Adding Value to Policy Analysis and Advice

Karen Baehler, Claudia Scott

ISBN 10: 086840859X / ISBN 13: 9780868408590

Published by UNSW Press, AU, 2010

About this Item

Governments need high quality policy analysis and advice as they wrestle with complex economic, social and environmental issues. This book explores public policy practices in Australia and New Zealand, and ways to enhance performance and capability in the policy analysis and advisory system. An integrative approach to policy work from a systems perspective is proposed. It links the political and analytical dimensions of policy craft and emphasizes important influences on policy work from outside the formal government policy system. Strategies are discussed to promote learning and innovation in policy design which add value to the work of governments and the lives of citizens.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Adding Value to Policy Analysis and Advice
• Publisher: UNSW Press, AU
• Publication Date: 2010
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 086840859X
• ISBN 13: 9780868408590
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: New
• Weight: 544 grams

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Synopsis

High-quality policy analysis and advice is crucial for governments as they wrestle with complex and intractable issues that they can neither manage nor solve on their own. This book explores ways of adding value to policy analysis and advice in Australia and New Zealand, drawing on contributions from individuals and organisations both inside and outside the formal policymaking system. The authors critique and expand upon the available models, methods and approaches to policy analysis and advising, and propose a systems perspective and a crafting approach to policy design. They examine strategies for improving the quality, capability and performance of the policy advisory system, and the complementary roles of advisers, analysts, managers and others.

About the Author

Claudia Scott is a professor of public policy at the Australia and New Zealand School of Government at Victoria University–Wellington. She is the author of Function and Finance Forecasting, Local Government Spending, Public and Private Roles in Health Care, and Reform Experiences in Seven OECD Countries. Karen Baehler is a senior lecturer at the Australia and New Zealand School of Government at Victoria University–Wellington. She is the coauthor of Rural Development in the United States.