Lejano Frameworks for Policy Analysis

Merging Text and Context
Erscheinungsjahr 2013
ISBN: 978-1-136-08386-0
Verlag: Taylor & Francis
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 280 Seiten

Frameworks for Policy Analysis argues that, in order to bring relevance back to policy analysis, we need to approach policy situations as complex phenomena and employ multiple ways of looking at things in order to understand the essential elements of each policy case. The book is an exploration of distinct, sometimes radically different, models for analysis, but it is also a reference for these multiple methodologies that all come under the term "analysis." Along with classic and recent models, the book introduces some new concepts that serve to deepen our analysis and aspire to what Geertz calls "thick description." This text, written for advanced courses in policy analysis, is an answer to the critical gap between the complexity and dimensionality of policy situations and the abstract and formal character of policy analysis, in general. The book begins by introducing the reader to dominant models of analysis, pointing out their limitations and the potential for transcending these limits. It also introduces new analytical approaches that help to merge text and context, increasing the dimensionality and authenticity of the analysis.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Lejano, Raul

Fachgebiete

• Geowissenschaften Geographie | Raumplanung Regional- & Raumplanung Stadtplanung, Kommunale Planung
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Regierungspolitik Innen-, Bildungs- und Bevölkerungspolitik
• Geisteswissenschaften Architektur Städtebau, Stadtplanung (Architektur)

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction

Part I Positivist Foundations of Policy Analysis
Chapter 1 Background: Origins of the Classical Model
Chapter 2 Decisions
Chapter 3 Games

Part II The Postpositivist Turn

Chapter 4 Background: Voices of Postpositivism
Chapter 5 Text
Chapter 6 Critique
Chapter 7 Ethics

Part III The Postconstructionist Sentiment

Chapter 8 Background: Grounding the Discourse
Chapter 9 Experience

Chapter 10 Coherence
Chapter 11 Topology
Bibliography

Index

Über Autor(innen)

Raul Lejano is Assistant Professor in the Department of Planning, Policy, and Design at UC-Irvine. He is the author of 16 articles, and is in the process of finishing up a dozen more.