Review of Policy Research

1981 - 2025

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From the Editor pp. 741-741: Dennis K. McBride
Regulating Finance: Who Rules, Whose Rules? pp. 743-766: Stephen L. Harris
Using Parallel Strategies to Promote Change: Forest Policymaking under George W. Bush pp. 767-782: Jacqueline Vaughn and Hanna Cortner
Thinking about Affirmative Action: Arguments Supporting Preferential Policies pp. 783-797: Garth Massey
A Lingering Question of Priorities: Athletic Budgets and Academic Performance Revisited1 pp. 799-807: Kenneth J. Meier, Warren S. Eller, Miner P. Marchbanks, Scott Robinson, J. L. Polinard and Robert D. Wrinkle
Innovating Science Policy: Restructuring S&T Policy for the Twenty‐first Century1 pp. 809-828: James J. Richardson, Whitney B. Matson and Robert J. Peters
A System‐of‐Systems Perspective for Public Policy Decisions pp. 829-837: Dan DeLaurentis and Robert K. “CAB” Callaway
Presidential Address pp. 839-841: Paul J. Rich

From the Editor pp. 613-614: Dennis K. McBride
Efficiency Measurement in Australian Local Government: The Case of New South Wales Municipal Water Services pp. 615-636: Kim Woodbury and Brian Dollery
Prices, Devices, People, or Rules: The Relative Effectiveness of Policy Instruments in Water Conservation1 pp. 637-662: Heather E. Campbell, Ryan M. Johnson and Elizabeth Hunt Larson
The Government Centralization‐Decentralization Debate in Metropolitan Areas pp. 663-680: David K. Hamilton
Binational Vital Signs: A Quality of Life Indicator Program for the San Diego–Tijuana Metropolitan Region1 pp. 681-698: Celeste Murphy‐Greene and John Blair
The Impact of Low Trust on Economic Development: The Case of Latin America pp. 699-713: M. B. Neace
The Policy Sciences and the Unmasking Turn of Mind1 pp. 715-728: Philip Ryan
Community Capacity Building: A Critical Evaluation of the Third Sector Approach pp. 729-739: Colin Williams

From the Editor pp. 463-463: Dennis K. McBride
New Directions in Arts and Cultural Policy: Forward by the Editors pp. 465-467: Elizabeth Strom and Margaret Wyszomirski
From Public Support for the Arts to Cultural Policy pp. 469-484: Margaret Wyszomirski
Searching for a National Policy on the Arts pp. 485-504: Donald Hugh Perone
Old Pictures in New Frames: Issue Definition and Federal Arts Policy pp. 505-522: Elizabeth Strom and Angela Cook
Setting Agendas and Designing Alternatives: Policymaking and the Strategic Role of Meetings1 pp. 523-542: Steven J. Tepper
The Divergent Worlds of New Media: How Policy Shapes Work in the Creative Economy1 pp. 543-558: Susan Christopherson
The Conduct of Policy Analysis: Philosophical Points of Reference pp. 559-579: John Dixon and Rhys Dogan
Involving the Public: When Are Surveys and Stakeholder Interviews Effective?1 pp. 581-593: Nicole Darnall and G. Jason Jolley
Same Governance, Different Day: Does Metropolitan Reorganization Make a Difference? pp. 595-611: Laura A. Reese

From the Editor pp. 139-139: Dennis K. McBride
Crisis Management, Crisis Response: An Introduction to the Symposium1 pp. 141-143: Rick S. Kurtz and William P. Browne
Wildfire Management in the United States: The Evolution of a Policy Failure pp. 145-156: George Busenberg
From Crisis to Opportunity: Human Resource Challenges for the Public Sector in the Twenty‐First Century pp. 157-178: Vidu Soni
“The World Changed Today”: Agenda‐Setting and Policy Change in the Wake of the September 11 Terrorist Attacks pp. 179-200: Thomas A. Birkland
Coastal Oil Pollution: Spills, Crisis, and Policy Change1 pp. 201-219: Rick S. Kurtz
Mission Evolution: The United States Forest Service's Response to Crisis pp. 221-232: William M. Salka
Enron, a Perceived Crisis in Public Confidence, and the Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act of 2002 pp. 233-252: Allan J. Cigler

From the Editor pp. 1-2: Dennis K. McBride
About the Potomac Institute for Policy Studies pp. 3-4: Stephanie L. Tennyson
The Imprisonment Crisis in America: Introduction pp. 5-12: Randall G. Shelden
The Risks and Needs of the Returning Prisoner Population pp. 13-29: James Austin and Patricia L. Hardyman
Women Offenders and the Gendered Effects of Public Policy1 pp. 31-48: Barbara Bloom, Barbara Owen and Stephanie Covington
Commerce with Criminals: The New Colonialism in Criminal Justice pp. 49-62: Michael Hallett
A Failure of Good Intentions: An Analysis of Juvenile Justice Reform in San Francisco during the 1990s pp. 63-78: Daniel Macallair and Mike Males
Race, Class, and the Development of Criminal Justice Policy1 pp. 79-92: Marc Mauer
Kentucky's Perpetual Prisoner Machine: It's about Money1 pp. 93-106: Stephen C. Richards, James Austin and Richard S. Jones
Postsovereign Governance in a Globalizing and Fragmenting World: The Case of Mexico pp. 107-127: Isidro Morales‐Moreno
A Policy toward the Dead: Repatriating Controversial Political Leaders pp. 129-135: David Merchant and Paul Rich
A review of Martin Packer, Changing Classes: School Reform and the New Economy. New York: Cambridge University Press, 2001 pp. 137-138: David D. Kumar and Jeremy F. Plant

New Review Offices and Editor pp. iii-iii: Paul Rich
A Message from the Editor pp. 363-364: David Lewis Feldman
Comparing Feminist Policy in Politics and at Work in France and Germany: Shared European Union Setting, Divergent National Contexts pp. 365-384: Amy G. Mazur and Susanne Zwingel
Parity Reform in France: Promises and Pitfalls pp. 385-400: Claudie Baudino
Much Ado about Nothing? Political Representation Policies and the Influence of Women Parliamentarians in Germany pp. 401-422: Birgit Meyer
Equal Employment Policy in France: Symbolic Support and a Mixed Record pp. 423-442: Jacqueline Laufer
Equal Employment Policy in Germany: Limited Results and Prospects for Reform pp. 443-458: Angelika Koch
Asking Fathers and Employers to Volunteer: A (De)Tour of Reconciliation Policy in Germany?1 pp. 459-478: Andrea Vogt and Susanne Zwingel
Europeanization and the “Needle's Eye”: The Transformation of Employment Policy in Germany1 pp. 479-492: Ulrike Liebert
Drawing Comparative Lessons from France and Germany pp. 493-524: Amy G. Mazur
Community of Choice or Ghetto of Last Resort: Community Development and the Viability of an African American Community1 pp. 525-548: Mark A. Glaser, Lee E. Parker and Hong Li