Policy Studies Journal articles from September 1994

Policy Studies Journal archives from September 1994

Sizing up state and policy innovation research.
September 22, 1994... Introduction A review of the now extensive literature on the determinants of state policy innovation reveals that there are three principal types of explanations for what causes a state government to adopt a new policy. The internal...

Conflict, uncertainty, and the role of planning and analysis in public policy innovation.
September 22, 1994... Changes in public policy often are stimulated by the perception that existing policies and programs are inadequate for contending with a problem of public concern. While policy change may result from other circumstances (Cohen, March, & Olsen,...

Reconsidering the tribal-state compact process.
September 22, 1994... Introduction In United States vs. Kagama (118 U.S. 375 [1886]) the United States Supreme Court handed down one of its most powerful opinions on the nature of tribal relations. This case dramatically transformed the tribal-federal relationship...

Could privatization increase the efficiency of tax administration in less-developed countries?
September 22, 1994... The privatization literature has focused on efficiencies that result from privatizing various types of state services, but it largely has ignored the issue of revenue collection. This paper explores whether efficiencies could result from the...

The performance of state economic development programs: an impact evaluation.
September 22, 1994... Over the past decade economic development (ED) became one of the major priorities of the states. The states initiated programs aimed at three basic development strategies: (a) maintain existing industries and firms with their current...

Workfare in Ohio: political and socioeconomic climate and program impact.
September 22, 1994... Despite repeated attempts to reform the welfare system, welfare caseloads have continued to grow. This has prompted President Clinton to join a long list of predecessors in calling for reform. Clinton's idea is to empower welfare recipients by...

Social science versus ideology: a reflection on the work of Christopher Jencks. (author of 'The Homeless' and 'Rethinking Social Policy')
September 22, 1994... Christopher Jencks, The Homeless. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1994. Christopher Jencks, Rethinking Social Policy. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1992. To study poverty is to be reminded of how difficult it is to solve...

Reports of the Carnegie Commission on Science, Technology, and Government.
September 22, 1994... The consequences of developments in science and technology (S&T) permeate political, economic, and social behavior. These developments pose profound challenges to the survival of the planet and of the human species, through the possible...

Public policy: assessing the state of the contemporary literature. (four genres of public policy research)
September 22, 1994... The study and teaching of public policy is still perceived by many scholars to be some sort of illegitimate offspring, perhaps even a mongrelized discipline deriving whatever credibility it has attained from the more traditional disciplines of...

Understanding Technological Politics: A Decision-Making Approach.
September 22, 1994... This book puts a new spin on the traditional (some might say venerable) study of groups and their role in the public decisionmaking process. Hamlett's goal here is to create an analytic framework in this tradition which is geared specifically to...