Volume 5, Number 1 - Technology & Government - Spring 2001

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Message from the Editor

With this, the seventh issue of the Chicago Policy Review, the Irving B. Harris School of Public Policy Studies at the University of Chicago is pleased to celebrate five years of our student-published journal. The Chicago Policy Review continues to analyze current policy issues through perspectives of academics, policy professionals, and students of public policy. We hope you are challenged and stimulated, as we have been, by the ideas and perspectives presented in the Review over the past five years, and particularly with this latest issue.

This edition seeks to explore emerging trends in Technology and Government. Two articles within this issue reflect upon the use of the Internet and technology in the campaigns and election of the year 2000 and consider how such technology will change the future of campaigning. We are pleased to present articles by authors including the Honorable Senator John Kerry (D-MA), as well as Wes Gullett and Max Fose, consultants to the Presidential campaign of Senator John McCain (R- AZ). Furthermore, we are delighted to present a plan for reform of the presidential primary system by noted academic Robert Loevy, as well as a critique of this and other primary reform strategies by presidential scholar Andrew Busch.

Additionally, this issue explores the use of technology in government through public sector planning, administration and policymaking by Professor Rowan Miranda, noted government finance expert, and finally an evaluation of the cellular phone program in Bangladesh by a trio of Harris School students.

I would like to personally thank Irving B. Harris, the faculty and administration of the Harris School for their continued support of the Chicago Policy Review. We are grateful for the enthusiasm and dedication of Dean Robert Michael, Madhu Anand, Nancy OÕConnor, Joel Williams, and Johanna Owens-Ream; without their help the production of the journal would not be possible.

In particular, I would like to express my gratitude to Don Coursey for continued role as the faculty advisor for the Chicago Policy Review. Professor Coursey was instrumental in creating this journal five years ago and remains a vital member of our team.

The Chicago Policy Review is proud to be a peer-reviewed journal. We are thankful for the editorial assistance of Don Fouts, Jeff Navin, Professors Duncan Snidal and Seven Feldman, and the staff of the Chicago Policy Review in the peer review process. This process allows the Review to maintain high standards as we continue to strive to achieve our mission of promoting a rigorous public policy decision-making environment.

Finally, I was fortunate to work with a terrific team of editors and managers on this yearÕs journal. I would like to express my gratitude and appreciation for the professionalism, hard work, and friendship that was afforded to me over the past year from my colleagues in the Harris School. This yearÕs staff demonstrated vision and a commitment to the success of the journal. I am confident that the Chicago Policy Review will continue to expand and flourish under the leadership of the new editorial board.

Kimberly Bridges Prendergast
Editor-in-Chief

Table of Contents

Internet Politics
Senator John Kerry

The Internet and Campaigns: Interactively Empowering Citizens
Wes Gullett and Max Fose

The Presidential Nominating System and the Dynamics of Change
Dr. Andrew E. Busch

Small States First; Large States Last Ð Toward a Sports Playoff System of Presidential Primaries
Robert D. Loevy

Digital Government: A Primer for Public Managers
Rowan Miranda

Measuring the Social Benefits of the Grameen Telecom Village Phone Program
Philibert de Imus, Yazmin Ozaki Kiyan, Stacy Lingamfelter

Book Reviews

For Common Things
Author: Jedediah Purdy
Knopf Publishing Group (1999)
Clare Nolan

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