Does Policy Analysis Matter?

Exploring Its Effectiveness in Theory and Practice
1. Auflage 2017
ISBN: 978-0-520-28740-2
Verlag: University of California Press

Buch, Englisch, 215 Seiten, Trade Paperback, Format (B × H): 208 mm x 139 mm, Gewicht: 286 g

Reihe: Wildavsky Forum Series

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.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Friedman, Lee S.

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politikwissenschaft Allgemein Politische Methodenlehre

Inhaltsverzeichnis

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

Über Autor(innen)

Lee S. Friedman is Professor of the Graduate School at the Richard & Rhoda Goldman School of Public Policy, University of California, Berkeley.