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Affirmative Action And Minority Construction Firms : An Analysis Of The Public Works Set-Aside Programs In Louisiana, Curtis L. Boyd

Electronic Dissertations and Theses

City of Richmond v. Croson received national attention when the Supreme Court mandated that all states and municipalities conduct a disparity study to investigate the possibility of discrimination against minority firms in the construction industry, as a precondition for maintaining or instituting a set-aside program. This paper is an offspring of that disparity study conducted in Louisiana. It will primarily focus on disparity in the Department of Transportation and Development (DOTD) in awarding public works construction contracting in Louisiana; however, it is important to examine the effectiveness of the set-aside program and determine if there are administrative problems within the …

The Case Of Soybean Development In Brazil : United States Foreign Agricultural Development Assistance Programs And Other Factors, Shiri A. Ndang

Electronic Dissertations and Theses

This paper examines the case of soybean development in Brazil and the role of the United States (U.S.) involvement in such development through U.S. foreign agricultural development assistance program. The paper examines, in the context of Brazil, the prevailing questionable perception that there are conflicts and inconsistencies in such assistance programs affecting U. S. agricultural exports to foreign markets. After examining the major factors which determined the size and growth of the Brazilian soybean industry during the seventies, the paper concludes that although U.S. assistance contributed to Brazil's soybean production, Brazilian government policies played a relatively larger role in such …

Analysis Of The Impact Of The United Nations' Sanctions On South Africa, Kabelo G. Tlhomelang

Electronic Dissertations and Theses

This research project examines a series of the United Nations' sanctions imposed on South African from 1970 through 1990. The goals of these sanctions were to force South Africa to abandon its apartheid policies. The paper examines diplomatic and economic measures including the oil and arms embargoes. Economic sanctions precipitated economic crisis which forced the South African government to reexamine its apartheid policies, and this marked the beginning of change. Multiparty negotiations between the government and black nationalist are in the process to establish a multiracial society. For the first time in more than three hundred fifty years in April …

Regulatory Regimes And State Cost Containment Programs, Robert B. Hackey

Health Sciences Faculty Publications

No abstract provided.

Soviet And Post-Soviet Environmental Problems, Stephen R. Bowers

Faculty Publications and Presentations

With the collapse of Communist power in the Soviet Union, considerable attention has focused on the lessons produced by the experiment with Marxist socialism in the Russian empire and what we might regard as the legacies of Communism. One of the most highly visible legacies of that system is a pattern of environmental neglect that stretches from the Baltics to the Kamchatka peninsula. As a public issue, ecology only emerged in the final years of communist rule in the USSR, initially as part of Gorbachev's glasnost and, later, as a component of the country's increasingly vocal nationalist movements. A radioactive …

Singapore's Motor Vehicle Policy: Review Of Recent Changes And A Suggested Alternative, Sock Yong Phang

Research Collection School Of Economics

This paper reviews recent developments in motor vehicle policy in Singapore, viz. the motor vehicle quota and weekend car schemes as well as regulations on cars entering and leaving Singapore. The adoption of a vehicle quota system over and above tax restraints on car ownership has made the job of the planner easier but has resulted in a great deal of price uncertainty in the motor vehicle market. The attendant result of price uncertainty has been speculation or rent seeking, necessitating several adjustments to the rules for the vehicle quota scheme in an attempt to counter speculation. This paper proposes …

1993 July, Office Of Communications & Marketing, Morehead State University.

Morehead State Press Release Archive, 1961 to the Present

Morehead State University press releases for July of 1993.

Editor's Note, Padraig O'Malley

New England Journal of Public Policy

On April 23, 1993, the John W. McCormack Institute of Public Affairs celebrated its tenth anniversary. To mark the occasion, the Institute established the John Joseph Moakley Award for Distinguished Public Service, which will be awarded annually to a man or woman whose contribution to the public good merits our most grateful acknowledgment. The first recipient of the award was Congressman John Joseph Moakley, Chairman of the House Rules Committee, one of the most powerful and influential positions in Congress.

Among those who paid tribute to Congressman Moakley were Michael E. Haynes, Minister, Twelfth Baptist Church, Boston; Raymond G. Torto, …

State Strategy For Developing Base Industries: A Massachusetts Case Study, Chris Tilly

New England Journal of Public Policy

In developing strategies for economic development, state governments must target base industries that bring income into the state and drive the rest of the economy. This article presents a case study of industry analysis and development strategy for Massachusetts, focusing on the state's base industries. Particular attention is paid to the role of industry clusters — groups of industries linked through customer, supplier, or other relationships, and typically concentrated geographically as well. After assessing strengths and weaknesses of the state's economy, the author concludes that despite the current severe recession, the state possesses the basis for renewed growth. Policy implications …

The Homeless Of Massachusetts: An Analysis Of The 1990 U.S. Census S-Night Data, Christopher G. Hudson

New England Journal of Public Policy

This article, which examines epidemiological and policy correlates of homeless populations in 351 Massachusetts towns and cities, is based on an analysis of data from the 1990 U.S. census. It reviews the reliability of the most recent census data, reports findings on the distribution and characteristics of homeless persons in Massachusetts, and presents preliminary correlational findings on the impact of key demographic conditions and policies.

The report includes a meta-analysis of several studies that monitored the Census Bureaus street counts. It is estimated that 42.6 percent of the homeless on the streets in selected urban areas were counted by the …

Education And Community Development Among Nineteenth-Century Irish And Contemporary Cambodians In Lowell, Massachusetts, Peter N. Kiang

New England Journal of Public Policy

As cities undergo dramatic demographic changes, schools become important sites of conflict between the interests of established and emerging communities. This article presents a case study of Lowell, Massachusetts, where the second largest Irish community in the country resided during the 1850s, and which is now home to the second largest Cambodian community in the United States. Analysis of nineteenth-century Irish community dynamics, particularly in relation to issues of public education in Lowell, reveals the significance of religious institutions and middle-class entrepreneurs in the process of immigrant community development and highlights important relationships to ethnicity, electoral politics, and economic development. …

The Entrepreneurial State Goes To Europe: State Economic Policies And Europe 1992, John J. Carroll, William E. Hudson, Mark S. Hyde

New England Journal of Public Policy

This article investigates state-level export programs in response to the emerging new economic and political regime of Europe 1992. Little related export promotion activity is found, even in states reputed to have the most active entrepreneurial policies. The authors conclude that states have few resources to invest in export promotion and are inappropriate jurisdictions around which to organize such policy, despite the much touted "entrepreneurial state."

Fort Collins And The Cache La Poudre River: An Integrated Greenway Vision, Kari V. Henderson

Water Organizations in a Changing West (Summer Conference, June 14-16)

16 pages.

Contains references.

Strategies For Acquiring New Urban Water Supplies, Guy R. Martin

Water Organizations in a Changing West (Summer Conference, June 14-16)

9 pages.

Contains references.

Providing For Fisheries, Recreation, And Other Instream Benefits, Ron Bishop

Water Organizations in a Changing West (Summer Conference, June 14-16)

10 pages.

Innovative Approaches To Irrigation Conservation, Larry D. Simpson

Water Organizations in a Changing West (Summer Conference, June 14-16)

3 pages.

Innovative Approaches To Urban Water Conservation, Tom Griswold

Water Organizations in a Changing West (Summer Conference, June 14-16)

10 pages.

City Club Of Portland Report On Ballot Measure 1: Allows Voter Approval Of Urban Renewal Bond Repayment Outside Limit, City Club Of Portland (Portland, Or.)

City Club of Portland

No abstract provided.

The Cresset (Vol. Lvi, No. 7b), Valparaiso University

The Cresset (archived issues)

No abstract provided.

Book Review, Scott Hogan

RISK: Health, Safety & Environment (1990-2002)

Review of: ROBERT A. SHANLEY, PRESIDENTIAL INFLUENCE AND ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY. (Greenwood Press, 1992) [163 pp.] Abbreviations, acknowledgements, index, introduction, notes, selected bibliography. LC 92-15584; ISBN 0-313-25883-X. [$45.00 cloth. 88 Post Road West; Westport CT 06881.]

Proving Environmental Inequity In Siting Locally Unwanted Land Uses, Michael Greenberg

RISK: Health, Safety & Environment (1990-2002)

This paper advances a process for determining whether, e.g., waste-to-energy facilities are disproportionately located in minority and poor communities, and the author asks others to join in searching for a scientifically sound and fair process of resolving conflicting interests in locating LULUs. He also discusses some difficult issues and argues that they need to be addressed by a representative panel.

Advancing Understanding Of Knowledge's Role In Lay Risk Perception, Branden B. Johnson

RISK: Health, Safety & Environment (1990-2002)

Emphasizing how knowledge affects lay Risk perception, summarizing studies and suggesting further research, the author differentiates between knowledge production, knowledge dissemination and information processing as affected by, e.g., heuristics and Risk aversion. He also suggests that better understanding of lay knowledge can also illuminate experts' hazard knowledge.

Demographic Change In Kosrae State, Federated States Of Micronesia, L. J. Gorenflo

Pacific Studies

No abstract provided.

A View Toward School/Community-Based Management: Perspectives Of Public School Principals In American Samoa, Selina J. Ganopole

Pacific Studies

No abstract provided.

Region 2040: Final Report, Phase 1, Eco Northwest, Ltd.

Metro Collection

No abstract provided.

Madrich: Outer Islanders On Yap, William H. Alkire

Pacific Studies

No abstract provided.

1993 June, Office Of Communications & Marketing, Morehead State University.

Morehead State Press Release Archive, 1961 to the Present

Morehead State University press releases for June of 1993.

The Politics Of Tradition: Problems For Political Legitimacy And Democracy In The South Pacific, Stephanie Lawson

Pacific Studies

No abstract provided.

The Politics Of Tradition: Problems For Political Legitimacy And Democracy In The South Pacific, Stephanie Lawson

Pacific Studies

No abstract provided.

American Federalism, State Governments, And Public Policy: Weaving Together Loose Theoretical Threads, Dale Krane

Public Administration Faculty Publications

Decisions about the provision and delivery of public goods and services take place within the framework established by America's most distinctive political invention-federalism. Author after author reminds students and scholars alike that policy making can be understood only from an intergovernmental perspective. But to use a term such as ''intergovernmental policy making'' thrusts one into two distinctive analytic worlds which, at best, are loosely woven together.