Policy Analysis - Concepts and Practice

Revised edition of Policy analysis, 2011.

Sommario

Part 1: Introduction to Public Policy Analysis
Chapter 1: Preview
Chapter 2: What is Policy Analysis?
Chapter 3: Toward Professional Ethics
Part 2: Conceptual Foundations for Problem Analysis
Chapter 4: Efficiency and the Idealized Competitive Model
Chapter 5: Rationales for Public Policy: Market Failures
Chapter 6: Rationales for Public Policy: Other Limitations of the Competitive Framework
Chapter 7: Rationales for Public Policy: Distributional and Other Goals
Chapter 8: Limits to Public Intervention: Government Failures
Chapter 9: Policy Problems as Market and Government Failure: The Madison Taxicab Policy Analysis Example
Part 3: Conceptual Foundations for Solution Analysis
Chapter 10: Correcting Market and Government Failures: Generic Policies
Chapter 11: Adoption
Chapter 12: Implementation
Chapter 13: Government Supply: Drawing Organizational Boundaries
Part 4: Doing Policy Analysis
Chapter 14: Gathering Information for Policy Analysis
Chapter 15: Landing on Your Feet: Organizing Your Policy Analysis
Chapter 16: Case Study: The Canadian Pacific Salmon Fisher
Chapter 17: Cost-Benefit Analysis: Assessing Efficiency
Chapter 18: Public Agency Strategic Analysis: Identifying Opportunities for Increasing Social Value
Part 5: Conclusion
Chapter 19: Doing Well and Doing Good

Info autore

David Weimer is Edwin E. Witte Professor of Political Economy at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA.
Aidan R. Vining is CNABS Professor of Business and Government Relsations at Simon Fraser University, Canada.

Riassunto

Often described as a Public Policy ‘bible,’ Weimer and Vining remains the essential primer it ever was. Now in its 6th edition, Policy Analysis provides a strong conceptual foundation of the rationales for, and the limitations to, public policy.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: David L. Weimer, David (University of Wisconsin-Madison L. Weimer, Aidan R. Vining, Aidan Vining, Aidan R. Vining, Aidan R. (Simon Fraser University Vining, David Weimer, David L (University of Rochester New York) Weimer, David L. Weimer, David L. (University of Wisconsin-Madison Weimer, David Vining Weimer
• Editore: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 30.03.2017
• EAN: 9781138216471
• ISBN: 978-1-138-21647-1
• Pagine: 480
• Categorie: Scienze sociali, diritto, economia > Scienze politiche; POLITICAL SCIENCE / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Affairs & Administration, Public Administration, Public ownership / nationalization, Public administration / Public policy