1st Edition

Public Policy Evaluation Making Super-Optimum Decisions

By Stuart S. Nagel Copyright 1998
391 Pages
by Routledge

391 Pages
by Routledge

391 Pages
by Routledge

First published in 1998, this volume examines how super-optimum decisions involve finding alternatives to controversies whereby Conservatives, Liberals, or other major groups can all come out ahead of their best initial expectations simultaneously. This book is organised in terms of concepts, methods, causes, process, substance, and the policy studies profession. Concepts clarify that policy... Read more

Part 1. Concepts, Methods and Causes. 1. What is Policy Evaluation? Conceptual Theory. 2. Methods of Policy Analysis. 3. Across Policy Problems (Cross-Cutting Theory). Part 2. Process and Substance. 4. Government Processes and Structures. 5. Policy Substance. Part 3. Policy Studies Profession. 6. Policy Studies Professionalism. 7. Administering Policy Studies. 8. General Bibliographies.

Biography

Nagel, Stuart S.