Policy Studies Journal articles from February 2007

Policy Studies Journal archives from February 2007

Editors' notes.
February 1, 2007

Child poverty in the American states: the impact of welfare reform, economics, and demographics.
February 1, 2007... The passage of the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 (PRWORA) ushered in a new approach to American welfare (Blank, 2002a; Harvard Law Review, 1996; Lieberman & Shaw, 2000; Bryner, 1998; Mead, 1997;...

The impact of program design on enrollment in State Children's Health Insurance Programs.
February 1, 2007

The historical impact of welfare programs on poverty: evidence from the American states.
February 1, 2007... Introduction During the 1960s, the United States embarked on one of the most ambitious social policy initiatives of the twentieth century by waging a "war" on poverty. Although policy efforts associated with this initiative took a variety...

Designing markets: why competitive bidding and auctions in government often fail to deliver.
February 1, 2007... Introduction Recent studies have highlighted key dimensions in the decision to contract out government services and its implementation (e.g., Besselman, Arora, & Larkey, 2000; Boyne, 1998; Brown & Potoski, 2003; Globerman & Vining, 1996;...

The intersection of narrative policy analysis and policy change theory.
February 1, 2007... Introduction Researchers in the field of public policy theory seek to explain the divergent characteristics of policy change, namely equilibrium and radical change. Why does the public undergo alterations in how they understand policy...

Controlling forum choice and controlling policy: congress, courts and the IRS.(Internal Revenue Service)
February 1, 2007... Introduction Considerable scholarly attention has been paid to litigation and its influence on social and bureaucratic policy (Cortner, 1968; Olson, 1990; Shipan, 2000; Smith, 2006; Unah, 2003). Early explanations centered on the theory...