Does Policy Analysis Matter? - Exploring Its Effectiveness in Theory and Practice

“This volume deals with an important question for policy scholars, makes an immediate contribution, and has the potential to encourage other policy scholars to take up the challenge.”—Dave Weimer, Edwin E. Witte Professor of Political Economy, University of Wisconsin–Madison

List of contents

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

About the author

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

Summary

Just how well can democracy incorporate knowledge and expertise through public policy analysts? This book examines the evolution of policy analysis, its use in legislative and regulatory bodies, and its use within the federal executive branch to improve governmental services.

Additional text

"Recommended."

Product details

• Authors: Lee S. Friedman
• Assisted by: Lee S. Friedman (Editor), Friedman Lee S. (Editor)
• Publisher: University Of California Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.03.2017
• EAN: 9780520287396
• ISBN: 978-0-520-28739-6
• No. of pages: 215
• Series: Wildavsky Forum; Wildavsky Forum Series; Wildavsky Forum Series
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Political science; Social Theory, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Affairs & Administration, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / Social Theory, Politics & government, Public Administration, Central / national / federal government policies