Policy Analysis: Pearson New International Edition
Concepts and Practice
5th Edition
Published on 1. March 2010
Book
Paperback/Softback
440 pages
978-1-292-03982-4 (ISBN)
Description
Laying a strong conceptual foundation to understanding the rationales of and limitations to public policy, Weimer and Vining give practical advice about how to do policy analysis while demonstrating the application of advanced analytical techniques through case study examples. Policy Analysis: Concepts and Practices is a comprehensive, accessible, and rich introduction to policy analysis for students in public policy, public administration, and business programs.
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Persons
David Weimer is a Professor at University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA.
Aidan R. Vining is a Professor at Simon Fraser University, Canada.
Aidan R. Vining is a Professor at Simon Fraser University, Canada.
Content
Preface
Acknowledgments
List of Figures
List of Tables
PART I: Introduction to Public Policy Analysis
1. What is Policy Analysis?
PART II: Conceptual Foundations for Problem Analysis
2. Efficiency and the Idealized Competitive Model
3. Rationales for Public Policy: Market Failures
4. Rationales for Public Policy: Other Limitations of the Competitive Framework
5. Rationales for Public Policy: Distributional and Other Goals
6. Limits to Public Intervention: Government Failures
7. Policy Problems as Market and Government Failure
PART III: Conceptual Foundations for Solution Analysis
8. Correcting Market and Government Failures: Generic Policy Instruments
9. Adoption
10. Implementation
11. Government Supply: Drawing Organizational Boundaries
PART IV: Doing Policy Analysis
12. Landing on Your Feet: Organizing Your Policy Analysis
13. Gathering Information for Policy Analysis
14: Benefit-Cost Analysis
15: When Statistics Count: Revising the Lead Standard for Gasoline
Acknowledgments
List of Figures
List of Tables
PART I: Introduction to Public Policy Analysis
1. What is Policy Analysis?
PART II: Conceptual Foundations for Problem Analysis
2. Efficiency and the Idealized Competitive Model
3. Rationales for Public Policy: Market Failures
4. Rationales for Public Policy: Other Limitations of the Competitive Framework
5. Rationales for Public Policy: Distributional and Other Goals
6. Limits to Public Intervention: Government Failures
7. Policy Problems as Market and Government Failure
PART III: Conceptual Foundations for Solution Analysis
8. Correcting Market and Government Failures: Generic Policy Instruments
9. Adoption
10. Implementation
11. Government Supply: Drawing Organizational Boundaries
PART IV: Doing Policy Analysis
12. Landing on Your Feet: Organizing Your Policy Analysis
13. Gathering Information for Policy Analysis
14: Benefit-Cost Analysis
15: When Statistics Count: Revising the Lead Standard for Gasoline