Policy Analysis: Concepts and Practice (3rd Edition) - Softcover

Weimer, David L.; Vining, Aidan R.; Vining, Alan

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0131090836 ISBN 13: 9780131090835

Publisher: Taylor & Francis, 1998

Synopsis

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 title

From the Publisher:

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

About the Author:

David Weimer is a Professor at University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA.

Aidan R. Vining is a Professor at Simon Fraser University, Canada.

About this edition

• Publisher: Taylor & Francis
• Publication date: 1998
• ISBN 10: 0131090836
• ISBN 13: 9780131090835
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 486