作者：STERNBERG, E
摘要：Should planners and policy analysts rely primarily on market theory in addressing public issues? Ernest Sternberg argues that Karl Polanyi's work offers a formidable alternative. Writing in the 1940s and 1950s, Polanyi rejected the notion that the market was the sole institutional mechanism for satisfying economic wants. He posited a much broader perspective on public policy, taking social, environmental and other factors into account. Sternberg offers an overview of Polanyi's thought and its ...
作者：WHICKER, ML; STRICKLAND, RA; OLSHFSKI, D
作者单位：University of North Carolina; Appalachian State University
摘要：How have we progressed in our 100-year-old debate about the politics/administration dichotomy? Marcia Whicker, Ruth Strickland, and Dorothy Olshfski argue that public management is examined within political science as a conversion variable. While political science has not reached consensus about a single, discipline-dependent variable, knowledge of the concepts as used-power, justice, equity, conflict, and policy-is useful for public managers. At this point in time, political science offers th...
作者：SCHNEIDER, SK
摘要：Why is it that changes in one program area often coincide with similar changes in other programs. Saundra Schneider investigates three possible linkages: causal interdependencies; common environmental influences; and program-specific factors that are correlated across Programs. Sbe develops a model to test these three linkages by analyzing state-level data on the AFDC and Medicaid Programs. Her empirical results demonstrate the overall relationship between AFDC and Medicaid and attribute it to...
作者：HENRY, GT; DICKEY, KC
摘要：How can a useful performance monitoring system be designed? Gary T. Henry and Kent C. Dickey describe the use of a research and development model to develop an effective performance monitoring system as part of the State of Virginia's efforts in educational reform. They provide details on bow the approach was implemented and discuss both the limits and risks involved.
