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These include the definition of concepts, the establishment of criteria for judging policy studies researh, and the clarification of policy goals. Designed to serve as a definitive analysis of policy studies, this volume covers basic concepts, research criteria, societal goals, and policy altenatives.

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Second, the volume proposes to evaluate the methods of policy evaluation themselves, and to assess the field as a whole.

Designed to serve as a definitive analysis of policy studies, this volume covers basic concepts, research criteria, societal goals, and policy alternatives.

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Going to the active core of the Nazi revolt, this exciting psychological, sociological, and behavioral study is based on unique autobiographical stones supplied by over 500 pre-1933 rank-and-file Nazis. Peter Merkl's findings form the basis for a richer understanding of the political motivation of all extremist movements. Originally published in 1

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Americans claim a strong attachment to the work ethic and regularly profess support for government policies to promote employment. Why, then, have employment policies gained only a tenuous foothold in the United States This title highlights two related elements: the power of ideas in policymaking and the politics of interest formation.

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This ground-breaking study is the first to systematically examine the politics and political culture of provincial Ireland. Drawing on a wealth of previously unknown and under-utilised contemporary material, David Fleming focuses on individuals in Sligo and Limerick who were determined to shape the political landscape. -- .

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Neoliberalism has made Australia less equal and our welfare system more brutal. But it has also changed the politics of inequality. Looking at examples from health to housing, unemployment to universities, this book finds opportunities to make a more equal Australia.

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The last two decades have witnessed significant new developments in the field of population policy, particularly an increasing trend toward the establishment of national population planning efforts in the countries of the Third World.

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Hardy Wickwar takes a global look at public administration from the perspective of one whose lifetime has spanned most continents and most of a century.

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The tariff policies of the 1890-1922 led to the development of tariff rates that launched the United States on a path that led to later trade wars. This work traces the course of U.S. policy through five tariffs which preceded the Fordney-McCumber tariff of 1922, when the tariff was used for both protection and revenue.

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Did Ronald Reagan and his policies engineer the defeat of international communism, the breakup of the Soviet Union, and the elimination of decades of nuclear confrontation

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The research concludes that in the post- modern presidency, we have lost the desire and power to keep presidents accountable for their actions.

After discussing the problem of presidential accountability in the opening chapter, the book turns to the checkered pasts of American presidents with respect to protecting civil liberties.

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Presidential Communication is the first book to combine a study of the presidency with communications.

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Kuypers employs a new historical/critical approach to analyze both the press and the Clinton administration's handling of three international crisis situations. Using case studies of Bosnia, Haiti, and the alleged North Korean nuclear buildup in 1993, he examines contemporary presidential crisis communication and the functions of the press.

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Examines the administrative tools and techniques that US presidents have used to influence environmental policy and legislation through the years. A major portion of the book assesses current techniques and recent administrations, particularly the Reagan, Carter and Bush strategies.

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This volume, from the Policy Studies Organization, examines the role of presidential leadership in the development and implementation of civil rights policy in the United States.

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An evaluation of presidential efforts to achieve greater control over policy implementation by intransigent federal bureaucracies.

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This book consists of notes of conversations by one of America's leading Latin Americanists, as well as his correspondence with more than two dozen presidents of the Central American republics, Mexico, Cuba, Haiti, and the Dominican Republic.

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Concluding a five-volume collection of documents and conversations with the leaders of Latin America and the Caribbean, this text provides material on significant political leaders of the Caribbean since World War II. Norman Manley, Errol Barrow and Luis Munoz Marin are featured.

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This new analysis of governing ideas in U.S. foreign policy shows how they arise, are sustained and challenged both domestically and internationally, and become part of the world order.

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This is an insightful overview of what is happening at the cutting edge of professional public policy analysis.