Policy Studies Journal back issues from November 2003:
Is there life after policy streams, advocacy coalitions, and punctuations: using evolutionary theory to explain policy change?
Nov 01, 2003; ... <Pre>Objectivity cannot be equated with mental blankness; rather,objectivity resides in recognizing your preferences and thensubjecting them to especially harsh scrutiny--and also in awillingness to revise or abandon your theories when the testsfail (as they usually ...
"New governance" and associative pluralism: the case of drug policy in Swiss cities.
Nov 01, 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 been the prime subjects of such ...
Stakeholder involvement in the design of U.S. voluntary environmental programs: does sponsorship matter?
Nov 01, 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 costly capital investments that yield less ...
Welfare and the discriminating public: evaluating entitlement attitudes in post-communist Europe.
Nov 01, 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 processes through representation and voting ....
Public school search policies and the "politics of sin".
Nov 01, 2003; ... In November 2001, the Omaha World Herald reported this addition to the ersonnel at Omaha Westside High School: <Pre>The newest employee at Westside ... has a pleasant disposition, aquick mind--and a sleek, dark brown coat. Monday, Westside schoolboard members met ...
Employment and training alternatives for non-college women: do redistributive policies really redistribute?
Nov 01, 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 obtaining a high school diploma. Public ...
To devolve or not to devolve? Welfare reform in the states.
Nov 01, 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 debate about passage of the Personal ...
The politics of employee discharge: triggering, representation, and venue.
Nov 01, 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 right to fire employees "for good cause, for no ...
Policy learning and uncertainty: the case of pension reform in Estonia and Latvia.
Nov 01, 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 of East European countries are desperately ...
Prospects for Mexican federalism: roots of the policy issues.
Nov 01, 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 the best constitutional foundations in the ...
Religion, policy, and secrecy: the Latter Day Saints and masons.(Author Abstract)
Nov 01, 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 military. For academics, how to handle the ...