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Intro -- Contents -- Preface -- Introduction -- 1. Disability, Public Policy, and Implementation -- 2. An Institutional Approach to the Study of Policy Implementation -- 3. Federal Laws to Assist Persons with Disabilities -- 4. From Symbolic Gestures to Implementation Guidelines: The Saga of Section 504 -- 5. A Conservative Reaction to Section 504 Regulations: The Politics of Rollback -- 6. Barrier Removal and Facility Access for Disabled Persons -- 7. Access, Mobility, and Public Transportation -- 8. Access to Public and Higher Education -- 9. Employment Rights and Opportunities for Disabled Persons -- 10. Implementing Disability Rights Policies: Comparisons, Contrasts, and Dilemmas -- Abbreviations -- Notes -- Select Bibliography -- Index

The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) of 1990 represents a strong national commitment to protecting the full rights & opportunities of persons with disabilities. This article traces evidence of the impact of ADA's implementation & compliance during its first decade. 15 References. Adapted from the source document.

Explores the evolution of regulatory federalism by examining the shifting basis of disability rights mandates from conditions-of-aid to federal preemption. Also examined are the disability rights mandates placed on state & local governments by the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), comparing them with those provided in earlier federal laws. It is argued that by adopting a preemptive approach, the US Congress claimed for itself the dominant role in creating & enforcing nondiscrimination mandates to protect the rights of people with disabilities. As a result, their application through federal preemption strengthened the force & reach of disability rights protections. In the process, preemption substantially reduced the authority of state & local governments to create & implement their own disability rights measures. Adapted from the source document.

Urban scholars have engaged in a debate about whether citizen perceptions of service delivery are accurate and useful in assessing the performance of public agencies. This article examines this debate, presents a model of influences on citizen evaluations of service delivery, and analyzes the model using data on police response time gathered in Fort Worth, Texas.

Citizen coproduction is the productive involvement urban residents can supply to the provision of city services. This article introduces the symposium on citizen coproduction of urban services by tracing the concepts and arguments in the coproduction literature. Definitions of coproduction are reviewed, along with propositions that relate citizen coproduction to outcomes such as effectiveness, efficiency, and responsiveness. Also considered are impediments to the implementation of coproduction programs related to urban service delivery. This article also introduces the other articles in this symposium.