Policy Analysis in the United States

by Michael O'Hare (Contribution by), Steven R. Smith (Contribution by), Erik Godwin (Contribution by), Michael Holland (Contribution by), Philip Joyce (Contribution by)

Overview

Policy Analysis in the United States brings together contributions from some of the world’s leading scholars and practitioners of public policy analysis including Beryl Radin, David Weimer, Rebecca Maynard, Laurence Lynn, and Guy Peters.

This volume represents an indispensable companion to other volumes in the International Library of Policy Analysis series, enabling scholars to compare cross-nationally concepts and practices of public policy analysis in the media, sub-national governments, and many more institutional settings.

The volume represents an invaluable contribution to public policy analysis and can be used widely in teaching at both graduate and undergraduate levels in schools of public affairs and public policy as well as in comparative politics and policy.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781447346012
Publisher:	Policy Press
Publication date:	03/21/2018
Series:	ISSN
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	384
Sales rank:	865,418
File size:	920 KB

About the Author

John A. Hird is Dean of the College of Social&Behavoral Sciences, University of Massachusetts Amherst, where he is Professor of Political Science and Public Policy. The founding director of the Center for Public Policy and Administration, his research focuses on the use of expertise in public policymaking.
University of Georgetown
Brown University
Dartmouth College
University of Maryland
University of Pennsylvania
B. Guy Peters is Maurice Falk Professor of American Government at the University of Pittsburgh, US.
Nadia Rubaii (1964-2022) was Professor of Public Administration and Co-Director of the Institute for Genocide and Mass Atrocity Prevention at Binghamton University, State University of New York and Adjunct Researcher at Universidad de los Andes.
Executive Secretary, Harry S Truman Scholarship Foundation
Professor, University of Texas
PhD Student, University of Texas
Head of Department and Professor, Department of Political Science, School of Public&International Affairs, University of Georgia, USA
Professor, University of Massachusetts, Amherst
Graduate Student, University of Massachusetts, Amherst
Professor, Department of Political Science, Michigan State University
Professor, New York University
Student at teh school of Public Affairs&Administration, Rutgers University-Newark
Departmental member (possibly PhD student?) School of Public Affairs, Arizona State University
Associate Professor, School of Public Affairs, Arizona State University
Professor, School of Public affairs, Arizona State University
Profesor and Reuben O'D. Askew Senior Practitioner in residence, Askew School of Public Administration and Policy, Florida State University
Sydney Stein Junior Professor of Public Management Emeritus, University of Chicago
Frank Fischer is a senior research scholar at the Albrecht-Daniel-Thaer Institute of the Humboldt University in Berlin and a research fellow in politics at Kassel University, Germany.
Faculty member, McCourt School of Public Policy, Georgetown University Editor, georgetown University Press book series, Public Management&Change
Edwin E Witte Professor of Political economy, University of Wisconsin-Madison

Table of Contents

IIntroduction ~ John A. Hird

Part One: History, styles, and methods of policy analysis in the United States

Policy analysis in the United States ~ David Weimer

The evolution of the policy analysis profession in the United States ~ Beryl A. Radin

The argumentative turn in public policy inquiry: deliberative policy analysis for usable advice ~ Frank Fischer

Reflections on 50 years of policy advice in the United States ~ Laurence E. Lynn, Jr.

Part Two: Policy analysis by governments

The practice and promise of policy analysis and program evaluation to improve decision making within the U.S. Federal Government ~ Rebecca A. Maynard

Policy analysis in the states ~ Gary VanLandingham

Policy analysis and evidence-based decision making at the local level ~ Karen Mossberger, David Swindell, Nicholet Deschine Parkhurst, and Kuang-Ting Tai;

Committees and legislatures ~ Philip Joyce

Part Three: Policy analysis outside of government

Policy advisory committees: an operational view ~ Michael Holland and Julia Lane

Public opinion and public policy in the United States ~ Saundra K. Schneider and William G. Jacoby

Political parties and policy analysis ~ Zachary Albert and Raymond J. La Raja

Policy analysis by corporations and trade associations ~ Erik Godwin, Kenneth Godwin, and Scott Ainsworth

Policy analysis and the nonprofit sector ~ Steven Rathgeb Smith

The media ~ Annelise Russell and Maxwell McCombs

Think tanks and policy analysis ~ Andrew Rich

Part Four: Policy analysis education and impact internationally

Public policy education in the United States ~ Michael O’Hare

The status of the profession: the role of PhD And Masters programs in public policy education ~ Nadia Rubaii

The influence of policy analysis in the United States on the international experience ~ B. Guy Peters

 

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From the Publisher

"This collection offers a unique and valuable set of perspectives on the history of policy analysis, changes in the field over recent decades, and current challenges facing practitioners." Michael E. Kraft, Emeritus Professor, University of Wisconsin-Green Bay