politics of Ideas and the Spread of Enterprise Zones.(Review)
December 22, 2000... Karen Mossberger, The Politics of Ideas and the Spread of Enterprise Zones. Washington, DC: Georgetown University, 2000. 269 pp. $24.95 (paper); $60.00 (cloth). This book compares the adoption of enterprise zone programs in five states....

Waste Trading among Rich Nations: Building a New Theory of Environmental Regulation.(Review)
December 22, 2000... Kate O'Neill, Waste Trading among Rich Nations: Building a New Theory of Environmental Regulation. Cambridge, MA: MIT, 2000. 298 pp. $22.00 (paper). This book sets out the factors influencing why some countries import hazardous wastes and...

Citizen Participation in Resource Allocation.(Review)
December 22, 2000... William B. Perkins William Simonsen and Mark D. Robbins, Citizen Participation in Resource Allocation. Boulder, CO: Westview, 2000. 179 pp. $22.00 (paper); $59.00 (cloth). Simonsen and Robbins address public participation, citizen...

Smelter Smoke in North America: The Politics of Transborder Pollution.(Review)
December 22, 2000... John D. Wirth, Smelter Smoke in North America: The Politics of Transborder Pollution. Lawrence, KS: University Press of Kansas, 2000. 268 pp. $35.00 (cloth). Wirth shows how environmental diplomacy, citizen action at the grassroots level,...