The Art and Craft of Policy Analysis

Front Matter....Pages i-xiv
Introduction....Pages 1-19
Front Matter....Pages 21-25
Policy Analysis is What Information Systems are Not....Pages 26-40
Strategic Retreat on Objectives: Learning from Failure in American Public Policy....Pages 41-61
Policy as Its Own Cause....Pages 62-85
Coordination Without a Coordinator....Pages 86-107
Front Matter....Pages 109-113
Between Planning and Politics: Intellect vs. Interaction as Analysis....Pages 114-141
A Bias Toward Federalism....Pages 142-154
Opportunity Costs and Merit Wants....Pages 155-183
Economy and Environment Rationality and Ritual....Pages 184-203
Front Matter....Pages 205-211
The Self-Evaluating Organization....Pages 212-237
Skepticism and Dogma in the White House: Jimmy Carter’s Theory of Governing....Pages 238-251
Citizens as Analysts....Pages 252-279
Front Matter....Pages 281-283
Doing Better and Feeling Worse: The Political Pathology of Health Policy....Pages 284-308
Learning from Education: If We’re Still Stuck on the Problems, Maybe We’re Taking the Wrong Exam....Pages 309-325
A Tax by Any Other Name: The Donor-Directed Automatic Percentage-Contribution Bonus, a Budget Alternative for Financing Governmental Support of Charity....Pages 326-351
Distribution of Urban Services....Pages 352-384
Analysis as Craft....Pages 385-406
Back Matter....Pages 407-463