Policy analysis : concepts and practice / by David L. Weimer and Aidan R. Vining.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Weimer, David L., author.

Vining, Aidan R., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Policy sciences.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (503 pages) : illustrations, tables

Edition:

Six edition.

Place of Publication:

Boca Raton, FL : Routledge, an imprint of Taylor and Francis, 2017.

Summary:

Often described as a public policy “bible,” Weimer and Vining remains the essential primer it ever was. Now in its sixth edition, Policy Analysis provides a strong conceptual foundation of the rationales for and the limitations to public policy. It offers practical advice about how to do policy analysis, but goes a bit deeper to demonstrate the application of advanced analytical techniques through the use of case studies.

Contents:

List of Figures

List of Tables

List of Boxes

Preface

Acknowledgments

PART I Introduction to Public Policy Analysis: 1 Preview

2 What Is Policy Analysis?

3 Toward Professional Ethics

PART II 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: The Madison Taxicab Policy Analysis Example

PART III Conceptual Foundations for Solution Analysis: 10 Correcting Market and Government Failures: Generic Policies

11 Adoption

12 Implementation

13 Government Provision: Drawing Organizational Boundaries

PART IV Doing Policy Analysis: 14 Gathering Information for Policy Analysis

15 Landing on Your Feet: Organizing Your Policy Analysis

16 Case Study: The Canadian Pacific Salmon Fishery

17 Cost–Benefit Analysis: Assessing Efficiency

18 Public Agency Strategic Analysis: Identifying Opportunities for Increasing Social Value

PART V Conclusion:19 Doing Well and Doing Good

Name Index

Subject Index

Notes:

Includes index.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-315-44212-4

1-315-44211-6

1-315-44210-8

9781315442129

OCLC:

981463536