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The Function of Unelected Officials in Policymaking

focus of interactions with interest groups, yielding, for the sake of simplicity, two possible approaches: a pragmatic focus and a...

American Criminal Justice Policy and 'On the Waterfront'

Malden), the movie offers viewers a glimpse into the underworld dealings of crooked unions and the infiltration or organized crime...

NYC Schools and Vouchers

about systemic change" (Domanico, 1993). Their idea was school choice, not vouchers (Domanico, 1993). The difference is that paren...

Democracy and Public Administration

in fact, last summer when the governor of New Jersey appointed a "friend" to the position of state homeland security. The "friend"...

Similarities and Differences Between Private and Public Management

there are definitely similarities between public sector and private sector management on a basic level, on other levels, the diffe...

NEPA and the Political Climate That Led to its 1969 Passage

In seven pages this paper examines the passage of the National Environmental Protection Act from a public policy analytical perspe...

Frequency Spectrum Scarcity Theory

Spectrum Scarcity Theory. The Telecommunications Act of 1996 is one negative reflection of the Frequency Spectrum Scarcity ...

'Uniforms in the Closet' by Jennifer Egan

This means that they are obliged to live a totally celibate life while serving, or participate in a loose "underground network" of...

Australian Courts and Statutory Interpretation

are not necessarily the same words (or meanings) and as a result, the photographer can argue that the purpose of the import was no...

Public Spaces Planning in Australia

many businesses have left city centers for outlying, privately owned complexes, where the young people also feel unwelcome (Urban ...

Public Policy and Marketing Ethics

both of which are legal and sold in large quantities (Kotler, 2004). (Illegal drugs are also in this category but as theyre not f...

Anti Semitism History in the United States

such as France, actively participated and even facilitated the deportation of their Jewish citizens to death camps (Grobman, 2005)...

NYC and Teen Curfew Implementation

other cities handling the problem? Curfew times in one particular county for example are that those who are 12 or under must be h...

Grandparents and Their Changing Role

and influence and that "alternative" family structures "spell the downfall of American youth" (2003, p. 471). While it is true tha...

Health Policy and the Role of Public Health Nurses

These authors conducted a large study of 3,830 individuals consisting of 17.8 percent nurses, 21.8 percent physicians, 29.6 percen...

Administration and Public Sector Organizations

micromanagement cycle or procedural rules (Behn, 1995). Such rules, he points out, prevent public agencies and entities from movin...

Greed in the Corporate Sector

to consider who has helped the most people, Michael Milken or Mother Teresa. Mother Teresa spent her life helping the poor, while ...

Should New Drugs Be Labelled As ‘New’ To Indicate A Higher Risk Than Established Dugs?

funds used to ensure drug safety focused in the approval of new drugs. After a drug is approved there are few quality reports unde...

Childhood Obesity and Public Policy

issues on that front? First, it should be said that although the government does have policy on health related issues, some compl...

History of Public Administration

served in the Revolutionary War and employed them in civil service positions in the government (Highlights in the History of Publi...

Views on Affirmative Action

that this job was "whisked away and handed to an unqualified black" (i.e., Wilkins) (Wilkins 639). On checking out this story, Wil...

Private Housing and Social Housing Development Process Characteristics in the U.S. and Singapore

to enforce special rules called CC&Rs (covenants, conditions and restrictions) and to raise money through regular and special asse...

Development of Social Work

p. 130). Figures from the early part of the century reveal that "50 to 66 percent of working families were poor and that a third ...

Public Policy and the Conspiracist

of conspiracist ideas resulted in the "political constituency that supports official investigations such as those of special prose...

Decreasing Low Birth Weights and Decreasing Infant Mortality

the same time, researchers have also argued that in the year 2002, children in the United States are somewhat less likely to die d...

UK Government Policies and Market Failure

If we look at the role of government and government failure we can look to the UK and the way public policy...

Overview of Public Sector Organizations

In three pages this paper defines the public sector and its role in a consideration of various organizations....

California's Public Transportation Policy

of California, although not always giving the outward appearance of doing so, does take the transportation problem seriously and h...

Public Policy and Direct Democracy

Political power is realized by representative processes that actually allow for careful prioritization of issues (Clark 434). The...

Nigeria and Public Administration

In fifteen pages this paper examines Nigeria in terms of the necessity for change in a consideration of public administrative down...