Public Policy -- Its Nature, Impact, and Analysis
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This 9 page report discusses the structure and impact of public policy, what it means, and its impact. Social and economic policy have always occupied prominent positions in the decision-making of every government. Policy-making is directly related to those who are best able to present the most convincing argument in their behalf. This may be coalitions of citizens, special interest groups, or even the various agencies that were also established in the framework of social policy-making. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
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Public Policy Analysis
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A 5 page paper discussing a rational approach to public policy analysis that involves more than merely looking at the most obvious of alternatives. Fisher's framework is used instead, giving policy makers a view of likely outcome from several different perspectives. Among those perspectives are realistic, societal and practical issues. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
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Public Policy in Education
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This 5 page paper takes a look at public policy in education. The subject is explored historically from the 1850s to the present. Several subjects are broached including voucher programs, Bush's recent proposals, religion, and segregation. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
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Research and Interviewing
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A 5 page paper which addresses the concepts of research and interviewing as a means of researching. The paper utilizes "Participatory Action Research" by Stephen Kemmis and Robin McTaggart as presented in the text "Strategies of Inquiry," "Entrepreneurship in the Public Sector: The Horns of a Dilemma" by Felice D. Perlmutter and Ram A. Cnaan as presented in the January/February 1995 edition of Public Administration Review, the text "Taking language Seriously" by Jay D. White as it illustrates, in chapter 6, "The Action Movement in Administrative Research: Examples of Interpretative and Critical Research," and "The Interview" by Andrea Fontana and James H. Frey as presented in the text "Methods of Collecting and Analyzing Empirical Materials. No additional sources cited.
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Research and Public Administration
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A 5 page paper which examines how research fits into the field of public administration. The texts used for this examination are "Taking Language Seriously" by Jay D. White "Handbook of Qualitative Research" by Denzin and Lincoln. No additional sources cited.
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Research Proposal: Electronic Administration of Government Proposals
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A 3 page paper proposing that research be conducted into shifting the procurement proposal process from being entirely mail-centered to an electronic base. The federal government uses its own EDI network and has since 1994, but many vendors and agencies complain that it is no longer relevant. This proposal seeks to gain funding for an investigation into the use of an Internet-centered system for receiving, reviewing and awarding government contracts. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
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Rethinking Democratic Accountability;
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This 17 page book report considers this book by Robert D Behn, that looks at the problems of public accountability and defines the way that it falls short of public expectation as well as how it may be interpreted in the twentieth century and how it may be developed for the future. The bibliography cites 1 source.
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Social Housing Policy in the United Kingdom
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This 9 page paper examines the social housing policy which has emerged in Britain. The privatisation of council houses has been achieved by the encouragement of partnerships between housing associations and local authorities. The large scale transfer of properties, the way in which grants were awarded and the role modern of the housing association is discussed. The bibliography cites 7 sources.
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Steven Kelman/"Making Public Policy"
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A 6 page analysis of Steven Kelman's book "Making Public Policy." In this book, Kelman argues the rather unfashionable view that—all in all- the role that government plays in the lives of American citizens is "more worthy admiration and faith" than of "dislike and cynicism." Kelman's basic thesis is that for the policy-making process to function well, there has to be high levels of public spirit on the part of the citizens who participate in that process. The writer discusses this, as well as what others say about this text. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
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Surplus-Related Fiscal Policy Issues
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A 5 page paper discussing fiscal policy as it relates to the way today's decisions will affect the future economy. We can be assured that there will be some form of "correction" in the future, and today's fiscal policy needs to be based on the consequences of that future correction as well as current conditions. It has been predicted that adhering to current practice will reduce national debt from $3.5 trillion to $865 billion in only nine years. Though it will enable the economy to grow faster, it will also have unpredictable results on the financial sector. It will also allow some bail-out of Social Security so that active workers will not be working to directly support two families - their own and some unknown person who already has reached retirement age. Bibliography lists 9 sources.
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