Policy Studies Journal articles from March 1999

Policy Studies Journal archives from March 1999

Policy feedback: the comparison effect and small business procurement policy.
March 22, 1999... In the influential Politics and Markets, Charles E. Lindblom (1977, p. 178) observes that governments of capitalist nations can find "offsetting benefits" to compensate small firms for policies favorable to big business, which in his view,...

The advocacy coalition framework and the policy process analysis: the case of smoking control in Japan.
March 22, 1999... Observation of politics is, as Edelman (1971) argues, not simply an effort to learn what is happening but rather a process of making observations conform to sets of assumptions, which are called models. Models state the relationships that have...

Alive and kicking: municipal affirmative action policy in Texas cities, 1980s-1990s.
March 22, 1999... Affirmative action has come under increased attack in recent years. Strong opposition in the courts, combined with heightened anti-affirmative action rhetoric during elections, has put the future of outreach and preferential treatment policies...

Studying interests and policy from the inside.
March 22, 1999... This brief essay argues for (a) studying both organized political interests and public policy from a domain perspective, (b) becoming closer to policy players than many scholars would judge appropriate or likely, and (c) using opportunities...

Equitable approaches to local economic development.
March 22, 1999... The Development Process Local economic development is a process by which local governments manage resources to stimulate private investment opportunities in order to generate new jobs and taxes. Local government may try to execute its own...

Private benefits and public costs: policies to address suburban sprawl.
March 22, 1999... Over the past few decades, many metropolitan areas (especially those in the Northeast and Midwest) have been expanding physically at a higher raw than their population growth warrants. In the metropolitan areas of New York, Chicago,...

Innovation in urban policy: movement and incorporation in city administration and community development.
March 22, 1999... How do government officials innovate? The most popular current conception is that they change their attitudes. Administrators, say David Osborne and Ted Gaebler (1992), should "steer, not row." If they could get away from the notion that...

Jobs, equity, and the mayoral administration of Harold Washington in Chicago (1983-87).
March 22, 1999... Scholars of planning and urban development have identified Chicago under Mayor Harold Washington (1983-87) as a municipal administration that joined populist politics with a progressive policy agenda and administrative practice (Clavel &...

Distinguishing development incentives from developer give-aways: a critical guide for development practitioners and citizens.
March 22, 1999... The mayor proudly announces a development agreement sure to benefit the city of Rustville. A large national chain, Meridays, will open a 1,200-room hotel in the downtown area. It will generate 600 permanent jobs in the project itself, for a...

Race and civil rights in the contemporary era.
March 22, 1999... Reaching Beyond Race discusses what Whites "really think" about race. By using interviews, surveys, and hidden experiments, Paul M. Sniderman and Edward G. Carmines examine a number of compelling research questions such as: Why does the issue...

Reaching Beyond Race.(Review)
March 22, 1999... Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1997. 191 pp. $22.95 (hard cover). Reaching Beyond Race discusses what Whites "really think" about race. By using interviews, surveys, and hidden experiments, Paul M. Sniderman and Edward G....

Enforcing Civil Rights: Race Discrimination and the Department of Justice.(Review)
March 22, 1999... Lawrence, KS: University Press of Kansas, 1997. 276 pp. $35.00 (hard cover). Reaching Beyond Race discusses what Whites "really think" about race. By using interviews, surveys, and hidden experiments, Paul M. Sniderman and Edward G....

Racism in the Post-Civil-Rights Era: Now You See It, Now You Don't.(Review)
March 22, 1999... Albany, NY: State University of New York Press, 1995. 203 pp. $19.95 (paperback). Reaching Beyond Race discusses what Whites "really think" about race. By using interviews, surveys, and hidden experiments, Paul M. Sniderman and Edward G....