William J Ball
Biographic Data
| ID | 3894124 |
|---|---|
| NAME | William J Ball |
| GIVEN NAMES | William J |
| FAMILY NAME | Ball |
| SIGNATURE | BALL W J |
| AFFILIATIONS | College of New Jersey |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 9 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 13 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 9 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1991 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2005 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
From Community Engagement to Political Engagement
Community engagement through service learning has become well institutionalized in American education, yet there has been considerable debate over its effectiveness, especially with regard to its impact on explicitlypoliticalengagement. While participation in community service and volunteerism clearly has a positive impact on the propensity of young people to dedicate themselves to further service, the evidence of the effects of service onpolitic…
Political Science: Academic Virtual ConferencingŠThe Case of the Teaching Politics Virtual Conference
This article examines virtual conferencing as an alternative to the traditional academic conference. After defining terms and reviewing the purposes of academic conferences, the article looks at virtual conferencing in three ways. The first is the differences between virtual conferencing and traditional conferencing. The second is the primary trade-offs to be considered in planning a virtual conference. The third is a case study of the Teaching P…
Political Science: The State of the Art in On-Line Publishing and (Slightly) Beyond
This article describes and evaluates the current state of affairs in on-line publishing for political science. The advantages of on-line publication for political science are noted. Existing projects to put book reviews, newsletters, journals, and working papers on-line are described with comments on some of the lessons that can be learned from them. A working paper index and archive project, Political Science Manuscripts, is described in detail.…
Using the Internet as a Teaching Tool: Why Wait Any Longer
taken advantage of the traditional strengths of the Internet (e-mail, discussion lists, and remote access to other computers) to aid them in teaching and research. For example, the political science research and teaching list (PSRT-L), which Gary Klass and I moderate, has passed its fifth anniversary as an Internet discussion list serving the needs of political science.' Yet it is only in the last couple of years that the number of political scie…
Policy Analysis Methods: Two Alternative Approaches and One Polemic
A Pragmatic Framework for the Evaluation of Policy Arguments
A policy argument is an oral or written statement that advocates adopting a policy or justifies the decision to adopt a policy. This article advances the study of policy arguments by establishing a simple and general framework for their evaluation that is inspired by pragmatic philosophy. A pragmatic framework recognizes that all policy arguments are normative in purpose and that a good policy argument supports its normative claim with factual an…
Using Virgil to Analyze Public Policy Arguments: A System Based on Toulmin's Informal Logic
Public policy analysis has begun to adopt methods designed for the study of argumen tative logic. The most prominent approach, however, that of Stephen Toulmin, cannot be used to study policy arguments of realistic complexity. Toulmin's model becomes useful only when extended in specific ways and implemented in a computerized appli cation. I describe a program ( Virgil) that provides an easily expandable framework for applying Toulmin's model to …
The Political Science Research and Teaching List
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Estimating the likelihood of an unpopular verdict in the electoral college
Policy Analysis Methods: Two Alternative Approaches and One Polemic
Estimating the likelihood of an unpopular verdict in the electoral college
A Pragmatic Framework for the Evaluation of Policy Arguments
A policy argument is an oral or written statement that advocates adopting a policy or justifies the decision to adopt a policy. This article advances the study of policy arguments by establishing a simple and general framework for their evaluation that is inspired by pragmatic philosophy. A pragmatic framework recognizes that all policy arguments are normative in purpose and that a good policy argument supports its normative claim with factual an…
From Community Engagement to Political Engagement
Community engagement through service learning has become well institutionalized in American education, yet there has been considerable debate over its effectiveness, especially with regard to its impact on explicitlypoliticalengagement. While participation in community service and volunteerism clearly has a positive impact on the propensity of young people to dedicate themselves to further service, the evidence of the effects of service onpolitic…
Political Science: The State of the Art in On-Line Publishing and (Slightly) Beyond
This article describes and evaluates the current state of affairs in on-line publishing for political science. The advantages of on-line publication for political science are noted. Existing projects to put book reviews, newsletters, journals, and working papers on-line are described with comments on some of the lessons that can be learned from them. A working paper index and archive project, Political Science Manuscripts, is described in detail.…
Using the Internet as a Teaching Tool: Why Wait Any Longer
taken advantage of the traditional strengths of the Internet (e-mail, discussion lists, and remote access to other computers) to aid them in teaching and research. For example, the political science research and teaching list (PSRT-L), which Gary Klass and I moderate, has passed its fifth anniversary as an Internet discussion list serving the needs of political science.' Yet it is only in the last couple of years that the number of political scie…
Using Virgil to Analyze Public Policy Arguments: A System Based on Toulmin's Informal Logic
Public policy analysis has begun to adopt methods designed for the study of argumen tative logic. The most prominent approach, however, that of Stephen Toulmin, cannot be used to study policy arguments of realistic complexity. Toulmin's model becomes useful only when extended in specific ways and implemented in a computerized appli cation. I describe a program ( Virgil) that provides an easily expandable framework for applying Toulmin's model to …
Estimating the likelihood of an unpopular verdict in the electoral college
The Political Science Research and Teaching List
An abstract is not available for this content so a preview has been provided. As you have access to this content, a full PDF is available via the ‘Save PDF’ action button
Using Virgil to Analyze Public Policy Arguments: A System Based on Toulmin's Informal Logic
Public policy analysis has begun to adopt methods designed for the study of argumen tative logic. The most prominent approach, however, that of Stephen Toulmin, cannot be used to study policy arguments of realistic complexity. Toulmin's model becomes useful only when extended in specific ways and implemented in a computerized appli cation. I describe a program ( Virgil) that provides an easily expandable framework for applying Toulmin's model to …
Using the Internet as a Teaching Tool: Why Wait Any Longer
taken advantage of the traditional strengths of the Internet (e-mail, discussion lists, and remote access to other computers) to aid them in teaching and research. For example, the political science research and teaching list (PSRT-L), which Gary Klass and I moderate, has passed its fifth anniversary as an Internet discussion list serving the needs of political science.' Yet it is only in the last couple of years that the number of political scie…
Policy Analysis Methods: Two Alternative Approaches and One Polemic
A Pragmatic Framework for the Evaluation of Policy Arguments
A policy argument is an oral or written statement that advocates adopting a policy or justifies the decision to adopt a policy. This article advances the study of policy arguments by establishing a simple and general framework for their evaluation that is inspired by pragmatic philosophy. A pragmatic framework recognizes that all policy arguments are normative in purpose and that a good policy argument supports its normative claim with factual an…
Political Science: The State of the Art in On-Line Publishing and (Slightly) Beyond
This article describes and evaluates the current state of affairs in on-line publishing for political science. The advantages of on-line publication for political science are noted. Existing projects to put book reviews, newsletters, journals, and working papers on-line are described with comments on some of the lessons that can be learned from them. A working paper index and archive project, Political Science Manuscripts, is described in detail.…
Political Science: Academic Virtual ConferencingŠThe Case of the Teaching Politics Virtual Conference
This article examines virtual conferencing as an alternative to the traditional academic conference. After defining terms and reviewing the purposes of academic conferences, the article looks at virtual conferencing in three ways. The first is the differences between virtual conferencing and traditional conferencing. The second is the primary trade-offs to be considered in planning a virtual conference. The third is a case study of the Teaching P…
From Community Engagement to Political Engagement
Community engagement through service learning has become well institutionalized in American education, yet there has been considerable debate over its effectiveness, especially with regard to its impact on explicitlypoliticalengagement. While participation in community service and volunteerism clearly has a positive impact on the propensity of young people to dedicate themselves to further service, the evidence of the effects of service onpolitic…
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