AGENDA SETTING
Thu 8:45 am
Chair: Stephen C. Brooks, University of Akron
Papers: "Direct Democracy, Agenda Setting and the Policy Process"
Caroline Tolbert, University of Colorado
"Policy Communities, Policy Information, and Agenda Setting: The
Effects and Causalities"
Cheol H. Oh, Arkansas State University
Robert F. Rich, University of Illinois
"Who Governs? It Depends on the Issue"
Dean Lacy, Duke University
"A Contingency Perspective on Issue Salience and Policy
Development"
Elaine B. Sharp, University of Kansas
"Policy Dynamics: The Marketing of Political Issues in the Agenda
Setting Process"
E. Rivers Garbarah-Aidoo, University of Houston
PRESCRIPTIONS FOR POLICY EXCELLENCE
Thu 10:45 am
Chair: James M. Rogers, Temple University
Papers: "Factors Affecting Implementation of Mandatory Arrest Statutes
for Domestic Violence Offenses"
Carol Kennedy Chaney, University of California, Riverside
"Judges as Public Policy Implementors: Implementation of the U.S.
Sentencing Guidelines"
Elizabeth F. Moulds, California State University, Sacramento
"The Effect on University Quality of Differential Institutional
Structures between States and Research Universities"
Paul W. Eykamp, University of California, San Diego
"Rx to OTC: Public Policy Without Deliberation"
Pauline M. Vaillancourt-Rosenau, University of Texas, Houston
"Justice and Super-Optimizing Analysis"
Stuart Nagel, University of Illinois at Urbana- Champaign
COMPARATIVE ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY
Thu 1:30 pm
Chair: Benny Hjern, Umea University
Papers: "Is Cooperation the Answer? A Comparison of Canadian and U.S.
Enforcement of Environmental Regulations"
Kathryn Harrison, University of British Columbia
"The Political Economy of Recycling: Public-Private Partnership
in the United States and Europe"
Renu Khator, University of South Florida
"Lessons for the European Community from the United States: The
Case of Air Pollution"
Sarah C. Stiles, Northeastern University
"Paved With Political Intentions: Impact of Structure on the Park
Services of the United States and Canada"
William R. Lowry, Washington University
POLICY TARGETS
Thu 3:30 pm
Chair: Sheldon Kamieniecki, University of Southern California
Papers: "'Means Testing v. 'Targeting' Programs for the Elderly"
Bruce Jacobs, University of Rochester
"Agency Choices in Program Delivery and the Impact on Client
Treatment: The Case of the JOBS Program"
Dale Krane, University of Nebraska, Omaha
Edward T. Jennings, University of Kentucky
"Policy Targets of Opportunity Using Structure to Predict
Strategy"
Jack H. Knott, Michigan State University
Carol Weissert, Michigan State University
"Role of Public Involvement in Managing Conflict: A Comparative
Case Study in Siting Low-Level Radioactive Disposal
Facilities in the United States"
Kelly A. Tzoumis, American University
"Implementing Federal Policy Toward American Indians:
Self-Determination, Self-Governance and the Politics of
Identity"
James R. Maupin, Southwest Missouri State University
Lisa J. Bond-Maupin, Southwest Missouri State University
IMPACT OF POLICY ON DEMOCRATIC POLITICS: A ROUNDTABLE
Fri 8:45 am
Chair: Steven Rathgeb Smith, Duke University
Discussants:
Lawrence D. Brown, Columbia University
Hugh Heclo, George Mason University
Helen Ingram, University of Arizona
Paul Pierson, Harvard University
Richard Vallely, Swarthmore College
Carwin C. Williams, Brigham Young University
THEORIES OF THE POLICY PROCESS
Fri 8:45 am
Chair: Paul Sabatier, University of California, Davis
Papers: "Multiple Perspectives on Automotive Emissions Control"
Paul Sabatier, University of California, Davis
Hank Jenkins-Smith, University of New Mexico
"The Politics of Administrative Design: Legislative Coalitions
and the Bureaucracy"
B. Dan Wood, Texas A&M University
William West, Texas A&M University
"Professionalization, Political Control, and Regulatory Policy
Change"
Marc Allen Eisner, Wesleyan University
Evan J. Ringquist, Texas Tech University
Jeff Worsham, West Virginia University
"National Styles of Privatization: A Comparison of Britain,
France, and Germany"
Nikolaos Zahariadis, University of Georgia
Christopher S. Allen, University of Georgia
"Institutional Rational Choice and Advocacy Coalitions: Improving
Theories of the Policy Process"
Edella Schlager, University of Arizona
William Bloomquist, University of Indiana-Indianapolis
Discussant:
Peter deLeon, University of Colorado
PUBLIC POLICY PARTICIPATION AND ACCOUNTABILITY
Fri 10:45 am
Chair: Lawrence Scaff, Pennsylvania State University
Papers: "Impact of Public Policy on the Formation of Employee-Owned
Businesses in the United States, the United Kingdom, and Italy"
Laurie Bounanno Lanze, State University of New York, College at
Fredonia
"Local Networks in Implementation: A Sign or Threat of Democracy"
Pekka Kettunen, University of Turku
"Mediating Structures and Social Policy: Community Organizations
and the Formation of Social Capital"
Richard A. Couto, University of Richmond
"Budgeting Entitlements: Caps and Costs in the Food Stamp
Program"
Ronald F. King, Tulane University
"A Theory of Democratic Taxation"
James Curtis, Pennsylvania State University
ABORTION, IMPLEMENTATION, AND THE POLICY PROCESS
Fri 10:45 am
Chair: Laura R. Woliver, University of South Carolina
Papers: "Locating Abortion Clinics: Aggregate Data and Case Study
Approaches to the Implementation Process"
Glen Halva-Neubauer, Furman University
Raymond Tatalovich, Loyola University of Chicago
Byron W. Daynes, Brigham Young University
"Abortion Politics in Ohio: Change and Stability in Public
Policy"
Patricia Bayer Richard, Ohio University
"The Impact of Gubernatorial Leadership on Abortion Legislation:
The Cases of Idaho, Louisiana, and Utah"
H. E. Scruggs, Brigham Young University
"Public Funding of Abortions in North Carolina: One Liberal Law
in the South"
Ruth Ann Strickland, Appalachian State University
"Pre-Roe Abortion Law in the U.S. States"
Christopher Z. Mooney, West Virginia University & University of
Essex, United Kingdom
Mei-Hsien Lee, West Virginia University
Discussants:
Susan B. Hanson, University of Pittsburgh
Helene Silverberg, Princeton University
ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY
Fri 1:30 pm
Chair: Christopher J. Bosso, Northeastern University
Papers: "Political Ecology: An Analysis of the Spotted Owl Controversy"
George Hoberg, University of Washington
"Comparative Environmental Programs and the Risky Politics of
Solid Waste Policy-Making"
Paul A. Smith, State University of New York at Binghamton
Ronald G. Ketter, State University of New York at Binghamton
"Hazardous Waste Policy, Regulatory Reform, and the Reagan
Revolution: The Ironies of an Activist Approach to Deactivating
Government"
Robert F. Durant, University of Baltimore
"Regulatory Policy, Executive Administration, and the Clean Air
Act: The Legacy of the Council on Competitiveness"
Robert J. Duffy, Rider College
"Environmental Equity Policy in the Clinton-Gore Administration"
Robert R. Higgins, Rutgers University
Discussant:
Christopher McGrory Klyza, Middlebury College
ROUNDTABLE: ORSHANSKY'S POVERTY LINE THIRTY YEARS AFTER
Fri 3:30 pm
Co-Chairs: Deborah Stone, Brandeis University
John E. Schwarz, University of Arizona
Discussant:
Frances Fox Piven, City University of New York
HEALTH POLICY REFORM
Sat 8:45 am
Chair: Stephen H. Linder, University of Texas-Houston Health Science
Center
Papers: "Regional Planning, Partnership, and the Changing Role of the
State: The Case of Quebec's New Mental Health Policy"
David A. Rochefort, Northeastern University
"Preconditions for Changing Public Policy: National Health
Insurance in the Eighties"
Roger Handberg, University of Central Florida
"Health Care Reform in Britain and Germany: Recasting the
Political Bargain with the Medical Profession"
Susan Giaimo, University of Wisconsin, Madison
"Friction, Fraction, Faction: Interest Group Disintegration and
the Prospect for Health Care Reform in the United States"
William D. Hayes, Ohio Department of Health
POLICY DESIGN
Sat 1:30 pm
Chair: Anne Schneider, Arizona State University
Papers: "Informal Logic in the Design of Policies and Institutions"
John S. Dryzek, University of Oregon
"Expanding the Discursive Context of Policy Design"
Stefanie S. Rixecker, Purdue University
"Policy Implementation and the Communication of Policy Meanings"
Dvora Yanow, California State University, Hayward
"The Importance of Importance: Reassessing Public Policy
Taxonomy"
H. T. Reynolds, University of Delaware
ROUNDTABLE: POLICYMAKING, INSTITUTIONS, AND PUBLIC OPINION
Sat 1:30 pm
Dicussants: TBA
ENVIRONMENTAL THEORY
Sun 8:45 am
Chair: Matthew A. Cahn, California State University, Northridge
Papers: "Liberalism and the Limits of Environmental Policy"
Cary Coglianese, University of Michigan
"Democratic Dilemmas in the Age of Ecology"
Daniel Press, University of California, Santa Cruz
"Pragmatic Environmentalism: The Politics of Cooperative
Pluralism"
Edward P. Weber, University of Wisconsin, Madison
"The Limits of Liberal Environmental Policy"
Matthew A. Cahn, California State University, Northridge
"Gender and Environmental Policy: A Feminist Critique of
Environmental Impact Assessment Theories"
Priya A. Kurian, Purdue University
DESIGNING POLICY FOR COMPLEX ENVIRONMENTS
Sun 10:45 am
Chair: Peter J. May, University of Washington
Papers: "Earthquake Risk-Reduction: An Examination of Gaps in Local
Regulatory Efforts"
Thomas Birkland, University of Washington
Peter J. May, University of Washington
"Texas City, Exxon Valdez and Beyond: Implications of Comparative
Analysis of Disasters"
Hugh W. Stephens, University of Houston
John R. Harrald, George Washington
"Initiating Change: Designing Policy for Complex Environments"
Louise K. Comfort, University of Pittsburgh
"Coins Tossed into the Social Security Wishing Well: An
Examination of Economic and Demographic Assumptions"
Lilliard E. Richardson, Jr., University of Tennessee - Knoxville
Discussant:
Alvin Mushkatel, Arizona State University
IMPROVING EDUCATION POLICY
Sun 10:45 am
Chair: David C. Paris, Hamilton College
Papers: "The Effectiveness of School Desegregation Plans, 1968-1989"
Christine H. Rossell, Boston University
David J. Armor, George Mason University
"Productivity and Effectiveness in Higher Education"
Lars Niklasson, Uppsala University
"Decentralization without Community Control: The New York City
Schools"
Margaret Groarke, CUNY-Graduate School
"The Impact of Comprehensiveness on Quality: The
Case of Public Schools"
Stephanie A. Slocum, American University
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Robert M. Daly, Binghamton University