Policy Studies Journal articles from June 1997

Policy Studies Journal archives from June 1997

Campaign finance reform and the 1994 congressional elections.
June 22, 1997... Prior to the 1992 presidential elections, Democrats in both the House and the Senate passed legislation limiting spending in United States House elections to $600,000, while providing $200,000 in communication vouchers. The purpose of the bill...

Minority teachers, minority students, and college matriculation: a new look at the role-modeling hypothesis.
June 22, 1997... In this article, we present for the first time systematic evidence that the percentage of minority faculty has a significant positive relationship with overall college matriculation rates in urban school districts across the nation. Although...

Strategies for regulatory reform: forward compared to backward mapping.
June 22, 1997... For as long as there has been regulation in this country there has been talk about how best to reform it. In the early days of the Interstate Commerce Commission, observers debated the wisdom of its multimember leadership and the extent of its...

Governmental suasion: refocusing the Lowi policy typology.
June 22, 1997... Above this race of men stands an immense and tutelary power, which takes upon itself alone to secure their gratifications, and to watch over their fate. That power is absolute, minute, regular, provident and mild. - Alexis de Tocqueville,...

Comments on Anderson, "Governmental suasion: adding to the Lowi policy typology." (article by John L. Anderson, in this issue, p. 266)
June 22, 1997... I think the article is quite well written. It has some style, some warmth, and a lot of energy. I also like the fact that the author is attempting to bring language and rhetoric (expanded vocabulary) into the analysis. I have been moving in that...

Issue definition in state economic development policy.
June 22, 1997... A critical question in democratic thought concerns the extent to which policy change is possible in the American political system. Changing political dynamics have spurred new ways of looking at this issue. Declining party and regional loyalties...

Comparing Government Activity.
June 22, 1997... David M. Wood The three books reviewed here all focus on policy choices and how they are made. In the order they are listed above, the first is a collection of essays loosely organized around a common theme; the second is a detailed study of...

From State to Market? The Transformation of French Business and Government.
June 22, 1997... David M. Wood The three books reviewed here all focus on policy choices and how they are made. In the order they are listed above, the first is a collection of essays loosely organized around a common theme; the second is a detailed study of...

Great Britain: Decline or Renewal?
June 22, 1997... David M. Wood The three books reviewed here all focus on policy choices and how they are made. In the order they are listed above, the first is a collection of essays loosely organized around a common theme; the second is a detailed study of...

The East Asian Miracle: Economic Growth and Public Policy.
June 22, 1997... Gambhir Bhatta and Joaquin L. Gonzalez, III Much has been written about the phenomenal growth experienced by selected East Asian nations in the last three decades (see, for instance: Amsden, 1989; Balassa, 1988; Haggard, 1990; Johnson, 1987;...

The Key to the Asian Miracle: Making Shared Growth Credible.
June 22, 1997... Gambhir Bhatta and Joaquin L. Gonzalez, III Much has been written about the phenomenal growth experienced by selected East Asian nations in the last three decades (see, for instance: Amsden, 1989; Balassa, 1988; Haggard, 1990; Johnson, 1987;...

Small Countries, Big Lessons: Governance and the Rise of East Asia.
June 22, 1997... Gambhir Bhatta and Joaquin L. Gonzalez, III Much has been written about the phenomenal growth experienced by selected East Asian nations in the last three decades (see, for instance: Amsden, 1989; Balassa, 1988; Haggard, 1990; Johnson, 1987;...