Policy Studies Journal articles from March 1996

Policy Studies Journal archives from March 1996

Ronald Reagan's Indian policy in retrospect: economic crisis and political irony.
March 22, 1996... INTRODUCTION Over the past 30 years, the native peoples of the United States collectively have seized a position in the national political arena that cannot be ignored. As a consequence, federal policies toward Indians have become,...

Legal challenges to presidential policies on the use of military force.
March 22, 1996... The president's discretion to use military force abroad has grown considerably since the Second World War. Presidents have used military force as part of policies to contain or roll back communism in places such as Southeast Asia, Korea, and...

Scientific information, elite attitudes, and the public debate over food safety.
March 22, 1996... Introduction In recent years, people have expressed growing concern about the healthfulness and safety of the food supply. This concern has taken at least three forms. First, United States citizens have shown increased awareness of the...

Rethinking state rail policy: the benefits of rail preservation include more than jobs.
March 22, 1996... Introduction Public investments in transportation infrastructure often are justified on the basis of job creation, despite the dearth of hard evidence demonstrating a clear relationship between such investments and economic...

Toward an explanation for public interest group formation and proliferation: "seed money," disturbances, entrepreneurship, and patronage.
March 22, 1996... Introduction In his classic study of American regulatory politics, James Q. Wilson (1980, page 391) noted that the tight "iron triangles" of the 1940s, 1950s, and 1960s, had by the 1970s, given way to subsystems "made of metal far more...

Airport privatization: full divestiture and its alternatives.
March 22, 1996... The proper role of government in the economy strikes at the very heart of every nation's "public philosophy." Inevitably, the debate regarding the scope of government involvement revolves around two conflicting issues: efficiency and equity....

The Sunland Pak/Camino Real partnership: landfill politics in a border community.
March 22, 1996... Introduction Trash disposal is a costly nuisance for communities. Confronted with burgeoning mounds of garbage, stringent regulatory environments, and fiscal and technical constraints, municipalities are struggling with how to get rid...

Local control wasting away: will Congress level the solid waste playing field?
March 22, 1996... Most state and local governments have regarded municipal solid waste management and planning as the natural responsibility of local governments, some even viewing solid waste management as a public utility, similar to sewage treatment and...

Cities and privatization: examining the effect of fiscal stress, location, and wealth in medium-sized cities.
March 22, 1996... Introduction The use of privatization varies among cities. For example, privatization has not been adopted widely in Asheville, North Carolina (population 62,000). After an 11-year debate, the city privatized only part of its garbage...

The Problem That Won't Go Away: Reforming US Health Care Financing.
March 22, 1996... Henry J. Aaron (Ed.), Washington, DC: The Brookings Institution, 1996. 298 pp. Hardcover, $36.95; paper: $16.95. Part of our role as policy analysts is to recount policy history and try to make sense out of it. This job has been taken very...

Intensive Care: How Congress Shapes Health Policy.
March 22, 1996... Thomas E. Mann and Norman J. Ornstein (Eds.), Washington DC: American Enterprise Institute and The Brookings Institution, 1995. 316 pp. Hardcover:, $42.95; paper, $18.95. Part of our role as policy analysts is to recount policy history and...

Health Policy Groups: Institutional Profiles.
March 22, 1996... Craig Ramsay (Ed.), Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 1995. 456 pp. $79.50. Part of our role as policy analysts is to recount policy history and try to make sense out of it. This job has been taken very seriously with respect to the health...

Green Planet Blues: Environmental Politics From Stockholm to Rio.
March 22, 1996... Ken Conca, Michael Alberty, and Geoffrey D. Dabelko (Eds.), Boulder, CO: Westview Press, 1995. 328 pp. Just now completing its third decade, the field of environmental policy research has grown considerably since Earth Day, 1970. From a...

Environmental Governance: The Global Challenge.
March 22, 1996... Lamont C. Hempel, Washington, DC: Island Press, 1996. 291 pp. Just now completing its third decade, the field of environmental policy research has grown considerably since Earth Day, 1970. From a literature that initially was dominated by...

Shaping National Responses to Climate Change.
March 22, 1996... Henry Lee (Ed.), Washington, DC: Island Press, 1995. 303 pp. Just now completing its third decade, the field of environmental policy research has grown considerably since Earth Day, 1970. From a literature that initially was dominated by...

Environmental Policy: A Global Perspective for the Twenty-First Century.
March 22, 1996... Donald T. Wells, Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice-Hall, 1996. 224 pp. Just now completing its third decade, the field of environmental policy research has grown considerably since Earth Day, 1970. From a literature that initially was...

Understanding Disability: From Theory to Practice.
March 22, 1996... Michael Oliver, New York, NY: St. Martin's Press, 1995. $39.95 cloth, ISBN 0-312-1579-0; $18.95 paper, ISBN 0-312-15803-3. Over the last two decades in the United States, the disability movement grew and matured both as a political movement...