Research in Public Policy Analysis and Management

by Nagel, Stuart S.

• ISBN13: 9780762300440
• ISBN10: 0762300442
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1998-03-01
• Publisher: Jai

Summary

This series presents selected research papers dealing with important methodological and theoretical issues in the policy sciences, with research in policy-related disciplines, and applied research on issues in public policy analysis and public management.

Table of Contents

LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS	vii	(4)
INTRODUCTION: SUPER-OPTIMIZING POLICY ANALYSIS	xi
Stuart S. Nagel
PART I. ECONOMIC POLICY	3	(26)
THE "BIG TRADEOFF": FUNDAMENTAL LAW OR RED HERRING?	3	(8)
Robert Haveman
WOMEN AND CHILDREN IN POVERTY: A POLICY ANALYSIS	11	(18)
Sue Campbell Clark
PART II. TECHNOLOGY POLICY	29	(40)
AIRPORT LOCATION, RUSSIA, AND SUPER-OPTIMUM SOLUTIONS	29	(14)
O.I. Larichev
L.I. Pavlova
E.A. Osipova
OPTIMUM BUDGET ALLOCATION FOR ALTERNATIVE ENERGY DEVELOPMENT IN JAPAN	43	(26)
Akiko Yumoto
PART III. SOCIAL POLICY	69	(24)
ABORTION, BIRTH CONTROL, AND PUBLIC POLICY	69	(10)
Rhonda Peek
THE DRUG WAR: THERE HAS TO BE A BETTER WAY	79	(14)
Patrick K. Walls
PART IV. POLITICAL POLICY	93	(62)
IMPROVING PRODUCTIVITY IN THE HONG KONG CIVIL SERVICE: THE SUPER-OPTIMIZING APPROACH	93	(34)
King W. Chow
THE ISRAELI-PALESTINIAN CONFLICT: A SOCIAL AND POLITICAL SOLUTION	127	(28)
Gideon Doron
Rebecca Kook
PART V. LEGAL POLICY	155	(30)
SUPER-OPTIMUM MEDIATION	155	(18)
John W. Cooley
ILLEGAL SEARCHES: HISTORY AND ALTERNATIVES	173	(12)
Kevin Young Joon Pak
PART VI. DEVELOPMENTAL POLICY	185	(54)
SUPER-OPTIMUM SOLUTIONS IN DEVELOPMENTAL POLICY: THE CASE FOR CHINESE COLLEGE TEACHERS AND INCAPACITATION IN HONG KONG	185	(22)
King W. Chow
URBAN, REGIONAL, AND NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT IN CHINA	207	(22)
Daochi Tong
SUPER-OPTIMIZING ANALYSIS AND CONSTITUTIONAL REFORM	229	(10)
Sebastian Saiegh
Stuart S. Nagel
AUTHOR INDEX	239	(4)
SUBJECT INDEX	243