Politics, economics, and the public: policy outcomes in the American States
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In: American politics research series
In: Publius: the journal of federalism, Volume 14, Issue 2, p. 21-21
ISSN: 0048-5950
In: Review of policy research, Volume 18, Issue 2, p. 157-157
ISSN: 1541-1338
In: Review of policy research, Volume 15, Issue 4, p. 75-82
ISSN: 1541-1338
In: Policy studies review: PSR, Volume 15, Issue 4, p. 75
ISSN: 0278-4416
In: Political science quarterly: a nonpartisan journal devoted to the study and analysis of government, politics and international affairs ; PSQ, Volume 111, Issue 2, p. 378-379
ISSN: 1538-165X
In: American political science review, Volume 89, Issue 4, p. 1036-1036
ISSN: 1537-5943
In: PS: political science & politics, Volume 26, Issue 4, p. 693-695
If the Clinton administration "looks like America," then we have become a nation of lawyers and lobbyists.Perhaps it should come as no surprise that almost all of the top jobs in the Clinton administration are filled by lawyers, lobbyists, politicians, and bureaucrats. Unlike his predecessors in the White House, Bill Clinton never had any experience outside of politics and government. Among Clinton's top advisors only his Chief of Staff, home-town friend Thomas McLarty, was recruited from the business world. (Secretary of Energy, Hazel O'Leary, was a power company executive at the time of her appointment but most of her career was spent as a Washington-based lobbyist for the power industry.) Nor is there any significant military experience represented on Clinton's top team, although several members are veterans.Clinton's pledge to bring to Washington an administration that "looks like America" presumably meant more minorities and women appointed to cabinet-level positions. Clinton's initial cabinet team includes three women—Attorney General Janet Reno, HHS Secretary Donna Shalala, and Energy Secretary Hazel O'Leary. Three African Americans serve in the Clinton cabinet—Commerce Secretary Ron Brown, Agricultural Secretary Mike Espy, and Veterans Affairs Secretary Jesse Brown; and two Hispanics head departments—HUD Secretary Henry Cisneros and Transportation Secretary Frederico Pena. Comparisons across administrations depend in part on the definition given to "cabinet-level" post in each administration. It appears that the Clinton administration is slightly more "diverse" than that of his immediate predecessor.
In: American political science review, Volume 87, Issue 1, p. 225-225
ISSN: 1537-5943
In: PS: political science & politics, Volume 26, Issue 4, p. 693-694
ISSN: 0030-8269, 1049-0965
In: American political science review, Volume 84, Issue 1, p. 326-327
ISSN: 1537-5943
In: Policy studies journal: the journal of the Policy Studies Organization, Volume 17, Issue 3, p. 707-707
ISSN: 1541-0072
In: Social science quarterly, Volume 70, Issue 1, p. 193-194
ISSN: 0038-4941
A criticism of David R. Morgan's & Michael W. Hirlinger's "Socioeconomic Dimensions of the American State: An Update" (see abstract in this section), arguing that in actuality there are no hidden underlying traits determining social & economic variables. Using such unstable & unreliable dimensions as state factor scores in state policy studies continues to cause assessment errors. In State Factor Scores: Perhaps Not So Bad, Morgan & Hirlinger (U of Oklahoma, Norman) defend the use of factor scores in state policy research, although specifying certain conditions for such usage. State factor scores should not be dropped prematurely despite the fact that many scholars prefer other methods. 5 References. C. Grindle
In: The Western political quarterly, Volume 41, Issue 4, p. 779-790
ISSN: 1938-274X
In: Policy studies journal: the journal of the Policy Studies Organization, Volume 13, Issue 3, p. 547-562
ISSN: 1541-0072