1st Edition
Rush to Policy Using Analytic Techniques in Public Sector Decision Making
Edited By Roger Shull
Copyright 1988
232 Pages
by
Routledge
231 Pages
by
Routledge
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Rush to Policy explores the appropriate role of technical analysis in policy formation. The authors ask when and how the use of sophisticated analytic techniques in decision making benefits the nation. They argue that these techniques are too often used in situations where they may not be needed or understood by the decision maker; where they may not be able to answer the questions raised but are... Read more
1: Introduction; 2: Quantitative Techniques; 3: Benefit-Cost Analysis; 4: Risk Analysis; 5: Decision Analysis; 6: Practicability, Relevance, and Compatibility of Quantitative Decision Models; 7: Constitutional and Bureaucratic Framework; 8: Theory and Process of Decisions; 9: Policy in Practice; 10: Making Room for Analysis in the Political Process
Biography
Roger Shull
