NI, Anna Ya <br/><br/>
A quiet revolution or a flashy blip? The real ID act and U.S. national identification system reform 

 - Hoboken :  Wiley-Blackwell,  nov./dez. 2008 
<br/><br/> In 2005, Congress passed the Real ID Act after decades of stalemate over reforming the national identification system. Using John Kingdon's multiple streams framework, authors Anna Ya Ni of California State University, San Bernadino and Afred Tat-Kei Ho of Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis, propose that a shift in the national mood opened a policy window after the 9/11 terrorist attacks and encouraged the legislative tactics employed by the George W. Bush administration that eventually led to the act's passage. Their article illustrates the significance of policy entreperneurship in national crises but also raises serious questions about the permanency of policy reforms, as well as the complex ethical responsibilities of public administration during calamitous times.