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100 1 _aThissen, Wil A. H.
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245 1 0 _aPublic Policy Analysis
_h[electronic resource] :
_bNew Developments /
_cedited by Wil A. H. Thissen, Warren E. Walker.
264 1 _aBoston, MA :
_bSpringer US :
_bImprint: Springer,
_c2013.
300 _aX, 286 p. 48 illus., 4 illus. in color.
_bonline resource.
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490 1 _aInternational Series in Operations Research & Management Science,
_x0884-8289 ;
_v179
505 0 _aIntroduction -- A Policy Sciences View on Policy Analysis -- Perspectives on Policy Analysis: A Framework for Understanding and Design -- Diagnosing Policy Problems and Situations -- Designing the Policy Analysis Process -- Organizing the Policy Analysis Process -- System Models for Policy Analysis -- Actor Models for Policy Analysis -- Uncertainty in the Framework of Policy Analysis.
520 _aTraditional policy analysis approaches are characterized by a focus on system modeling and choosing among policy alternatives. While successful in many cases, this approach has been increasingly criticized for being technocratic and ignoring the behavioral and political dimensions of most policy processes. In recent decades, increased awareness of the multi-actor, multiple perspective, and poly-centric character of many policy processes has led to the development of a variety of different perspectives on the styles and roles of policy analysis, and to new analytical tools and approaches – for example, argumentative approaches, participative policy analysis, and negotiation support. As a result, the field has become multi-faceted and somewhat fragmented. Public Policy Analysis: New Developments acknowledges the variety of approaches and provides a synthesis of the traditional and new approaches to policy analysis. It provides an overview and typology of different types of policy analytic activities, characterizing them according to differences in character and leading values, and linking them to a variety of theoretical notions on policymaking. Thereby, it provides assistance to both end users and analysts in choosing an appropriate approach given a specific policy situation.  By broadening the traditional approach and methods to include the analysis of actors and actor networks related to the policy issue at hand, it deepens the state of the art in certain areas. While the main focus of the book is on the cognitive dimensions of policy analysis, it also links the policy analysis process to the policymaking process, showing how to identify and involve all relevant stakeholders in the process, and how to create favorable conditions for use of the results of policy analytic efforts by the policy actors.
650 0 _aEconomics.
650 0 _aOperations research.
650 0 _aBusiness planning.
650 0 _aSocial sciences.
650 1 4 _aEconomics/Management Science.
650 2 4 _aSocial Sciences, general.
650 2 4 _aOperation Research/Decision Theory.
650 2 4 _aOrganization/Planning.
700 1 _aWalker, Warren E.
_eeditor.
710 2 _aSpringerLink (Online service)
773 0 _tSpringer eBooks
776 0 8 _iPrinted edition:
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830 0 _aInternational Series in Operations Research & Management Science,
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