Review of Policy Research

1981 - 2025

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Volume 4, issue 4, 1985

IDEOLOGY AND POLICY RESEARCH: THE CASE OF MURRAY'S LOSING GROUND pp. 587-594

Kenneth M. Dolbeare and Russell M. Lidman

SOME NEGLECTED POLICY IMPLICATIONS OF COMPARABLE WORTH pp. 595-600

Sandra E. Gleason and Collette Moser

EVALUATING THE IMPLEMENTATION OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT POLICY: LESSONS FROM DETROIT'S CENTRAL INDUSTRIAL PARK PROJECT pp. 601-612

Lynn Bachelor

THE SUBURBAN MOVEMENT TO LIMIT GROWTH: REASONS FOR SUPPORT IN ORANGE COUNTY pp. 613-625

Mark Baldassare

FINANCIAL INCENTIVES TO INDUSTRY AND URBAN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT pp. 626-639

Gregory H. Wassail and Doryl A. Hellman

INTRODUCTION: BREAKING THE APPLICATION BARRIER: POLICY AGENDA FROM HAZARDS RESEARCH pp. 641-644

Linda B. Nilson

ECONOMIC ISSUES IN FORMULATING POLICY FOR EARTHQUAKE HAZARD MITIGATION pp. 645-654

Jerome W. Milliman and R. Blaine Roberts

EDUCATING BUSINESS AND INDUSTRY ABOUT DISASTERS: LEGISLATIVE PROBLEMS IN THE ADOPTION OF MODIFIED LENDING TERMS BY HOME MORTGAGE LENDERS pp. 655-661

Risa Palm

NATURAL HAZARD LOSSES IN THE UNITED STATES: A PUBLIC PROBLEM pp. 662-669

William J. Petak and Arthur A. Atkisson

THE POLITICAL ECONOMY OF LIFE‐SAFETY: THE CITY OF LOS ANGELES AND “HAZARDOUS‐STRUCTURE ABATEMENT,” 1973–1981 pp. 670-679

Richard Stuart Olson

INTERGOVERNMENTAL IMPLEMENTATION OF BUILDING CODES WITH LATERAL FORCE PROVISIONS pp. 680-688

Alvin H. Mushkatel and Louis F. Weschler

THE DISASTER VICTIM COMMUNITY: PART OF THE SOLUTION, NOT THE PROBLEM pp. 689-697

Linda B. Nilson

AN INTERORCANIZATIONAL PERSPECTIVE ON LOCAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT pp. 698-708

David Sink

DISASTERS AND LONG‐TERM RECOVERY POLICY: A FOCUS ON HOUSING AND FAMILIES pp. 709-715

Robert Bolin

EARTHQUAKE PREDICTION AND THE GOVERNMENTAL PROCESS pp. 716-724

W. Henry Lambright

THE HUMAN EQUATION IN EARTHQUAKE PREDICTION AND WARNINGS pp. 725-733

Dennis S. Mileti

CONCLUSION: NATURAL HAZARD POLITICAL CONTEXTS AND ADOPTION STRATEGIES pp. 734-738

Douglos Nilson

A. COMMENTS pp. 739-739

Mel Dubnick

DO PRIVATE GROUPS CONTROL PUBLIC POLICY? pp. 740-746

Paul J. Gardner

ASPIRATIONS AND EXPLANATIONS IN POLITICAL ECONOMY pp. 747-752

James L. Curtis

DOWN AND OUT: PUBLIC POLICIES TOWARD THE JOBLESS AND THE DISABLED pp. 753-757

Helen Ginsburg

Volume 4, issue 3, 1985

GENOCIDE pp. 397-406

Louis Rene Beres

POLITICIANS AND THE DISTRIBUTION OF PUBLIC POLICIES pp. 407-411

Robert L. Llneberry

AN ALTERNATIVE PERSPECTIVE ON DEMOCRATIC DILEMMAS pp. 412-416

Elinor Ostrom

THE MDRC WORK/WELFARE PROJECT: OBJECTIVES, STATUS, SIGNIFICANCE pp. 417-432

Judith M. Gueron and Richard P. Nathan

ENERGY POLICY: HOW FAILURE WAS SNATCHED FROM THE JAWS OF SUCCESS pp. 433-444

Don E. Kashand and Robert W. Rycroft

THE BIOTECHNOLOGY OF SEX PRESELECTION: SOCIAL ISSUES IN A PUBLIC POLICY CONTEXT pp. 445-460

Thomas C. Wiegle

PRODUCTIVITY, SOCIETAL WELL‐BEING, AND PUBLIC POLICY: AN INTRODUCTION AND OVERVIEW pp. 461-466

Rita Mae Kelly

SERVICES: PARASITIC OR DYNAMIC? pp. 467-474

Dorothy I. Riddle

PRODUCTIVITY IMPROVMENT IN GOVERNMENT AGENCIES: AN ETHICAL PERSPECTIVE pp. 475-483

Walter L. Balk

EFFICIENCY VERSUS SOCIAL LEARNING: A RECONSIDERATION OF THE IMPLEMENTATION PROCESS pp. 484-496

Clarence N. Stone

EXTERNAL INFLUENCES ON PRODUCTIVITY: EPA'S IMPLEMENTATION OF TSCA pp. 497-503

Edward J. Woodhouse

VALUE TRADE‐OFFS AND PRODUCTIVITY: THE TRANSPOLITICIZATION OF THE U.S. POSTAL SERVICE pp. 504-511

M. Elliot Vittes

INCREASING PRODUCTIVITY OF GOVERNMENT'S RELIANCE UPON OUTSIDE ORGANIZATIONS TO PROVIDE ANALYSIS AND MANAGEMENT SERVICES pp. 512-518

Fred W. Becker and F. Ted Hebert

PRODUCTIVITY MEASUREMENT AND THE PUBLIC ORGANIZATION pp. 519-531

Thomas C. Dalton and Linda C. Fitzpatrick

IMPACT OF PRODUCTIVITY MEASUREMENT SYSTEMS ON MUNICIPAL PERFORMANCE pp. 532-540

Robert P. McGowan and Theodore H. Polster

ADOPTING PERSONNEL PRODUCTIVITY INNOVATIONS IN AMERICAN LOCAL GOVERNMENTS pp. 541-549

Charles E. Davis and Jonathan P. West

A. COMMENTS pp. 551-552

Mel Dubnlck

Acheiving Full Employment: Four Perspectives pp. 553-558

Harvey L. Schantz and Richard H. Schmidt

C. BOOK NOTES pp. 559-570

Mel Dubnick

SYLLABI FOR PROGRAM EVALUATION COURSES pp. 571-572

Stuart Nagel

Volume 4, issue 2, 1984

PSO AND POLICY STUDIES DEVELOPMENTS pp. 199-202

Stuart Nagzal

ANOTHER LOOK AT DETERMINANTS OF FISCAL LIMITATIONS pp. 207-211

David Nachmlas and Brett W. Hawkins

COST‐BENEFIT ANALYSIS AND THE RUSH TO DEREGULATE: THE USE AND MISUSE OF THEORY TO EFFECT POLICY CHANGE pp. 212-218

Susan J. Tolchln

SOCIAL PROBLEM‐SOLVING IN A REVOLUTIONARY SETTING: NICARAGUA'S PESTICIDE POLICY REFORMS pp. 219-229

Douglas L. Murray

INTERGOVERNMENTAL AND INTERSECTORAL TENSIONS IN ENVIRONMENTAL OLICY IMPLEMENTATION: THE CASE OF HAZARDOUS WASTE pp. 230-244

Ann O'M. Bowman

PLEA BARGAINING AS A GAME: AN EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS OF NEGOTIATED SENTENCING DECISIONS pp. 245-258

Ronald A. Harris and J. Fred Springer

THE CHANGING CONTEXT OF ACADEMIC SCIENCE: UNIVERSITY‐INDUSTRY RELATIONS IN BIOTECHNOLOGY AND THE PUBLIC POLICY IMPLICATIONS pp. 259-276

Kenneth P. Rusclo

INTRODUCTION pp. 277-280

Don F. Hadwlger and William P. Browne

SELF‐SUFFICIENCY IN JAPANESE AGRICULTURE: TELESCOPING AND RECONCILING THE FOOD SECURITY‐EFFICIENCY DILEMMA pp. 281-290

David N. Balaam

THE COMMON AGRICULTURAL POLICY AND WORLD FOOD TRADE pp. 291-300

Nicholas Butler

SOVIET AGRICULTURAL POLICY IN THE 1980 pp. 301-310

Anton F. Malish

SELF SUFFICIENCY, DELINKAQE AND FOOD PRODUCTION: LIMITS ON AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT IN AFRICA pp. 311-319

Louis A. Plcard

THE POLICY CONSEQUENCES OF THE GREEN REVOLUTION pp. 320-332

Michael K. Roberts, C. Mlcheal Schwartz, Michael S. Stohl and Harry R. Targ

AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND: THE ROLE OF AGRICULTURE IN A CLOSER ECONOMIC RELATIONSHIP pp. 333-340

Ramesh Thakur and Hyam Gold

FOOD SECURITY AND AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT POLICIES IN THE MIDDLE EAST pp. 341-350

Marvin G. Welnbaum

A. COMMENTS pp. 351-353

Mel Dubnick

“THE LONG AND VIOLENT PULL”: SCIENCE FUNDING AND POLICY RESEARCH pp. 354-359

Elaine Johansen

CARTER, REAGAN, AND THE QUEST FOR LEADERSHIP pp. 360-364

Ronn B. Klrkwood

MAKING ENDS MEET: CITIES, FISCAL STRESS, AND EQUILIBRIUM pp. 365-370

Janet K. Boles

C. BOOK NOTES pp. 371-381

Mel Dubnlck

Volume 4, issue 1, 1984

NOTES FROM THE EDITOR‐IN‐CHIEF pp. 5-5

Dennis J. Palumbo

ON BECOMING MORE OF A POLICY SCIENTIST pp. 13-21

Ythezkel Dror

AMERICAN STATES AND THE INDUSTRIAL POLICY DEBATE pp. 22-27

Mel Dubnlck

SCATTERED THOUGHTS ON A DEMOCRATIC DILEMMA pp. 28-34

Nicholas Henry

Futurs Studies and Policy Studies: Complementary Flelds in Pubic Affairs pp. 35-42

Michael Marien

WHAT HAVE POLICY STUDIES TOLD US ABOUT AFFIRMATIVE ACTION AND WHERE CAN WE QOFROM HERE? pp. 43-48

David H. Rosenbloom

FIELD NETWORK RESEARCH IN POLICY EVALUATION pp. 49-59

Paul R. Dommol and John Stuart Hall

PUBLIC POLICY AS THE CONTINUATION OF MORAL PHILOSOPHY BY OTHER MEANS pp. 60-70

William P. Branden

FROM SOCIAL DOCTRINE TO IMPLEMENTATION: AGENDA SETTING IN COMPARABLE WORTH pp. 71-85

Elalne Johansen

LOCAL IMPLEMENTATION OF NATIONAL POLICY pp. 86-98

Keith J. Mueller

POLICYMAKERS’ASSUMPTIONS ABOUT PEASANT SOCIETY: MYTH OR REALITY? pp. 99-109

Ilter Turan

POLITICAL CONDITIONS MOTIVATING LEGISLATORS' USE OF POLICY INFORMATION pp. 110-118

David J. Webber

INTRODUCTION pp. 119-122

Stuart S. Nagel and Dennis J. Palumbo

AUSTRALIA pp. 123-125

Geoffrey Hawker

BRAZIL pp. 126-127

Bolivar Lamounier

CANADA pp. 128-128

Denis Stairs

CHINA, REPUBLIC OF pp. 129-133

Lien Chan

CZECHOSLOVAKIA pp. 134-135

J. Blahoz

ISRAEL pp. 136-142

Gideon Doron

NEW ZEALAND pp. 143-143

G. A. Woods

NORWAY pp. 144-148

Idar Magne Holme

SWEDEN pp. 149-154

Rune Premfors

UNION OF SOVIET SOCIALIST REPUBLICS pp. 155-155

Georgll Shaknazarov

UNITED KINGDOM pp. 156-159

David Steel

WEST GERMANY pp. 160-163

Werner Jann and Hellmut Wollmann

A. COMMENTS pp. 165-165

Mel Dubnlck

GOVERNMENTS IN BUSINESS pp. 166-169

R. Kent Weaver

C. BOOK NOTES pp. 170-182

Mel Dubnick