Policy Reform: Is Uniformity the Answer?

Political Quarterly

Volumn 74, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 421-428

  Peters, B Guy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

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EID: 10744231329     PISSN: 00323179     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-923X.00553     Document Type: Review

References (9)

1. The choice of language used to describe the individual is important. The citizen is a political actor who is equal in voting and law and other political aspects of life; the consumer is more of an economic actor and may therefore not be equal to another consumer: we are all effective actors in the market to the extent we have dollars or pounds in our pockets.
2. One of the best statements in this regard remains Richard Nelson's book The Moon and the Ghetto (New York, Norton, 1970), an exploration of the profound difficulties involved in making social policy and the need to avoid hubris and excessive faith in solutions. See also B. Hogwood and B. G. Peters, Policy Succession, Brighton, Wheatsheaf, 1983).
3. One of the best statements in this regard remains Richard Nelson's book The Moon and the Ghetto (New York, Norton, 1970), an exploration of the profound difficulties involved in making social policy and the need to avoid hubris and excessive faith in solutions. See also B. Hogwood and B. G. Peters, Policy Succession, Brighton, Wheatsheaf, 1983).
4. In the terms of Challis et al., the three 'policy streams' are all aligned in ways that would make reform possible, if not necessarily easy to accomplish: see L. Challis et al., Joint Approaches to Social Policy, Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 1988.
5. D. P. Moynihan, The Politics of Guaranteed Income, New York, Vintage, 1973).
6. This has been the case in some voucher programmes. Potential educational suppliers are reluctant to enter the educational market when the financial support for their students may be withdrawn at almost any time.
7. The full name of the measure is the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act.
8. The states were able to apply for waivers of certain restrictions contained in the then Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC) programme.
9. L. M. Mead, 'Implementing Work Requirements in Wisconsin', Journal of Public Policy, vol. 21, 2002, pp. 239-64.