Does Policy Analysis Matter? (eBook)

Exploring Its Effectiveness in Theory and Practice

Lee S. Friedman (Herausgeber)

eBook Download: EPUB

2017
215 Seiten
University of California Press (Verlag)
978-0-520-96253-8 (ISBN)

Infos

How well can democratic decision making incorporate the knowledge and expertise generated by public policy analysts? This book examines the historical development of policy analysis, as well as its use in legislative and regulatory bodies and in the federal executive branch. The essays show that policy-analytic expertise effectively improves governmental services only when it complements democratic decision making. When successful, policy analysis fosters valuable new ideas, better use of evidence, and greater transparency in decision processes.

Inhalt

Contributors
List of Figures and Tables
Preface

1. Public Policy Making and Public Policy Analysis
Lee S. Friedman

2. How Effective Is Policy Analysis?
John A. Hird

3. Can Congress Do Policy Analysis? The Politics of Problem Solving on Capitol Hill
Eric M. Patashnik and Justin Peck

4. The Complicated and the Complex: Policy Analysis in an Era of Design
M. Suzanne Donovan

5. Summary and Future Directions
Lee S. Friedman

Index

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 14.3.2017
• Reihe/Serie: Wildavsky Forum Series
• Reihe/Serie: Wildavsky Forum Series
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Staat / Verwaltung
• Schlagworte: American policy • American Politics • congress and public policy • congressional policy analysis • democratic decision making • government problem solving • history of policy analysis • intro to public policy • policy analysis in government • Policy Sciences • political planning in the us • Political Science • problem solving on capital hill • Public Policy • Public Policy Analysis • Public Policy Making • US Federal Government • US government policy • what is public policy
• ISBN-10: 0-520-96253-2 / 0520962532
• ISBN-13: 978-0-520-96253-8 / 9780520962538