Recently added articles from Policy Studies Journal:
Editors' notes.(Editorial)
Nov 01, 2008; ... Every issue of the Policy Studies Journal provides articles that are of interest to a broad array of policy scholars. This issue is no exception, which opens with a thought-provoking article considering the too-often overlooked tensions between the field of public policy as it resides ...
Theories of and in the policy process.(Essay)
Nov 01, 2008; ... Introduction Political scientists trained in the generations of my teachers, William Riker and Aaron Wildavsky, commonly studies public administration as a field. (1) As newer bodies of knowledge pushed public administration out of its previously prominent role within political ...
The performance of policy networks: the relation between network structure and network performance.
Nov 01, 2008; ... Treating Networks Seriously (1) Networks and networking have become key concepts that are frequently applied in the world of authoritative policymaking and public administration, as well as in the scientific community analyzing and evaluating policy processes and their outcomes ...
No race in any direction: state welfare and income regimes.(Report)
Nov 01, 2008; ... Introduction A decade has passed since Congress enacted and President Clinton signed into law the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act (PRWORA). This act abolished the much-maligned entitlement program Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC), ...
The behavioral impact of drinking and driving laws.
Nov 01, 2008; ... Introduction Drinking and driving presents a serious public safety problem in the United States with over 2 million crashes involving alcohol each year and a cost estimated by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) to be $114 billion nationally in 2000 ...