The Art and Craft of Policy Analysis : Reissued with a new introduction by B. Guy Peters / by Aaron Wildavsky ; edited by B. Guy Peters.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Wildavsky, Aaron., Author.

Contributor:

Peters, B. Guy., Editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Political science.

Executive power.

America--Politics and government.

World politics.

Politics and International Studies.

Governance and Government.

Executive Politics.

American Politics.

Political History.

Political Theory.

Local Subjects:

Politics and International Studies.

Governance and Government.

Executive Politics.

American Politics.

Political History.

Political Theory.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (545 pages) : illustrations

Edition:

1st ed. 2018.

Place of Publication:

Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2018.

Summary:

'While identifying the pertinent theme of the interplay between Reason and Power as at the heart of policy analysis, Wildavsky redressed the rationalist claims of analysis-for-policy forever. Nobody could position the enduring relevance of this classic better than Guy Peters.' - Peter Hupe, Associate Professor, Department of Public Administration, Erasmus University Rotterdam, the Netherlands 'Aaron Wildavsky's The Art and Craft of Policy Analysis is an essential reading in public policy and has influenced numerous cohorts of students in the United States and other world regions. The book is as timely as it was upon its first publication and Guy Peters is the most suitable scholar to put the book in context.' - Jale Tosun, Professor of Political Science, Institute of Political Science, University of Heidelberg, Germany The Art and Craft of Policy Analysis is a classic work of the Public Policy discipline. Wildavsky's emphasis on the values involved in public policies, as well as the need to build political understandings about the nature of policy, are as important for 21st century policymaking as they were in 1979. B. Guy Peters' critical introduction provides the reader with context for the book, its main themes and contemporary relevance, and offers a guide to understanding a complex but crucial text. B. Guy Peters is Maurice Falk Professor of Government at the University of Pittsburgh, USA, and an adjunct professor at the City University of Hong Kong. He is President of the International Public Policy Association, founding co-editor of the European Political Science Review and was founding co-editor of Governance. Aaron Wildavsky (1930-1993) was Professor of Political Science at the University of California Berkeley, USA, and founding dean of its Goldman School of Public Policy. Wildavsky received honorary doctorates from a number of universities, including Yale and the University of Bologna. His book, Politics of the Budgetary Process, was recognized by the American Society for Public Administration as one of the most influential works in the field.

Contents:

Introduction; B. Guy Peters

Acknowledgements

Introduction

Part 1. Resources versus Objectives

Chapter 1. Policy Analysis Is What Information Systems Are Not

Chapter 2. Strategic Retreat on Objectives

Chapter 3. Policy as Its Own Cause

Chapter 4. Coordination without a Coordinator

Part 2. Social Interaction versus Intellectual Cogitation

Chapter 5. Between Planning and Politics

Chapter 6. A Bias Toward Federalism

Chapter 7. Opportunity Costs and Merit Wants

Chapter 8. Economy and Environment/Rationality and Ritual

Part 3. Dogma versus Skepticism

Chapter 9. The Self-Evaluating Organization

Chapter 10. Skepticism and Dogma in the White House

Chapter 11. Citizens as Analysts

Part 4. Policy Analysis

Chapter 12. Doing Better and Feeling Worse

Chapter 13. Learning from Education

Chapter 14. A Tax by Any Other Name

Chapter 15. Distribution of Urban Services

Chapter 16: Analysis as Craft. .

Notes:

Includes index.

ISBN:

9783319586199

331958619X