Policy Studies Journal articles from March 1994

Policy Studies Journal archives from March 1994

Schools, scapegoats, and skills: educational reform and the economy.
March 22, 1994... Much of the rhetoric concerning educational reform has focused on the role of education in improving economic competitiveness and productivity. This article notes some of the difficulties in assuming strong links between education and the...

Policy influence and policy responsiveness in state pollution control.
March 22, 1994... This article develops an integrated theory of state policy influence and responsiveness, then operationalizes this theory to account for variations in the strength and scope of state water pollution control and hazardous waste management...

Paved with political intentions: the impact of structure on the national park services of Canada and the United States.
March 22, 1994... Imagine the following situation. On a section of road in a national park, automobiles often collide with wandering elk, resulting in animal fatalities and vehicle damage. How should the park address this situation? The Chief Warden of Canada's...

The search for policy coordination: ministerial and bureaucratic perceptions of agency amalgamations in a federal parliamentary system.
March 22, 1994... Reorganization of public bureaucracies is a familiar feature of government. There is now a well-developed rhetoric about the reasons for the changes, which emphasizes efficiency and effectiveness; an end to duplication and overlap; the removal of...

Radon and asbestos: a study of agenda setting and causal stories.
March 22, 1994... Introduction Optimistic students of public policy might expect government to respond immediately whenever public health is at risk. However, given the panoply of issues vying for placement on the governmental agenda, governmental response may...

Policy type, bureaucracy, and urban policies: integrating models of urban service distribution.
March 22, 1994... Since Harold Lasswell (1958) equated politics with the question of "who gets what," the distribution of public services has emerged as one of the major issues in political science. Over the last two decades in particular, students of urban...

Introduction: issues of politics and practice in disability policy. (Disability Policy, Part Two: Disability Politics and Practice)
March 22, 1994... This symposium on disability policy is the second of two published in the Policy Studies Journal. The purpose of these two collections of articles is to broaden the awareness and acceptance of disability policy in the field of policy studies....

Organizing from diversity in the name of community: lessons from the disability civil rights movement. (Disability Policy, Part Two: Disability Politics and Practice)
March 22, 1994... Introduction The disability community laid the foundation for a new future during the 100th and 101st Congresses with the passage of three civil rights bills: the Civil Rights Restoration Act of 1988; the Fair Housing Act of the same year; and...

Disability policy and the media: a stealth civil rights movement bypasses the press and defies conventional wisdom. (Disability Policy, Part Two: Disability Politics and Practice)
March 22, 1994... The Americans with Disabilities Act was pushed through Congress with far less attention from the media than has accompanied other major civil rights bills. This was part of a deliberate and unconventional strategy by disability rights lobbyists...

Unintended consequences in public policy: persons with psychiatric disabilities and the Americans with Disabilities Act. (Disability Policy, Part Two: Disability Politics and Practice)
March 22, 1994... Introduction As the nation faces dramatic changes to the delivery of human services, it is particularly important to consider the role of unintended consequences in the implementation of public policies. To that end, an exploration of the...

The implications of parenting standards in child protection: a paradox in disability policy. (Disability Policy, Part Two: Disability Politics and Practice)
March 22, 1994... In the nineteenth century, persons with disabilities were often shut away in state institutions where they were segregated by sex. They had little chance, and no legal right, to marry and have children. In the first decades of the twentieth...

Toward a research and training capacity in disability policy. (Disability Policy, Part Two: Disability Politics and Practice)
March 22, 1994... Over the last 20 years there has been a marked shift in our understanding of disability policy issues. Much of this shift can be attributed to the rise of the disability rights/independent living movement. This movement, led by persons with...

The future of disability policy as a field of research. (Disability Policy, Part Two: Disability Politics and Practice)
March 22, 1994... Disability policy has only recently become a recognizable field of research. Work of high quality has been published in recent years, and opportunities for research are increasing. More important, research on disability policy could influence...

Disabled Policy: America's Programs for the Handicapped.
March 22, 1994... The concept of disability has assumed many forms as it has been addressed in public policy. For most of this century, disability programs have been considered by policymakers and the general public to be laudable and noncontroversial, with...

Agency Under Stress: The Social Security Administration in American Government.
March 22, 1994... The concept of disability has assumed many forms as it has been addressed in public policy. For most of this century, disability programs have been considered by policymakers and the general public to be laudable and noncontroversial, with...

Disability, Civil Rights, and Public Policy: The Politics of Implementation.
March 22, 1994... The concept of disability has assumed many forms as it has been addressed in public policy. For most of this century, disability programs have been considered by policymakers and the general public to be laudable and noncontroversial, with...

Disability in America: Toward a National Agenda for Prevention.
March 22, 1994... The concept of disability has assumed many forms as it has been addressed in public policy. For most of this century, disability programs have been considered by policymakers and the general public to be laudable and noncontroversial, with...

Disability and Work: Incentives, Rights, and Opportunities.
March 22, 1994... The concept of disability has assumed many forms as it has been addressed in public policy. For most of this century, disability programs have been considered by policymakers and the general public to be laudable and noncontroversial, with...

The Americans with Disabilities Act: From Policy to Practice.
March 22, 1994... The concept of disability has assumed many forms as it has been addressed in public policy. For most of this century, disability programs have been considered by policymakers and the general public to be laudable and noncontroversial, with...

Disability and the Displaced Worker.
March 22, 1994... The concept of disability has assumed many forms as it has been addressed in public policy. For most of this century, disability programs have been considered by policymakers and the general public to be laudable and noncontroversial, with...

Discursive Democracy.
March 22, 1994... The policy sciences have traditionally been oriented towards a positivist epistemological perspective, with economics and many of its applied methodologies serving as the sine qua non of the approach. For a number of reasons, however, these...

The Argumentative Turn in Policy Analysis and Planning.
March 22, 1994... The policy sciences have traditionally been oriented towards a positivist epistemological perspective, with economics and many of its applied methodologies serving as the sine qua non of the approach. For a number of reasons, however, these...

Critical Theory, Public Policy, and Planning Practice.
March 22, 1994... The policy sciences have traditionally been oriented towards a positivist epistemological perspective, with economics and many of its applied methodologies serving as the sine qua non of the approach. For a number of reasons, however, these...

Policy Change and Learning: An Advocacy Coalition Framework.
March 22, 1994... The policy sciences have traditionally been oriented towards a positivist epistemological perspective, with economics and many of its applied methodologies serving as the sine qua non of the approach. For a number of reasons, however, these...