Policy Studies Journal articles from June 2000

Policy Studies Journal archives from June 2000

From the Editors.
June 22, 2000... A correction to the volume 28, number 1 issue of the Journal should be noted. The back cover of that issue contained an error in the information provided for the first article listed under the symposium heading, Policy Dilemmas of Post-Soviet...

Political Economy of Income Distribution: A Comparative Study of Taiwan and Mexico.
June 22, 2000... Both Taiwan and Mexico have experienced remarkable economic growth since the 1960s. Taiwan demonstrates that higher income level can be accompanied by falling income inequalities. However, unlike Taiwan, the course of economic growth in Mexico...

Discourse and Argument in Bureau of Land Management Wilderness Environmental Impact Statements.
June 22, 2000... This study examines argument as a link between technical information and policy recommendations in wilderness environmental impact statements (EISs) produced by the Bureau of Land Management. As the EISs went from draft to final form, their...

System Development in the Federal Government: How Technology Influences Outcomes.
June 22, 2000... Institutional analyses of federal programs to develop large technical systems explain outcomes in terms of a conflict between coalitional politics and program administration. Such analyses gain precision when they take into account how the...

Introduction to the Symposium on Homelessness.
June 22, 2000... Homelessness is a very complex and challenging social problem that, in recent years, has not enjoyed widespread popularity as a topic of interest among social scientists and policy analysts. Included among the reasons for this limited concern...

Conveying Mission Through Outcome Measurement: Services to the Homeless in New York City.
June 22, 2000... This paper outlines the policy decision to implement a performance incentive program in a large social services agency. Specifically, it describes the evolution of services to homeless people in New York City, including the creation of the New...

The Pursuit of Coordination: The Organizational Dimension in the Response to Homelessness.
June 22, 2000... The pursuit of 'coordination" has been a prominent theme both in local responses to homelessness and in the current incentives in federal housing policy. This article reviews some of the conditions that make coordination important yet difficult...

Rooflessness in London.
June 22, 2000... Rooflessness in London emerged as a media issue and political problem during the 1980s. While "rough sleeping" undoubtedly increased, numbers are hard to quantify because studies are unreliable, use different categories, and people seamlessly...

Experts in Their Own Lives: Emphasizing Client-Centeredness in a Homeless Program.
June 22, 2000... This paper presents a case study of a homeless organization in Burlington, Vermont that is dedicated to the principles of client-centeredness. Originated by psychologist Carl Rogers as a therapeutic philosophy, this approach has been applied in...

Toward Self-Sufficiency: Evaluating a Transitional Housing Program for Homeless Families.
June 22, 2000... Homeless families face the economic and personal challenges of sparse employment opportunities and child care and nutrition needs, compounded by the loss of adequate housing. The Family Development Center (FDC) is a transitional Musing program...

Methodologies for Examining Homelessness and Their Application to a Mandated Statewide Study.
June 22, 2000... Using findings from a federally mandated statewide study of homelessness in the state of Iowa, this paper presents methodologies developed to address various aspects of homeless research, including enumeration of the population, screening for...

Making Washington Work: Tales of Innovation in the Federal Government.(Review)
June 22, 2000... John D. Donahue, Making Washington Work: Tales of Innovation in the Federal Government. Washington, DC: Brookings Institution Press, 1999. 232 pp. $18.95 (paper). This book explores a diverse set of federal enterprises that were judged to...

The Charter School Challenge: Avoiding the Pitfalls, Fulfilling the Promise.(Review)
June 22, 2000... Bryan C. Hassel, The Charter School Challenge: Avoiding the Pitfalls, Fulfilling the Promise. Washington, DC: Brookings Institution Press, 1999. 209 pp. $16.95 (paper); $39.95 (cloth). Hassel provides a broad overview of how charter laws...

Higher Education in Transition: The Challenges of the New Millennium.(Review)
June 22, 2000... Joseph Losco and Brian L. Fife (Eds.), Higher Education in Transition: The Challenges of the New Millennium. Westport, CT: Bergin & Garvey, 2000. 234 pp. $59.95 (cloth). This collection of essays examines the dramatic changes occurring on...

The Evolution of Public Policy: Cars and the Environment.(Review)
June 22, 2000... Toni Marzotto, Vicky Moshier Burnor, and Gordon Scott Bonham, The Evolution of Public Policy: Cars and the Environment. Boulder, CO: Lynne Rienner Publishers, Inc., 2000. 248 pp. $19.95 (paper); $55.00 (cloth). This book seeks to achieve...

Controlling Technocracy: Citizen Rationality and the Nimby Syndrome.(Review)
June 22, 2000... Gregory E. McAvoy, Controlling Technocracy: Citizen Rationality and the Nimby Syndrome. Washington, DC: Georgetown University Press, 1999. 184 pp. $18.95 (paper); $55.00 (cloth). The focus of this book--hazardous waste siting in...

Health Care Politics and Policy in America.(Review)
June 22, 2000... Kant Patel and Mark E. Rushefsky, Health Care Politics and Policy in America. Armonk, NY: M.E. Sharpe, Inc., 1999. 480 pp. $32.95 (paper), $81.95 (cloth). This book combines a historical overview of U.S. health policy and programs with...

Bureaucrats and Leadership.(Review)
June 22, 2000... Kevin Theakston, (Ed.), Bureaucrats and Leadership. New York, NY: St. Martin's Press, 2000. 244 pp. $65.00 (cloth). This book is a collection of essays that is the product of the Workshop on Comparative Biography and Administrative...