Policy Studies Journal articles from September 2002

Policy Studies Journal archives from September 2002

From the editor in chief.(Editorial)
September 22, 2002... In This Issue Two of the four articles in this issue address substantive policies. They look at the performance of program designs in two very different policy domains. Ubokudom et al. consider nursing home costs and Stranlund et al. look...

The effects of case-mix reimbursement on Ohio Medicaid Nursing Home Costs.
September 22, 2002... Introduction National expenditures for nursing home care provided in both freestanding and hospital-based facilities amounted to $87.5 billion in 1996 (Levit et al., 1997). Even though nursing homes serve less than 25% of the long-term...

Enforcing emissions trading programs: theory, practice, and performance.
September 22, 2002... Introduction Emission trading programs (also referred to as transferable or tradable pollution rights and cap-and-trade policies) are an innovative approach to controlling pollution that continues to gather support from policymakers and...

Setting an agenda for local action: the limits of expert opinion and community voice.
September 22, 2002... Introduction Who sets the agenda for social policy? Given the intense competition for resources and attention among pressing problems, who decides which issues become priorities and which are tabled? In setting social policy agendas,...

Typologies, taxonomies, and the benefits of policy classification.
September 22, 2002... Policy typologies are one of the most durable analytical frameworks in political science. Originally conceived by Lowi nearly 40 years ago (1964, 1972), numerous variants of policy typologies provide theoretical structure for a broad range of...

PSO news and views.(Policy Studies Organization)
September 22, 2002... Renewing Your Membership If you haven't renewed your membership, the next journals you receive will have a form that will enable you to do so and thus get the password to access PSO journals electronically. Member News * Harrell...

Does policy studies deserve an international association?
September 22, 2002... How nationalistic are academic associations? Since the founding of the Royal Society in London in the late 1600s, academic societies have played an important role in shaping how one looks at research and scholarship. The societies reward, and...