Research in Public Policy Analysis and Management

by Nagel, Stuart S.

• ISBN13: 9780762305087
• ISBN10: 0762305088
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1998-10-01
• 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. There is particular emphasis on research related to operations and design issues for governmental organizations.

Table of Contents

LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS	vii	(2)
INTRODUCTION: POLICY FIELDS AND WIN-WIN THINKING	ix
Stuart Nagel
PART I. ECONOMIC POLICY	3	(50)
PROFIT SHARING AND JOB ANXIETY: MOVING PUBLIC POLICY TOWARD A WIN-WIN SOLUTION	3	(30)
Daniel J.B. Mitchell
THE GROWTH AND STABILITY TRADEOFF: AN APPLICATION OF THE MARKOWITZ PORTFOLIO THEORY TO THE NEW YORK CITY EMPLOYMENT MIX	33	(20)
Jacques Jiha
Farid Heydarpour
PART II. TECHNOLOGY POLICY	53	(72)
SUPER-OPTIMUM TECHNOLOGY POLICY: UNIVERSITY-INDUSTRY TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER	53	(14)
Dianne Rahm
Veronica Hansen
THE MISGUIDED RESPONSE TO A FAILURE OF MANAGEMENT: THE CLINTON ADMINISTRATION'S CHILDHOOD IMMUNIZATION POLICY	67	(28)
M. Bryna Sanger
Martin A. Levin
COMPLEX REGULATION AND THE ENVIRONMENT: AN ECONOMIST'S VIEW	95	(16)
Clifford S. Russell
GROWTH OF MOBILITY BETWEEN ECOLOGICAL CONSTRAINTS AND BASIC HUMAN NEEDS	111	(14)
Ekkart Zimmermann
PART III. SOCIAL POLICY	125	(42)
RESEARCH EVIDENCE ON RACIAL/ETHNIC DISCRIMINATION AND AFFIRMATIVE ACTION IN EMPLOYMENT	125	(16)
Marc Bendick, Jr.
MISDIAGNOSING POOR PEOPLE? THE PSYCHOLOGY OF SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC APPROACHES TO POVERTY	141	(10)
Roger J.R. Levesque
EQUITY AND EFFICIENCY IN ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION	151	(16)
Robert Berne
Michele Moser
Leanna Stiefel
PART IV. POLITICAL LEGAL POLICY	167	(46)
STATE TAX POLICY OPTIONS: UNBALANCED PORTFOLIOS	167	(18)
Oskar Ragnar Harmon
Rajiv Mallick
URBAN RIOTERS AND TRIBAL WARRIORS: THE MADDING CROWD, RATIONALITY, AND JUSTICE	185	(28)
Frank Salter
Kirsten Kruck
Otto M.J. Adang
PART V. METHODS, PROCESSES, AND CONCEPTS IN POLICY-MAKING	213
PERSON-CENTERED POLICY ANALYSIS	213	(18)
Dan A. Lewis
Shadd Maruna
INCLUSIVE POLICY ANALYSIS	231
D. Don Welch