Beryl A Radin

Defining Policy Analysis: A Journey That Never Ends

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

For much of its life, the field of policy analysis has lived with a wide range of definitions of its goals, work and significance in the society. This Element seeks to sort out these differences by describing the issues, players and developments that have played a role over the life of this field.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: European Community
• Seitenzahl: 75
• Erscheinungstermin: 28. Januar 2021
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 4mm
• Gewicht: 104g
• ISBN-13: 9781108927802
• ISBN-10: 1108927807
• Artikelnr.: 60549259

Inhaltsangabe

1. Introduction
2. Section One: The Origins of the Policy Analyst Concept and its Early History
3. The Whiz Kids and their Descendants
4. Look to California: Aaron Wildavsky and Activity on the West Coast
5. Section Two: What Helps Explain the Changes in the Definition of Policy Analysis? Five Questions
6. Question One: The Differences between Analysis and Research
7. Question Two: The World of Practice vs. the Culture of the Academy
8. Question Three: Changes in the Environment of Policy Analysis
9. Question Four: Information, Analytic Techniques and Evidence
10. Question Five: Values
11. Conclusion
12. Section Three: The QUESTIONNAIRE. What does it mean to be a Policy Analyst?