ISSN:0190-292X    

DOI:10.1111/j.1541-0072.1995.tb00519.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1995

数据来源: WILEY

摘要:

Policy analysis, both of a positivist and of an interpretivist bent, often focuses on the explicit, formal language of legislation. But policy meanings are also communicated through agency acts that take place in settings. In this essay I explore what we might learn for policy analysis in seeing built spaces–that is, policy settings–as texts, and specifically as stor

ISSN:0190-292X    

DOI:10.1111/j.1541-0072.1995.tb00520.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1995

数据来源: WILEY

摘要:

Discussions of the framing of policy issues have developed in the policy process and policy analysis literatures. This article uses a concept of “ethical traditions” derived from ideology theory to analyze the framing of programs promoting homeownership for the poor. It argues that the rhetoric surrounding the legislation of these programs was drawn from a tradition of agrarian republicanism, and concludes with some comments about the implications of this finding for designing antipoverty pol

ISSN:0190-292X    

DOI:10.1111/j.1541-0072.1995.tb00521.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1995

数据来源: WILEY

摘要:

This paper examines the implications of postmodern deconstructive insights for the practice and teaching of policy analysis. A review of recent literature highlights the clashes between rational/positivist and rhetorical/postpositivist perspectives, and concludes that elitist technocratic complexity too often excludes the public from meaningful policy deliberation. The paper closes with concrete recommendations for the academic preparation of more democratic, more rhetorically sophisticated “postmodern” policy analy

ISSN:0190-292X    

DOI:10.1111/j.1541-0072.1995.tb00522.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1995

数据来源: WILEY

摘要:

This longitudinal study of Indiana lottery expenditures tracks that market from a time when all play was in games offered by other states until the state offered a full portfolio of games. Both the socio‐economic characteristics of players and the nature of their play have changed. Participation doubled when the Indiana games began, and it continues to increase, albeit more slowly. Lottery play is regressive, and has become increasingly regressive over time. An increasing proportion of lottery revenues comes from low‐income players and heavy bettors, although small bets are still the norm. While college graduates play the lottery less than do other individuals, the initial large gap in play rates for these two groups is diminishing as college graduates increase their participation in the lottery. Similarly, women and individuals between the ages of 44 and 65 are continuing to increase their participation in lotteries. Patterns associated with increased regressivity, with increased play among low‐income players, and with higher reliance on heavy bettors, suggest a need for special policy vigilance as the games m

ISSN:0190-292X    

DOI:10.1111/j.1541-0072.1995.tb00523.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1995

数据来源: WILEY

摘要:

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) develops some of the most complex, far‐reaching regulations in the federal government, which require a complex internal rulemaking management system. This paper examines current reforms to this process in the context of addressing obstacles to EPA's rulemaking efforts. The study is important both to the management of one of the most expansive regulatory agencies and to rulemaking management in general. Many of the reforms discussed in this paper could be used by other rulemaking agencies to improve their regulations and management systems as wel

ISSN:0190-292X    

DOI:10.1111/j.1541-0072.1995.tb00524.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1995

数据来源: WILEY

摘要:

Despite legal efforts to eliminate employment discrimination, lawsuits and demonstrations suggest that many federal employees believe they are subject to discriminatory practices. This article analyzes responses to a governmentwide survey of federal employees in order to understand such perceptions more fully. Propositions examined, and at least partially supported, include that minority groups hold identifiable, but structurally different, belief systems with regard to discrimination, and that there are identifiable factors correlated with these perceptions.

ISSN:0190-292X    

DOI:10.1111/j.1541-0072.1995.tb00525.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1995

数据来源: WILEY

摘要:

This study examines both behavioral and attitudinal dimensions of public opposition to the siting of a recycling center using inperson surveys and observed measures of behavior. This is a perfect NIMBY (not‐in‐my‐backyard) case, as the underlying activity is widely supported while the facility to do it is opposed locally. One finding is that attitudes may differ significantly from behavior. Levels of behavioral opposition are not only lower than attitudinal opposition, but they decline more quickly with distance. A second finding is that behavioral opposition is motivated not only by perceived costs from a facility, but also by perceptions of the fairness of the siting pr

ISSN:0190-292X    

DOI:10.1111/j.1541-0072.1995.tb00526.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1995

数据来源: WILEY

摘要:

The fact that agricultural policy decisions can have important environmental consequences has become common knowledge among policy scholars and policy practitioners. This relationship is reflected in the increasingly prominent soil conservation and environmental protection components of the 1985 and 1990 Farm Bills. In debating the value of continuing these provisions in the upcoming reauthorization of this legislation, scholars and politicians alike focus almost exclusively on their water quality benefits. However, the soil conservation components of agricultural policy also may affect air quality significantly. Using multivariate transfer function analysis, we find that implementation of the 1985 Farm Bill's Conservation Reserve Program has improved air quality significantly in that area of the country most plagued by agricultural air pollution.

ISSN:0190-292X    

DOI:10.1111/j.1541-0072.1995.tb00527.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1995

数据来源: WILEY

ISSN:0190-292X    

DOI:10.1111/j.1541-0072.1995.tb00528.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1995

数据来源: WILEY