Policy Studies Journal articles from November 2003

Policy Studies Journal archives from November 2003

Is there life after policy streams, advocacy coalitions, and punctuations: using evolutionary theory to explain policy change?
November 1, 2003... Objectivity cannot be equated with mental blankness; rather, objectivity resides in recognizing your preferences and then subjecting them to especially harsh scrutiny--and also in a willingness to revise or abandon your theories...

"New governance" and associative pluralism: the case of drug policy in Swiss cities.
November 1, 2003... Introduction Throughout the 1990s, claims in favor of "new governance" have echoed as a leading motive for building self-organizing networks composed of public agencies and civil society organizations. Welfare and health care programs have...

Stakeholder involvement in the design of U.S. voluntary environmental programs: does sponsorship matter?
November 1, 2003... Many policy experts are critical of the current state of environmental regulation, arguing that the traditional command-and-control approach affords little flexibility to firms complying with pollution regulations. As a result, firms often make...

Welfare and the discriminating public: evaluating entitlement attitudes in post-communist Europe.
November 1, 2003... The dual transition altered not just the economies and politics of post-communist Europe but also the societies. With the advent of democratic governance, what these societies endure, believe, and desire can influence the governing and policy...

Public school search policies and the "politics of sin".
November 1, 2003... In November 2001, the Omaha World Herald reported this addition to the ersonnel at Omaha Westside High School: The newest employee at Westside... has a pleasant disposition, a quick mind--and a sleek, dark brown coat. Monday,...

Employment and training alternatives for non-college women: do redistributive policies really redistribute?
November 1, 2003... Although the proportion of the population earning a 4-year college degree has increased over time, nearly three-fourths of the nation's population never earns one. Over one-fourth of the population never enrolls in formal schooling again after...

To devolve or not to devolve? Welfare reform in the states.
November 1, 2003... Passage of welfare reform that devolves substantial responsibility for welfare policy to the states directly engages arguments in political science about the appropriate division of responsibilities in a federal system. Although much of the...

The politics of employee discharge: triggering, representation, and venue.
November 1, 2003... For over a century employment at-will has prevailed as the default common law doctrine governing the discharge of employees in the profit sector of the U.S. economy. Bluntly defined by an 1884 Tennessee court, this rule gives employers the...

Policy learning and uncertainty: the case of pension reform in Estonia and Latvia.
November 1, 2003... An urgent need for solutions is considered one of the strongest reasons for policy transfer (Berry & Berry, 1990; Dolowitz, 1998; Dolowitz & Marsh, 1996, 2000; Rose, 1991, 1993). The latest studies have further pointed out that the governments...

Prospects for Mexican federalism: roots of the policy issues.
November 1, 2003... Federalism has become a leading policy issue everywhere, and it certainly is for Mexican policy makers. The Mexican situation is complicated by a long history of frustration as far as implementing a federal system which, on paper, has one of...

Religion, policy, and secrecy: the Latter Day Saints and masons.(Author Abstract)
November 1, 2003... The spectacular growth of the Mormon denomination has been accompanied by church-state policy disputes, ranging from the rights of pro choice groups in the central square in Salt Lake City to the views of the Mormon hierarchy on gays in the...