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Regulation Negotiation: Lessons Learned from Failure to Reach Agreement, A Case Study of the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection
Get PDFThis article examines the use of regulation negotiation as an alternative to traditional rule making processes in state level bureaucracies. Direct observation of the Special Protection Water Program regulation negotiations at the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection from January, 1995 through August, 1996, shows that regulation negotiation can only be applied to issues with clearly defined policy alternatives, a limited number of affected parties and a distinct but not imminent deadline. All parties must be willing to bargain or negotiated agreement will not be reached. On a positive note, a survey of regulation negotiation participants revealed that agency administrators, environmental advocacy groups, and the regulated business community all perceive real benefits in the process
Electoral Competition and Roll-Call Voting: Congress in a More Partisan Era
Get PDFHow does electoral competition affect the preferences expressed by representatives in their roll-call votes? Literature on representative-constituency relations suggests two contradictory hypotheses on this issue. One hypothesis is that intense electoral competition induces more ideologically extreme behavior on the part of representatives, because competition increases their need for the electoral resources provided by committed activists. The other is that competition provides incentive for more moderate legislative behavior, as a means of gaining marginal votes outside the representative\u27s activist base. Using the measure of liberal policy agreement computed by the Americans for Democratic Action (ADA), this article reports that competition is more frequently a polarizing than a moderating influence on roll-call behavior. The analysis also reveals some peculiar partisan and regional differences that can produce further insight concerning the impact of elections on legislative behavior
Party and Political Recruitment: Women and Access to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives
Get PDFIn comparison with other states, Pennsylvania has elected few women to its legislature. This research explores the role of party in determining access to the Pennsylvania House; this focus emerged after research eliminated other explanations (e.g., voter apathy, difficulty in raising money) for the paucity of women. All 37 freshman House members of the class of 1983 were interviewed to explore how they reached Harrisburg. In learning what factors accounted for their success, this study seeks to identify obstacles to the recruitment of women. Four distinct patterns of recruitment emerged, based upon party activities and prior political office. In each of these patterns, parties have a crucial role. One factor limiting female recruitment is that their political participation has been more focused toward non-partisan activities and groups concerned with specific issues rather than with parties. Political women who devote their energies to issues instead of party reduce their likelihood of becoming state representatives
Tomorrow Never Came
No full textWhat is tomorrow? Cause for most of us tomorrow never came
Tomorrow comes for the news, but it’s the same sad story just a different name
You might not know this word cause tomorrow is a foreign concept when you’re Black
Especially when we lost so many loved ones after saying see you tomorrow, and they never came back
It ain’t no secret that we are under attack
But the crazy part is, it’s by the same system that’s supposed to have our bac
Looking Back on the Legislative Modernization Movement in Pennsylvania: Remarks of Herbert Fineman, Former Speaker of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives, Given at the Annual Meeting of the Pennsylvania Political Science Association, April 4, 2003 at Villanova University
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Would You Vote for Colin Powell? White Support for a Not Quite Colorless Black Candidate
Get PDFSigelman et al (1995), Williams (1990), and Sonenshein (1990) find that whites stereotype African-American candidates as less competent and more liberal than white candidates. Yet increasing numbers of African-Americans win election in white constituencies. We used a natural experiment, the media boom for a Colin Powell presidential bid in 1994, to test the degree to which various race-related attitudes affected Powell support among white voters. We conducted a phone survey of 350 white Pennsylvania residents from June to November 1994. Powell had as much support as any Republican. Powell support was unrelated to conservatism, party, and affirmative action. For Democrats, Powell support was related to attitudes toward NAFTA and immigration. For Republicans, Powell support was related to authoritarianism and populism. We conclude with speculation about future directions for research
A Resource Guide to the Study of Contemporary Pennsylvnia Politics and Government
Get PDFThis resource guide is designed to guide and assist individuals researching contemporary Pennsylvania government and politics. It describes many of the primary and secondary sources available, as well as some of the more significant Internet sites. In addition to sections on the various branches of Pennsylvania government, this resource guide also reviews the information about campaigns and elections, the media, local government, and research centers in the Commonwealth