Volume 1.1 - Election Issues -
Fall 1996
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Message
from the Editors
We are proud to present the inaugural
issue of the Chicago Policy Review. Publication of the Irving B. Harris
Graduate School of Public Policy Studies' first academic journal marks
the twentieth anniversary of the program's inception at the University
of Chicago. We hope this review will be a welcome addition to the legacy
left to us by all in the Harris School community - alumni; current and
former faculty, staff and visiting committee members; donors; and, of
course, Irving B. Harris himself.
Effective governance depends to
a large degree on the quality of information available to the public,
government officials and professors and students of public policy. Our
intent is to produce a twice-yearly review of articles that will offer
substantive contributions to critical policy debates.
With this edition of the Chicago
Policy Review we hope to augment the efforts of other policy schools to
create and sustain publications that deal critically with timely issues
in the policy world. Our hope is that like law reviews, policy reviews
will soon contribute substantially to the academic climate of their originating
institutions in addition to the intellectual discourse among academics,
practitioners and public officials. We urge policy schools and programs
that have not already done so to develop journals of their own, and, if
they wish, to consider our review as a model.
Our first issue addresses themes
tied to the 1996 election. We cover Bob Dole's economic plan, how election
polls are reported, the implementation of the 1993 National Voter Registration
Act (the "Motor Voter" law) and various issues relevant to welfare reform
including paternity, teenage pregnancy and immigration.
We owe a debt of gratitude to scores
of individuals who made our endeavor possible. Their advice, encouragement
and support were greatly appreciated. Most of all, though, we would like
to thank our contributors, both those who were published in this issue
and those who were not. Enthusiasm and good intentions are not enough
to publish a policy review. Without these brave and generous souls' willingness
to take a chance on a new publication, the following pages would be blank.
They are not, and we hope you enjoy reading them. We invite your comments
and suggestions. We also, of course, invite your submissions.
Kathy H. Kim
Doug Lauren
Editors-in-Chief
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