Confronting Values in Policy Analysis
The Politics of Criteria
SAGE Publications Inc (Publisher)
1st Edition
Published on 27. August 1987
Book
Hardback
320 pages
978-0-8039-2616-5 (ISBN)
Description
Confronting Values in Policy Analysis questions the pursuit of `value neutrality' in policy analysis, and argues for the integration of empirical and normative methods of analysis. The contributors analyse the emerging ethical issues, the practice of policy analysis, theoretical and methodological issues involved in the normative work of policy analysts, and the central questions of ethical responsibility.
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Thousand Oaks
United States
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Weight
560 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-8039-2616-5 (9780803926165)
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Content
Editor's Introduction
PART ONE: INTEGRATING PRINCIPLES AND PRACTICES
Political Philosophy, Practical Reason and Policy Analysis - Charles W Anderson
Can Policy Analysis Be Ethical? - Douglas J Amy
PART TWO: POLICY EXPERTISE AND THE STATE: THE TECHNOCRATIC BIAS
Policy Science and the Administrative State - John Byrne
The Political Economy of Cost-Benefit Analysis
Policy Expertise and the `New Class' - Frank Fischer
A Critique of the Neoconservative Thesis
PART THREE: NORMATIVE THEORY AND METHODOLOGY
Interpretation and the Practice of Policy Analysis - Bruce Jennings
Anticipating Alternatives - John Forester
Planning and Policy Analysis in Practice
Policy Science and Rational Choice Theory - Timothy W Luke
A Methodological Critique
PART FOUR: ETHICAL RESPONSIBILITY
Ethics and the Policy Analyst - Rosemarie Tong
The Problem of Responsibility
Unwitting Human Subjects and the Army's Biological Warfare Tests - Leonard A Cole
PART FIVE: POLICY CASES: ISSUES AND ILLUSTRATIONS
The Politics of Criteria - Susan S Fainstein
Planning for the Redevelopment of Times Square
The Symbolic Side of Policy Analysis - Steven Maynard-Moody
Interpreting Policy Change in a Health Department
Economic Theory in Practice - Charles Noble
White House Oversight of OSHA Health Standards
PART ONE: INTEGRATING PRINCIPLES AND PRACTICES
Political Philosophy, Practical Reason and Policy Analysis - Charles W Anderson
Can Policy Analysis Be Ethical? - Douglas J Amy
PART TWO: POLICY EXPERTISE AND THE STATE: THE TECHNOCRATIC BIAS
Policy Science and the Administrative State - John Byrne
The Political Economy of Cost-Benefit Analysis
Policy Expertise and the `New Class' - Frank Fischer
A Critique of the Neoconservative Thesis
PART THREE: NORMATIVE THEORY AND METHODOLOGY
Interpretation and the Practice of Policy Analysis - Bruce Jennings
Anticipating Alternatives - John Forester
Planning and Policy Analysis in Practice
Policy Science and Rational Choice Theory - Timothy W Luke
A Methodological Critique
PART FOUR: ETHICAL RESPONSIBILITY
Ethics and the Policy Analyst - Rosemarie Tong
The Problem of Responsibility
Unwitting Human Subjects and the Army's Biological Warfare Tests - Leonard A Cole
PART FIVE: POLICY CASES: ISSUES AND ILLUSTRATIONS
The Politics of Criteria - Susan S Fainstein
Planning for the Redevelopment of Times Square
The Symbolic Side of Policy Analysis - Steven Maynard-Moody
Interpreting Policy Change in a Health Department
Economic Theory in Practice - Charles Noble
White House Oversight of OSHA Health Standards