Public Policy Analysis New Developments /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Thissen, Wil A. H. (Editor), Walker, Warren E. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic
• Language: English
• Published: Boston, MA : Springer US : Imprint: Springer, 2013.
• Series: International Series in Operations Research & Management Science, 179
• Subjects: Economics.; Operations research.; Business planning.; Social sciences.; Economics/Management Science.; Social Sciences, general.; Operation Research/Decision Theory.; Organization/Planning.
• Online Access: https://ezaccess.library.uitm.edu.my/login?url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-4602-6

Traditional 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 pro...

Table of Contents:

• Introduction
• 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.