Analyzing policy : Choices, conflicts and practices

By:

Munger Michael C

Contributor(s):

Publication details: London W W Norton & Co. 2000Description: 430p xiISBN:

9780393973990

Subject(s):

1. Policy Sciences 2. Evaluation

DDC classification:

320.600000 MUN

Contents:

Table of contents Part 1 Policy happens when we decide to decide: an overview of policy analysis as a profession and a process; deciding how to decide - "experts", "the people", and "the market". Part 2 Why is policy analysis important?: a benchmark for performance - what is a "market"; case study 1 - a simple exchange economy; evaluation and "market failure" - criteria for intervention; experts and "advocacy" - the limits of policy analysis; democracy and "government failure" - the limits of choice by the people; case study 2 - a simple command polity. Part 3 How is policy analysis conducted?: the welfare economics paradigm - introduction to analytics; choice of regulatory form - efficiency, equity, or politics?; case study 3 social security crisis. Part 4 Cost-benefit analysis; discounting 1 - probability, expected values and risk; discounting 2 - time; cost-benefit analysis.

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Table of contents
Part 1 Policy happens when we decide to decide: an overview of policy analysis as a profession and a process;
deciding how to decide - "experts", "the people", and "the market".
Part 2 Why is policy analysis important?: a benchmark for performance - what is a "market";
case study
1 - a simple exchange economy; evaluation and "market failure" - criteria for intervention;
experts and "advocacy" - the limits of policy analysis; democracy and "government failure" - the limits of choice by the people;
case study
2 - a simple command polity.
Part 3 How is policy analysis conducted?: the welfare economics paradigm - introduction to analytics;
choice of regulatory form - efficiency, equity, or politics?;
case study
3 social security crisis.
Part 4 Cost-benefit analysis;
discounting
1 - probability, expected values and risk;
discounting
2 - time;
cost-benefit analysis.

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