Handbook of Public Policy Analysis: Theory, Politics, and MethodsFrank Fischer, Gerald J. Miller The study of public policy and the methods of policy analysis are among the most rapidly developing areas in the social sciences. Policy analysis has emerged to provide a better understanding of the policymaking process and to supply decision makers with reliable policy-relevant knowledge about pressing economic and social problems. The Handbook of Public Policy Analysis: Theory, Politics, and Methods describes the theoretical debates that have recently defined the field, including the work of postpositivist, interpretivist, and social constructionist scholars. This book also explores the interplay between empirical and normative analysis, a crucial issue running through contemporary debates. |
Contents
An Historical Perspective | |
Agenda Setting in Public Policy | |
Design and Tools | |
Do Policies Determine Politics? | |
Policy Communities | |
Part IV | |
The Theory in Critical Perspective | |
Quantitative Methods for Policy Analysis | |
The Use and Misuse of Surveys Research in Policy Analysis | |
Policy Evaluation and Evaluation Research | |
QualitativeInterpretive Methods in Policy Research | |
Interpretation and Intention in Policy Analysis | |
CostBenefit Analysis | |
Between Bureaucratic Process and Social Learning | |
From Argument to Collaboration | |
Agency Structure and Change | |
Integrating Empirical and Normative | |
Between Logos Ethos and Pathos | |
Narrative Policy Analysis | |
Comparative Public Policy | |
Tool for Policy Analysis | |
Ethical Issues and Public Policy | |
What Kinds of Citizenship Does Policy Promote? | |
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