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For one-semester, senior/graduate-level courses in Introduction to Policy Analysis, Fundamentals of Public Policy, Policy Analysis, Public Policy, Public Finance, Cost-Benefit Analysis, and Government and Business. This introduction explores both the hows and whys of the practices of public policy. The text provides reality-based practical advice about how to actually conduct policy analysis and demonstrates the application of advanced analytic techniques.

NEW TO THIS EDITION

• NEW - Opens with a new comprehensive policy analysis example that illustrates many of the important concepts covered in the text. (Ch. 1)

• NEW - Separates coverage of the “Competitive Model”and “Market Failures” into two separate, more digestible chapters. (Ch. 4-5)

• NEW - Provides substantially expanded and more systematic treatments of both distributional values and government failures. (Ch. 7-8)

• NEW - Updates the discussion of Generic Policies with more extensive discussions of timely topics, (Ch. 9) e.g.:

  • Privatization.

  • Incentive-based regulation.

  • Contracting-out.

  • Government auctions of property rights and tradable permits.

• NEW - Revises the discussion on “Gathering Information for Policy Analysis”to emphasize electronic sources of information. (Ch. 10 Appendix)

  • Lists and discusses numerous World Wide Web addresses relevant to policy analysis research. Pg.___

• NEW - Adds a chapter with practical advice on confronting policy problems and evaluating policy alternatives in the presence of multiple goals using goals/alternatives matrix examples — with illustrations drawn from Congressional Budget Office studies. (Ch. 11)

• NEW - Provides a clearer and expanded discussion of alternative Social Welfare Functions. (Ch. 7)

• NEW - Applies alternate income distribution measures to the U.S. to show the importance of the use of different measures. (Ch. 7)

• Shows how to conduct policy analysis and demonstrates the application of advanced analytical techniques. Pg.___

• Organizes information into five parts:

  • Part I: Emphasizes that policy analysis is client-oriented and that it raises ethical issues.

  • Part II: Provides a comprehensive treatment of rationales for public policy — describing the limitations to effective public policy and generic policy solutions.

  • Part III: Gives practical advice about implementing policy analysis — structuring problems and solutions, gathering information, measuring costs and benefits, anticipating and influencing political and organizational feasibility, and designing programs with good prospects for successful implementation.

  • Part IV: Presents several extended examples illustrating how analysts have approached policy problems and the differences that their efforts have made.

  • Part V: Summarizes the role and work of the analyst and challenges the analyst to both “do-well and do-good.”

• Opens with a new comprehensive policy analysis example that illustrates many of the important concepts covered in the text. (Ch. 1)

• Separates coverage of the “Competitive Model”and “Market Failures” into two separate, more digestible chapters. (Ch. 4-5)

• Provides substantially expanded and more systematic treatments of both distributional values and government failures. (Ch. 7-8)

• Updates the discussion of Generic Policies with more extensive discussions of timely topics, (Ch. 9) e.g.:

  • Privatization.

  • Incentive-based regulation.

  • Contracting-out.

  • Government auctions of property rights and tradable permits.

• Revises the discussion on “Gathering Information for Policy Analysis”to emphasize electronic sources of information. (Ch. 10 Appendix)

  • Lists and discusses numerous World Wide Web addresses relevant to policy analysis research. Pg.___

• Adds a chapter with practical advice on confronting policy problems and evaluating policy alternatives in the presence of multiple goals using goals/alternatives matrix examples — with illustrations drawn from Congressional Budget Office studies. (Ch. 11)

• Provides a clearer and expanded discussion of alternative Social Welfare Functions. (Ch. 7)

• Applies alternate income distribution measures to the U.S. to show the importance of the use of different measures. (Ch. 7)

I. INTRODUCTION.

II. CONCEPTUAL FOUNDATIONS.

III. DOING POLICY ANALYSIS.

IV. DOING POLICY ANALYSIS IN ORGANIZATIONAL SETTINGS.

V. CONCLUSION.

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