This straightforward, effective guide to policy analysis addresses the psychology, as well as the logic, of the analytical process. Full of helpful hints, such as warnings about language traps, strategies for economizing on data collection, and checklists for generating solutions, this book is widely used by students, practicing policy officials in government, and professionals in executive-level training programs.
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Professor Eugene Bardach has been teaching graduate-level policy analysis workshop classes since 1973 at the Goldman School of Public Policy, University of California, Berkeley, in which time he has coached some 400 projects. This book is based on his experience teaching students the principles of policy analysis and then helping them to execute their project work. He is the recipient of the 1998 Donald T. Campbell award of the Policy Studies Organization for creative contribution to the methodology of policy analysis.
This new edition of A Practical Guide for Policy Analysis is a gift to both professors and students. -- Renee Johnson, University of Florida
US and international students consistently give this perspicacious presentation of policy analysis fundamentals high marks for its clarity and insight. -- Robert P. Goss, Brigham Young University
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