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Neither Cold War nor Detente? Soviet-American Relations in the 1980's. Edited by Richard A. Melanson. (Charlottesville: University Press of Virginia, 1982. Pp. vii + 236. 4.95, paper.) - Volume 78 Issue 3
Over the past two decades, public policy professors have been confronted with a choice to teach either from the traditional positivist approach grounded in rationality, objectivity, and economics or from a postpositivist approach grounded in politics, subjectivity, and democracy. Yet, such a choice is both false and limiting. Instead, we argue that it is possible to teach a practical public policy analysis course based on mixed methodologies that stems from both the positivism and postpositivism camps. At the pedagogical center of this approach is the case method. Our approach is grounded in both the belief and experience that the combination of an approach that is pragmatic, yet infused with politics, and a stimulating case also serves to increase student interest. In this article, we present a class-tested case study ready for use by faculty members in courses in public policy analysis, public policy, and, introductory public administration. Along the way, we provide guidance on how to use the case and how it fits into a mixed methodological approach.
With the occupation of North America by settlers of European origin, churches were established almost immediately. They were among the most important cultural cornerstones in communities across Canada and the United States. That was the case in rural parts of both Minnesota and Manitoba, whether churches served people in the countryside, in villages, or in small towns. Many of those rural churches gradually have ceased being used for regular worship services during the past few decades. That has been the result of migration and other demographic changes, along with geographic, social, and economic factors. While discontinuance of regular worship services has caused disappointment among area residents, the possibility of using closed churches for strictly secular purposes often sparks controversy. In both rural Minnesota and rural Manitoba, churches have been found to be significant not only for religious/cultural reasons but also because of the personal attachment many families have to them and their role in local history.
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