political science

neoliberal ideology 449
‘supermarket state’ 448
and policy sciences 50
and smart policy 449
eVects on456 60
preconditions for452 6
and smart practice 463
and spread of 351
and underdeveloped ideas behind 452
and United Kingdom:
Next Steps agencies 159 , 450 , 456 , 459
reform phases 450
and United States, Reinventing
Government450 1
see alsocollaborative governance
New York, and rebuilding of lower
Manhattan678 80
New York City’s Parks Department, and
collaborative governance 511
New York Port Authority678 80
New Zealand, and New Public
Management449 50, 451 , 454 , 456 ,
457 , 459 , 462 , 463
Next Steps agencies (UK) 159 , 450 , 456 , 459
Nigeria, and human rights protection 13
non decisions 220 1, 232 , 558
non delegation doctrine 236 7, 396
non governmental organizations (NGOs),
and agenda setting 247
see alsocollaborative governance; public
privateinteraction
non proWt organizations 50
and accountability 183
and challenges for:
information problems489 90
pricing490 1
quality control 491
and distributive responsibility 393
and funding of487 8
by government 181
and increasing role of 171
and provision of services 487
see alsocollaborative governance; public
private interaction
norms:
and regulatory regimes 654
and state intervention634 6

North American Free Trade Area

(NAFTA) 245 , 246

Norway:

and New Public Management 458

and welfare state 871

notions,seecultural notions

nuclear deterrence 26

nuclear operations research:

as belief system 775

and nuclear systems analysis772 3

see alsonuclear systems analysis

Nuclear Posture Review (USA) 773

nuclear power:

and policy processes 198

and policy making 156

Nuclear Regulatory Commission 14

nuclear strategy:

and assured destruction 779

and credibility 777

and deterrence 777

arbitrary assumptions of791 2

and rationality of 778

and second strike capability777 8

see alsonuclear systems analysis

nuclear systems analysis:

and abstract modeling:

conventionalization of nuclear

weapons 798

creation of new realities 7756 , 798

ascreator of ‘nuclear world’774 5,

799 800

decrease in security 800

distancing from reality 775 , 798

as driver of conXictual contest 799 800

mystiWcation 798

reduction in accountability 798

as self fulWlling construction798 9

and aims of 784 , 797

and belief in795 7

as policy neutral 796

as belief system 775

and claims for796 7

and criticism of 774 , 795

and decision making 774

impact of 776

and Draft Presidential Memorandums

(DPMs) 780

subject index 963