Policy Studies Journal articles from December 2001

Policy Studies Journal archives from December 2001

The politics of connectivity: the role of big business in UK education technology policy.
December 22, 2001... One of the most significant features of the United Kingdom (UK) Labour government's recent emphasis on "education, education, education" has been the increased role of private interests in both policy formulation and implementation. For many...

From the editors.(Brief Article)(Editorial)
December 22, 2001... The recent death of Stuart Nagel is a great loss to the Policy Studies Organization and to the Policy Studies Journal. Stuart was a founder of PSO and the founding editor of PSJ. To celebrate his many contributions to this journal and to the...

Issue definition, conflict expansion, and tort reform: Lessons from the American general aviation industry.
December 22, 2001... Contemporary interest group scholars are increasingly placing the focus of their inquiries on issue definition and conflict expansion, two concepts introduced by Schattschneider (1960). These concepts have found their way into a number of...

Putting severity of punishment back in the deterrence package.
December 22, 2001... The economic approach to crime is anchored on the theory of deterrence. With roots in late 18th century Classicism, deterrence theory holds that increasing the certainty of punishment, in the form of a higher probability of arrest and...

Divided government and the rise of social regulation.(Australia)
December 22, 2001... Does divided government measurably alter the work or tenor of national government? In the last decade a cottage industry has developed within political science to answer this seemingly simple question. Since Fiorina summarized the nascent...

The Americans With Disabilities Act: Ten years later.
December 22, 2001... In signing the Americans With Disabilities Act (ADA) on July 26, 1990, President George Bush called for the country to embrace the far-reaching civil rights statute with the words, "Let the shameful wall of exclusion finally come tumbling...

Challenges and dilemmas in implementing the Americans With Disabilities Act: Lessons from the first decade.
December 22, 2001... The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) built upon long-term efforts by the disability rights community to see that comprehensive legislation be created to protect the full rights and opportunities of persons with disabilities (Bishop &...

Undue hardship and reasonable accommodation: the view from the court.
December 22, 2001... This article provides an overview of how the courts (and tribunals) have interpreted the duty of employers to accommodate an employee short of "undue hardship" under Title I of the Americans With Disabilities Act (ADA). There are a number of...

The Americans With Disabilities Act and reasonable accommodation: the view from persons with HIV/AIDS.
December 22, 2001... The notion of "reasonable accommodation" is intended to be the backbone of the Americans With Disabilities Act (ADA). Its purpose is to extend the power of the ADA, from that of simply protecting against discriminatory acts, to that of...

Local government implementation of the Americans With Disabilities Act: Factors affecting statutory compliance.
December 22, 2001... When President George Bush signed the Americans With Disabilities Act (ADA) in 1990, the law was considered one of the nation's most far-reaching civil rights statutes (Pfeiffer, 1994; Rasky, 1989). To many members of Congress, the ADA was...

The Americans With Disabilities Act: Does it secure the fundamental right to vote?
December 22, 2001... The Americans With Disabilities Act (ADA) has been hailed as "a declaration of equality for persons with disabilities" (West, 1993, p. 3), a far-reaching measure that would grant the long-awaited guarantee of full inclusion in American life. By...

Transit access for Americans: a proposal for the next stage of implementing the Americans With Disabilities Act of 1990 (1).
December 22, 2001... This discussion of the AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES ACT (ADA) implementation in public transit proceeds in three sections. The first section examines the transit industry's perception of the ADA, including a discussion of cost issues and...

The Americans With Disabilities Act and medical providers: Ten years after passage of the Act.
December 22, 2001... This article discusses the impact of the Americans With Disabilities Act (ADA) on health care providers, both those serving women in state and locally funded health care facilities, and those serving women in private offices. It begins with a...

The Americans With Disabilities Act as engine of social change: Models of disability and the potential of a civil rights approach.
December 22, 2001... The Americans With Disabilities Act, based on the civil rights/minority group and independent living models of disability, may enhance access to health care, personal assistance, employment, the electoral process, and smoke-free environments...