ISSN:1541-132X    

DOI:10.1111/j.1541-1338.1985.tb00347.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1985

数据来源: WILEY

ISSN:1541-132X    

DOI:10.1111/j.1541-1338.1985.tb00348.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1985

数据来源: WILEY

ISSN:1541-132X    

DOI:10.1111/j.1541-1338.1985.tb00349.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1985

数据来源: WILEY

摘要:

Case studies of social interventions need not exchange relevance for rigor, provided analysts keep three methodological issues in mind. First, certain critical tests can and should be performed to help establish causal relations even when empirical data are limited. Second, “causell is an explanatory category representing a moral judgment. Third, case studies should provide some systematic attempt to evaluate the program under scrutiny. The article entitled “Social‐Problem Solving in a Revolutionary Setting: Nicaragua's Pesticide Policy Reforms” by Douglas L. Murray (Policy Studies Review, November 1984) is used to illustrate these

ISSN:1541-132X    

DOI:10.1111/j.1541-1338.1985.tb00350.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1985

数据来源: WILEY

摘要:

The logic of policy analysis in Grover Starling's critique of my article was but a vehicle for his real concern, which is a scathing attack on the Nicaraguan revolution. His criticism that I didnlt use comparative data confuses levels of analysis since my study does not focus on the national level. His argument about the contras not operating in the cotton region fails because the Sandinistas were active and successful there. tie also is mistaken in equating contra aggression with the activity of the Sandinistas against the people of the Atlantic Coast; Sandinistas have committed little in the way of human rights violations. The contras are not llrebels” but really dominated by followers of Somoza. The need for honest and open dialog about Nicaragua is not served by Starlingls veiling of his political agenda within a methodological analysi

ISSN:1541-132X    

DOI:10.1111/j.1541-1338.1985.tb00351.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1985

数据来源: WILEY

摘要:

This paper examine5 the policymaking progress in Costa Rica, specifically the creation of a new item for the governmental agenda. This new agenda challenges the traditional Itno army” policy of Costa Kica. Following a brief historical overview of the traditional policy, the paper considers the role of specific factors that promote structural conduciveness for the new “defense” policy and the attendant transformation of political symbols and definitions. The impact of the definitional and organizational changes on the implementation stage of policy is explored. This article suggests the importance of studying the role of hegemony in the construction and transformation of political and cultural definitions, an explication of deci‐ sionmaking as well as nondecisionmaking processes, and the influence of external and internal threats on nation‐state d

ISSN:1541-132X    

DOI:10.1111/j.1541-1338.1985.tb00352.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1985

数据来源: WILEY

摘要:

Large numbers of the permanently and totally disabled have had benefits terminated since 1980 as a result of a determined effort towards that end by the Reagan administration. This is an example of the process by which a major change in political ethos is translated into important changes in welfare benefit entitlement rules. It is also interesting since it seems to be the first instance of a large scale conscientious attempt of the executive branch to reach into and narrow the basic entitlement policy of the Social Security Administration. This normally would be done through joint executive, congressional and legislative action. This article presents the policy background of these events and reviews and analyzes the data about their consequences.

ISSN:1541-132X    

DOI:10.1111/j.1541-1338.1985.tb00353.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1985

数据来源: WILEY

摘要:

Triviocracy is a generalized organizational phenomenon; to the outsider or casual participant, the goals or issues which members of the organization pursue have little or no overt relationship to the well‐being of the organization; and once attained, these goals do not appear to help individuals in pursuit of their professional goals in any easily desirable way. In this paper will will explore the concept of triviocracy in some depth, describe the process that unfolds and examine the dynamics of triviocracy and its functions and dysfunction

ISSN:1541-132X    

DOI:10.1111/j.1541-1338.1985.tb00354.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1985

数据来源: WILEY

摘要:

The emphasis of this paper is on the development of a framework for analyzing the impacts of governmerit intervention on issues of public health and safety. Government policies are classified into three general strategies: regulatory, fiscal, and educational. In most issues, governments pursue policies in all three categories. The authors explain how the effects not only of specific policies, but also of these general policy types can be assessed over the range of social issues. The conceptual framework is tested with regard to a particular issue–alcohol‐related traffic accidents–across the American states from 1979‐1 984. The results suggest that fiscal and educational policies had little effect, but certain of the regulatory policies tended to be related to traffic fatalities involving alco‐ hol. The empirical analysis demonstrates the utility of the conceptual framework

ISSN:1541-132X    

DOI:10.1111/j.1541-1338.1985.tb00355.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1985

数据来源: WILEY

摘要:

Port authorities perceive their ideas as broadly supportive of regional economic development and are strongly associated with chambers of commerce, economic development agencies and growth oriented citizens groups. However, shifts in American foreign trade and the use of new technologies atid environmental regulation have dramatically changed the seaport industry over the last 15 years. As public enterprises, many ports responded to the new competitive markets by developing efficient but capital intensive container technologies. Environmental regulation also had a role in stimulating more efficient use of port lands. Although frequently viewed as a road block to all development plans, the intergovernmental review processes may have helped turn ports away from their traditional patterns of land expansion development and toward redevelopment of existing facilities. With the constraint of greatly reduced expansion opportunities. the enterprising ports figured out they could greatly increase cargo handling capacity without enacting the wrath of environmental quality interests. This paper examines this contention with both economic logic and inferential data.

ISSN:1541-132X    

DOI:10.1111/j.1541-1338.1985.tb00356.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1985

数据来源: WILEY