Policy Analysis: Concepts and Practice - Brossura

Weimer, David

Brossura

ISBN 10: 0205781306 ISBN 13: 9780205781300

Casa editrice: Routledge, 2010

Riassunto

Updated in a new 5th edition, this book lays a strong conceptual foundation to understanding the rationales of and limitations to public policy. It gives practical advice about how to do policy analysis while demonstrating the application of advanced analytical techniques through case study examples.

Policy Analysis: Concepts and Practices is a comprehensive, accessible, and rich introduction to policy analysis for readers in public policy, public administration, and business programs.

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L'autore

David Weimer is a Professor at University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA.

Aidan R. Vining is a Professor at Simon Fraser University, Canada.

Contenuti

Preface  Acknowledgments  List of Figures  List of Tables  Part 1: Introduction to Public Policy Analysis  1. Preview: The Canadian Salmon Fishery  2. What is Policy Analysis?  3. Toward Professional Ethics  Part 2: Conceptual Foundations for Problem Analysis  4. Efficiency and the Idealized Competitive Model  5. Rationales for Public Policy: Market Failures  6. Rationales for Public Policy: Other Limitations of the Competitive Framework  7. Rationales for Public Policy: Distributional and Other Goals  8. Limits to Public Intervention: Government Failures  9. Policy Problems as Market and Government Failure  Part 3: Conceptual Foundations for Solution Analysis  10. Correcting Market and Government Failures: Generic Policy Instruments  11. Adoption  12. Landing on Your Feet: Organizing Your Policy Analysis  13. Implementation  Part 4: Doing Policy Analysis  14. Government Supply: Drawing Organizational Boundaries  15. Gathering Information for Policy Analysis  16: Goals/Alternatives Matrices: Some Examples from CBO Studies  17: Benefit-Cost Analysis  18: When Statistics Count: Revising the Lead Standard for Gasoline  Part 5: Conclusion  19: Doing Well and Doing Good

Dettagli dell?edizione

• Editore: Routledge
• Data di pubblicazione: 2010
• ISBN 10: 0205781306
• ISBN 13: 9780205781300
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Lingua: Inglese
• Numero edizione: 5
• Numero di pagine: 494