Policy Analysis: Concepts and Practice (5th Edition) - Softcover

Weimer, David; Vining, Aidan R.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0205781306 ISBN 13: 9780205781300

Publisher: Pearson, 2010

Synopsis

Updated in a new 5th edition, this book lays a strong conceptual foundation to understanding the rationales of and limitations to public policy. It gives practical advice about how to do policy analysis while demonstrating the application of advanced analytical techniques through case study examples

Policy Analysis: Concepts and Practices is a comprehensive, accessible, and rich introduction to policy analysis for readers in public policy, public administration, and business programs.

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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.

Edition details

• Publisher: Pearson
• Publication date: 2010
• ISBN 10: 0205781306
• ISBN 13: 9780205781300
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Edition number: 5
• Number of pages: 496