Variations in Elite Perceptions of American States as Referents for Public Policy Making

Following Walker, investigators have assumed that state executives frequently seek policy guidance from other states. This study expands the “diffusion of innovation” literature by demonstrating that levels of elite consensus about which American states have the better agencies vary by policy area. It is hypothesized that state administrators in policy areas characterized by general agreement about the better state programs are more influential in their own state's policy-making process than are state administrators in policy areas where there are no acknowledged leaders. Data gathered by mail questionnaire from upper-level state executives in ten American states provide support for the hypothesis. Finally, results from state expanditure studies, which also indicate that different mixes of actors are influential in state policy making depending upon the policy area involved, are found to be consistent with this interpretation.

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Institutions and Arguments: Simulating the US Policy-Making Process

Political Science and Politics ◽

10.1017/s1049096521001013 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 1-6

Author(s):

Lucy Britt ◽

Ryan J. Williams

Keyword(s):

Civil Rights ◽

Political Institutions ◽

Policy Making ◽

Knowledge Retention ◽

Policy Area ◽

Natural Gas Pipeline ◽

Political Ideas ◽

The Us ◽

Policy Making Process ◽

Us Government

ABSTRACT In US government courses, simulations have been shown to increase students’ engagement and knowledge retention. We present an original simulation that focuses on both the interactions between political institutions that contribute to policy making and the normative ideas underlying politics. By exploring a civil rights or liberties policy area, students learn about the importance of both political institutions and foundational political ideas such as liberty and equality. Students role-play members of Congress, lobbyists for a pro- or anti-natural gas pipeline group, and Supreme Court justices. Although the goal of simulations in many US government courses is to teach students about the ways that institutions shape policy, this is the first (to our knowledge) that also integrates normative reflection on the ideas behind political arguments. Assessment indicates that the simulation was effective in increasing students’ knowledge of and/or interest in American political institutions and eminent domain.

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Science and Law in Environmental Law and Policy: The Case of the European Commission

Transnational Environmental Law ◽

10.1017/s2047102520000151 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 9 (2) ◽

pp. 263-295

Author(s):

Aleksandra Čavoški

Keyword(s):

Environmental Policy ◽

European Commission ◽

Policy Making ◽

Environmental Law ◽

Policy Area ◽

Institutional Processes ◽

Law And Policy ◽

Institutional Values ◽

Policy Making Process ◽

Environmental Law And Policy

AbstractThis article draws on empirical research conducted with European Commission officials in three Directorates-General and its other services on their perception of how the legislative and policy-making process facilitates the interaction of science and environmental law. This article deploys Sheila Jasanoff's theoretical framework of co-production as an important lens to examine how the European Commission creates this interaction of science and law in environmental policy making and identifies how the Commission incorporates different voices and stakeholders in this policy area. The Commission can be seen as a vehicle of co-production of science and law in EU environmental policy by building strong expert identities, putting in place institutional processes and instruments, and creating discourse between scientists and lawyers leading to outputs of co-production. It is argued that in actively facilitating co-production, the Commission underpins the legislative and policy-making process with its institutional values.

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Positive Reintegration as a Way of Small and Medium-Sized Business Development

Voprosy Ekonomiki ◽

10.32609/0042-8736-2012-6-83-88 ◽

2012 ◽

pp. 83-88

Author(s):

A. Zolotov ◽

M. Mukhanov

Keyword(s):

Policy Implementation ◽

Policy Making ◽

Economic Reforms ◽

Alternative Possibility ◽

New Approach ◽

Compensation Mechanisms ◽

Policy Making Process ◽

Monitoring And Enforcement ◽

The Subject ◽

Modernization Process

А new approach to policy-making in the field of economic reforms in modernizing countries (on the sample of SME promotion) is the subject of this article. Based on summarizing the ten-year experience of de-bureaucratization policy implementation to reduce the administrative pressure on SME, the conclusion of its insufficient efficiency and sustainability is made. The alternative possibility is the positive reintegration approach, which provides multiparty policy-making process, special compensation mechanisms for the losing sides, monitoring and enforcement operations. In conclusion matching between positive reintegration principles and socio-cultural factors inherent in modernization process is provided.

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A Policy Network Analysis on the Policy-Making Process of the After-Schools

Korea University Institute of Educational Research ◽

10.24299/kier.2018.31.3.99 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 31 (3) ◽

pp. 99-118

Author(s):

Min kyoung Kim ◽

Yeong mo Jeong

Keyword(s):

Network Analysis ◽

Policy Making ◽

Policy Network ◽

Policy Making Process

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A Study on the Policy-making Process of the Three Kindergarten Bills: Focusing on Fast Track Systems and the Devil Shift

Korean Policy Studies Review ◽

10.33900/kaps.2020.29.3.5 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 29 (3) ◽

pp. 135-171

Author(s):

Jeong Ho Yoo ◽

Yunju Yang ◽

Ji Hye Choi ◽

Seung Taek Lee ◽

Rosa Minhyo Cho

Keyword(s):

Policy Making ◽

Fast Track ◽

Policy Making Process ◽

The Devil

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Interest group participation in the policy-making process : pipeline decision 1977

10.22215/etd/1980-13154 ◽

1980 ◽

Author(s):

Eleanor Jamieson-Clark

Keyword(s):

Interest Group ◽

Policy Making ◽

Group Participation ◽

Policy Making Process

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The Dual Executive

10.11126/stanford/9780804799973.001.0001 ◽

2017 ◽

Cited By ~ 10

Author(s):

Michelle Belco ◽

Brandon Rottinghaus

Keyword(s):

Policy Making ◽

Political System ◽

Government Support ◽

The Political ◽

Government Function ◽

Dual Roles ◽

System P ◽

Policy Making Process

The president serves dual roles in the political system: one who “commands” by pursuing his or her agenda using unilateral orders and one who “administers” and who works to continue proper government function, often with the support of Congress. In a reassessment of the literature on unilateral power, this book considers the president’s dual roles during the stages of the policy-making process. Although presidents may appear to act “first and alone,” the reality is often much different. Presidents act in response to their own concerns, as well as assisting Congress on priorities and the need to maintain harmonic government function. The authors find support for both the model of an aggressive president who uses unilateral orders to push his or her agenda, head off unfavorable congressional legislation, and selectively implement legislation, and they find support for a unifying president who is willing to share management of government, support Congressional legislative efforts, and faithfully implement legislation. At the same time, presidents self-check their actions based on the ability of Congress to act to overturn their orders, through a shared sense of responsibility to keep government moving and out of respect for the constitutional balance. The shared nature of unilateral orders does not preclude an active president, as presidents remain strong, central actors in the political system.

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