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16 Pol'y Persp. 1 (2009)

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Change is in the air. It has been a major element of the political scene this
year, as the change of the presidential administration has brought with it
new strategies and themes. The mortgage and banking industries, as well
as U.S. auto companies, face major systemic change in the coming months.
Change has hit Policy Perspectives as well, as we seek to keep the journal
part of the ongoing conversation in public policy and public administra-
tion.
The biggest change this year has been our new website, policy-perspec-
tives.org, which has dramatically improved our editorial process. More im-
portantly, using online journal software and the helpful advice of librarians
at the Gelman Library, we have been able to digitize all of the journal's past
content and post it online in searchable form. We thank Caroline Crouse
for steering this massive undertaking, and hope that our readers will enjoy
the unprecedented access to our archives.
Much of what Policy Perspectives has published in the past, as well
as the literature in public policy and public administration, focuses on
change-how a policy change might produce more effective outcomes,
or how to lead change in an organization. The four articles and five book
reviews in this year's journal all have something important to contribute,
whether in advocating for change or discussing the merits of a potential
new policy.
Teresa M. Derrick-Mills shows the mismatched incentives at the eli-
gibility threshold in three federal work programs and explores the unin-
tended consequences of current federal and state programs, and proposes
an alternative child care benefit system to better align the needs of employ-
ers and employees.
Amanda Cherrin takes a new approach in exploring policy options
to give men a role in caregiving, by using feminist economics to show that
both domestic violence issues and the care gap can be addressed with re-
lated policies. She argues that increased male care work will help address
the problem of unbalanced gender relations.

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