Policy Analysis: Concepts and Practice - Softcover

Weimer, David L.; Vining, Aidan R.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0136831451 ISBN 13: 9780136831457

Publisher: Prentice Hall, 1991

Synopsis

This volume introduces the practice of public policy, accompanied by coverage of the conceptual foundations upon which they are built.

About this title

From the Publisher:

An introduction to the practices of public policy -- and an examination of the conceptual foundation of their rationales.

From the Back Cover:

This introduction to both the hows and whys of the practices of public policy provides reality-based practical advice about how to actually conduct policy analysis and demonstrates the application of advanced analytic techniques. Covers such topics as Efficiency and the Idealized Competitive Model; Rationales for Public Policy (Market Failures, Other Limitations of the Competitive Framework, and Distributional and Other Goals); Limits to Public Intervention: Government Failures; Correcting Market and Government Failures: Generic Policies; How to Confront Policy Problems; Goals/Alternatives Matrices: Some Examples from CBO Studies; Benefit-Cost Analysis; Thinking Strategically About Adoption and Implementation; Benefit- Cost Analysis in Bureaucratic Settings: The Strategic Petroleum Reserve; When Statistics Count: Revising the Lead Standard for Gasoline. For anyone involved in Policy Analysis, Public Policy, Public Finance, Cost-Benefit Analysis.

About this edition

• Publisher: Prentice Hall
• Publication date: 1991
• ISBN 10: 0136831451
• ISBN 13: 9780136831457
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 535