Policy Studies Journal articles from March 2001

Policy Studies Journal archives from March 2001

From the Editors.(Editorial)
March 22, 2001... We have the solemn, yet joyful, pleasure to dedicate this issue of Policy Studies Journal to the memory of Don Hadwiger (1930-1997). William Browne, editor of the symposium in this issue, which focuses on rural environmental policy, provides...

The Demographics of Gubernatorial Appointees: Toward an Explanation of Variation.(Statistical Data Included)
March 22, 2001... This study examines tire various factors that could potentially predict or explain demographic diversity in high-level gubernatorial appointments in state government. In particular, it identifies and analyzes a set of variables that could help...

The Electoral Foundations of Japan's Banking Regulation.
March 22, 2001... This article locates Japan's financial policies in the context of electoral incentives. The collapse of Japan's economic bubble in 1990 exposed the rot in the banking system, hidden for decades by a Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) government...

The Fate of National Health Insurance in Canada and the United States: A Multiple Streams Explanation.
March 22, 2001... This article uses the multiple streams lens to describe why Canada eventually adopted national health insurance in the 1960s, compared with the most recent attempt at adopting national health insurance in the United States. The analysis...

Policy Decisionmaking Models in Practice: A Case Study of the Western Australian "Sentencing Acts".
March 22, 2001... While there is an extensive body of literature on a range of policy decisionmaking models, there is a lack of supporting case studies about the lived experiences of policymakers and the usefulness of various decisionmaking models in practice....

Elite and Participatory Policymaking: Finding Balance in a Case of National Forest Planning.
March 22, 2001... In recent years many theorists and practitioners have called for more public involvement in policymaking and for greater citizen input in decisions. The move toward participatory and community-based approaches in policymaking can be seen as a...

The Rural Environment: Uses and Abuses.(symposium introduction)
March 22, 2001... Don F. Hadwiger, In Memoriam (1930-1997) Some readers may find this an iconoclastic symposium in theme, title, and collection of articles. But then again Don Hadwiger was a most iconoclastic man; also a marvelously committed one. He died of...

Rural Opportunities: Minimalist Policy and Community-Based Experimentation.
March 22, 2001... Rural America's experiences with federal policies provide lessons on both the benefits and liabilities of minimalist policy attention and community-based policy experimentation. Prior to the New Deal federal rural policies promoted incentives...

Rural Failure: The Linkage Between Policy and Lobbies.
March 22, 2001... The failure of a national rural policy is a complex phenomenon. Suffice to say that such policy never emerged, despite frequent appearances on the presidential agenda. This analysis looks beyond institutional inertia and examines the reasons...

Rural Elected Officials, Environmental Policy, and Economic Composition.(Statistical Data Included)
March 22, 2001... This research uses an alternative economic composition methodology that classifies 52 Idaho rural communities. This methodology classifies communities as dependent, diversified, or post-industrial. A survey was mailed to elected officials...

Influencing Environmental Policy in Rural Communities: The Environmental Opposition at Work.
March 22, 2001... Environmental opposition groups have often formed in rural communities as a response to sweeping environmental regulations. They do not match the stereotypes of nongovernmental organizations funded by extractive resource industries, but have a...

The Tension Between Policy Science and Politics: Addressing Cancer Incidence and Environmental Contamination in Michigan.(Statistical Data Included)
March 22, 2001... The Internet and related innovations in information and communications technologies now enable individuals and groups from across a state to easily access and analyze data on public health and environmental contamination. In Michigan, will this...

Health Care in Rural Texas.(Statistical Data Included)
March 22, 2001... The purpose of this article is to assess the quality of health and health care services available to rural Texans. Specifically, we seek to answer two related questions. First, do people living in rural areas of Texas generally suffer from...

Locating Critical Components of Regional Human Capital.
March 22, 2001... Enormous attention has been devoted recently to the contributions of human capital in the strategic and competitive success of different regions. These advances by macroeconomists and trade theorists have important implications for...

Notes, Information, and Announcements.
March 22, 2001... Table 1 PSO Report of Membership Category 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 Individual Members 1,039 1,186 1,125 974 920 Library Members 1,177 1,179 1,135 1,089 1,135 Total Membership 2,216 2,365 2,260...