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Argues that policy innovation is most often facilitated by the combination of agenda-setting forces that stimulate public interest in an issue, and whether political conditions within a given state political system are favorable for policy adoption; focuses on living wills as part of the broader right-to-die agenda; since 1966; US.

Whether global electronic connections make citizens more aware of world problems and more able to contribute to their solutions; implications for US foreign relations. Information supply and demand, TV and print media, interactivity and virtuality, and bottom-up or top-down US diplomacy.

Effect of liberal (US), corporatist (German), and social democrat (Dutch) welfare states on poverty, inequality, and income redistribution; 1985-89. International comparisons using panel data from the Dutch Socio-Economic Panel (SEP), the German Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP), and the American Panel Study of Income Dynamics (PSID).

Curbspace property rights governing passenger pickup areas as a fundamental resource and determining factor in transit markets; theory and case studies. Case studies include jitney services, route associations, and vans in the US and developing countries, and bus privatization and deregulation in Great Britain.

Analyzes the impact of direct democracy, eg, referendums, on public policy making, presenting data for Switzerland, the US, Australia, & the Federal Republic of Germany. It is concluded that direct democracy is an effective, but flexible veto player against expansive spending & taxation. The level of public expenditure & taxation is significantly lower in countries that have elements of direct democracy compared to pure representative democracies. Several theoretical arguments support this finding; eg, the social discount rate of voters is lower than that of politicians. Also, direct democracy is related to the benefit principle in public finance. Taxpayers want their payments to be related to public services they receive. They are therefore inclined to veto projects not reflecting their preferences. Moreover, referenda have an implicit restraining effect on governments, & the mere threat can reduce their capacity to act. 8 Tables, 61 References. Adapted from the source document.

THIS ARTICLE ARGUES THAT THE ABSENCE OF SOCIALISM IN "SOCIALIST COUNTRIES," SHOULD NOT BE TAKEN AS A REJECTION OF ALL THESE COUNTRIES ACHIEVED, OR AS A BACK-HANDED ENDORSEMENT OF THE CAPITALIST ROAD TO DEVELOPMENT, WITH ALL ITS HORRORS AND INCONCLUSIVE RESULTS. IT ATTEMPTS TO EXAMINE WHAT CAPITALISM IS AND WHAT ONE CAN DO WITH THE MEANS IT HAS MADE AVAILABLE TO RESOLVE THE PROBLEMS IT HAS CREATED. ONLY IN THIS CONTEXT DOES SOCIALISM BECOME A REAL POSSIBILITY.