Policy Studies Journal articles from March 1995

Policy Studies Journal archives from March 1995

Learning by debating: the changing role of the state in China's economy and economic theories.
March 22, 1995... This essay traces the main lines of debate among economists during the course of China's reform. It first reviews how the market has become legitimated in the country. Then it examines three schools of thought that have emerged from an ongoing...

United States policy toward the multilateral development banks.
March 22, 1995... During its first several decades, the World Bank operated with few constraints on its lending authority. Lending policies reflected primarily the economic and political objectives of Bank management and staff. With the establishment of the...

Foreign-owned firms' campaign contributions in the United States: an exploratory study.
March 22, 1995... This study extends previous empirical work on corporate political activity by examining which foreign-owned firms provide campaign contributions to United States legislators. While numerous studies have examined which domestic firms make...

Perspectives on environmental health policy: symposium introduction.
March 22, 1995... Environmental health can be considered to be a subfield of all ecological and environmental affairs--one whose primary focus is human health. This anthropocentric viewpoint is captured in Purdom's (1980) definition: Environmental health...

The who, what, when, where, and why of risk characterization.(Symposium on Environmental Health Policy)
March 22, 1995... Extending the characterization of risk beyond the dimension of how much, to the dimensions of who, what, when, where and why, presents opportunities to enhance the understanding of risk by the public and by the regulator, and to improve risk...

Strengthening the role of public health in environmental policy.(Symposium on Environmental Health Policy)
March 22, 1995... Over the past 25 years there has been a steady decline in the role of public health agencies in environmental protection. This paper examines the major factors that have contributed to that decline, including the impact of federal environmental...

Procedural and substantive fairness in risk decisions: comparative risk assessment procedures.(Symposium on Environmental Health Policy)
March 22, 1995... The issue of fairness often is central within environmental policy debates. The recent proliferation of state and local comparative risk projects for informing the selection of environmental policy priorities offers an appropriate setting to...

Economics and health-based environmental standards.(Symposium on Environmental Health Policy)
March 22, 1995... Many federal laws dealing with environment, safety, and health contain language directing that certain kinds of standards be set on the basis of health evidence alone. That is, economic considerations are not to be taken into account in setting...

Hazardous waste site cleanup and neighborhood redevelopment: an opportunity to address multiple socially desirable goals.(Symposium on Environmental Health Policy)
March 22, 1995... The United States' hazardous waste site remediation programs are being challenged for lacking cost-effectiveness. We argue that these expensive programs will be more cost-effective and viable politically if economic and social analyses are...

Environmental justice and the allocation of risk: the case of lead and public health.(Symposium on Environmental Health Policy)
March 22, 1995... This paper examines conceptual and methodological issues in the analysis of environmental justice through use of the case of lead-exposure health risks. Researchers face important obstacles in measuring variable risks among population...

When studies collide: meta-analysis and rules of evidence for environmental health policy - applications to benzene, dioxins, and formaldehyde.(Symposium on Environmental Health Policy)
March 22, 1995... Environmental epidemiology increasingly is being used as a foundation for environmental health policy. Since environmental epidemiologic studies have increased dramatically in number, approaches are needed to interpret them. Two approaches...

Environmental health policy in Ukraine after the Chernobyl accident.(Symposium on Environmental Health Policy)
March 22, 1995... The 1986 accident at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant in Ukraine produced severe environmental health problems. This paper reports on the environmental health conditions in Ukraine after the accident and the health policy approaches employed...

Balancing the federal budget: a fantasy?
March 22, 1995... Roy T. Meyers, Strategic Budgeting. Ann Arbor. University of Michigan Press, 1994. Richard Forgette, The Power of the Purse Strings: Do Congressional Budget Procedures Restrain? Westport, CT: Praeger Publishers, 1994. Jim Miller, Fix the...

Poverty policy and the poverty of policy toward the poor.
March 22, 1995... Sheldon H. Danziger, Gary D. Sandefur, and Daniel H. Weinberg (Eds.), Confronting Poverty: Prescriptions for Change. New York, NY: Russell Sage Foundation, 1994. 529 pp. $49.95 cloth; $19.95 paper. Michael J. Rich, Federal Policymaking and the...

The democratic deficit, the European Union, and the European future.
March 22, 1995... Martin Westlake, A Modern Guide to the European Parliament. New York, NY: Pinter Publishers, 1994. xv + 302 pp. This excellent book goes much beyond being a customary "guide." It is a well-written, highly knowledgeable study of the...

Liberal policy debates and their consequences for African Americans.
March 22, 1995... Marilyn E. Lashley and Melanie Njeri Jackson (Eds.), African Americans and the New Policy Consensus: Retreat of the Liberal State. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 1993. 241 pages. $55.00. This edited collection enlightens the reader to the...

Win-win policy. (how to achieve consensus in public policy)
March 22, 1995... Win-win policy refers to public policy that is capable of achieving both conservative and liberal goals simultaneously. Examples could be given from any field of public policy, such as economic, social, environmental, legal, or political...