Policy Studies Journal articles from September 1998

Policy Studies Journal archives from September 1998

A logistic regression model explaining recent state casino gaming adoptions.
September 22, 1998... Commercial gaming adoptions are but one example of a policy innovation that has diffused through the American states. Policy innovations bring something new into use (Mohr, 1969, p. 112), and state lottery, parimutuel, and casino adoptions are...

Choosing not to choose in comparative policy research design: the case of the Research Network on Gender, Politics, and the State.
September 22, 1998... In 1977, Howard Leichter declared, "There are to be sure a number of significant problems facing those who would study public policy comparatively" (Leichter, 1977, p. 593). Hancock (1983), Feldman (1978), Ashford (1992), and many others since...

Comparing three lenses of policy choice.(Symposium: The Politics of Policy)
September 22, 1998... In his classic study of the Cuban missile crisis, Allison (1971) demonstrated that considerable cumulation in knowledge can be achieved when lenses, meaning theoretical frameworks of how policies are made, are compared with one another. Not...

Rational choice theory and the evaluation of public policy.(Symposium: The Politics of Policy)
September 22, 1998... Theory and Values of Policy Choice Judging and evaluating the substance, process, and results of governing are venerable preoccupations among scholars. Questions respecting the role of government in the economy are found in the work of the...

The struggle to reform regulatory procedures, 1978-1998.(Symposium: The Politics of Policy)
September 22, 1998... Governmental regulation of private economic activity substitutes the judgment of public officials for that of private parties. By prescription and proscription, requirements and restrictions, regulation limits the discretion of businesses and...