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29 Pol'y Stud. J. 6 (2001)

handle is hein.journals/plyssjnl29 and id is 1 raw text is: Policy Studies Journal, 29:1 From the Editors We have the solemn, yet joyful, pleasure to dedicate this issue of Policy Studies Journal to the memory of Don Hadwiger (1930-1997). William Browne, editor of the symposium in this issue, which focuses on rural environmental policy, provides eloquent testimony to Don's contributions, which extend well beyond his service as co-editor of this Journal: Don spoke endlessly of the rural environment. To him that phrase meant the overall set of conditions affecting the quality of life of those who in Don's words lived, worked, and played in the country. Thus, this symposium is about many things, not just natural resource issues and problems. It's about what shapes, who decides, what we find, and how we'll manage rural America.... Don was not a pristine ecologist. He felt strongly that rural America was a resource to use. He was offended by the notion that anyone would argue that parts of the nation should be set aside from people's perusal and enjoyment.... Degradation by agriculture, tourism, the university, industry, and personal sloppiness made him incredibly sad, since he rarely expressed anger. As a consequence, the articles selected here reflect both on uses and abuses of the rural condition. The articles in the symposium address the uses and abuses of the rural environment (William P. Browne), rural opportunities for minimalist policy and community-based experimentation (Louis B. Swanson), the linkage between policy and lobbying on rural matters (William P. Browne), the relationship between rural elected officials, environmental policy, and economic composition (Mark K. McBeth and Keith Bennett), influencing environmental policy in rural communities (Jacqueline Vaughn Switzer), the tension between policy science and politics manifested in the relationship between the incidence of cancer and environmental contamination in Michigan (Pamela J. Edwards-Ham), health care in rural Texas (William DeSoto, Hassan Tajalli, and Kay Hofer), and locating critical components of regional human capital (Michael C. Farmer and Gordon Kingsley). In This Issue This issue provides the usual wide array of articles on topics of interest to diverse elements of the policy studies community. In The Demographics af Gubernatorial Appointees: Toward an Explanation of Variation, Norma M. Riccucci and Judith R. Saidel examine the various factors that may predict or explain demographic diversity among high-level gubernatorial appointments in state government. They identify and analyze variables that could help determine the conditions under which governors are more likely to appoint women and people of color to top-ranking executive branch positions. The authors show that states with more people of color are more likely to achieve racial diversity among gubernatorial appointees. A governor's age and appointive power, the demographics of the workforce, and the political culture of a state have virtually no influence on gubernatorial appointments. Implications for affirmative action policy, the role of political parties and contested elections, and the activity of advocacy groups are discussed. 6