Introduction to Public Decision Making

Author: Wang Dianli
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Publish Date: 2004-01-01
Features: This book argues that, compared to public policy, public decision-making primarily involves the analysis of techniques and methods at the level of group or collective decision-making. Public decision-making is the foundation of government policy formulation, mainly focusing on theoretical analysis of the public decision-making process, studying various factors influencing decision-making, and exploring decision-making choice rules and principles of public decision-making. This book systematically introduces relevant knowledge about decision-making and public decision-making: First, it introduces the basic knowledge of public decision-making, analyzing factors such as the decision-making group, decision-making process, the influence of psychological factors and information, and decision-making thinking patterns. Second, it analyzes the impact of different choice rules on public decision-making, introduces the game phenomena in the public decision-making process, and further examines the democracy and principles in public decision-making, which is also the fundamental difference between public decision-making and ordinary decision-making. Finally, the book also classifies and introduces the methods of public decision-making according to the logical progression of policies themselves. The enhancement and strengthening of government decision-making capabilities are key to achieving the scientification of public policy and improving public management levels. This book fully absorbs theories and knowledge from political science, management, sociology, and psychology, systematically analyzing the construction of public decision-making capabilities, decision-making processes, influencing factors, decision-making principles, choice rules, and techniques and methods in decision-making. Particularly, it applies some new research findings from game theory, public choice theory, and management psychology to the study of public decision-making, which holds certain innovative significance. This book represents a valuable attempt to combine public decision-making with policy analysis, helping to overcome the phenomenon of overemphasizing policy analysis while neglecting decision-making in previous teaching. It can serve as a textbook for undergraduate students in public management disciplines, a reference for graduate students, and also provides practical guidance value for leaders and other public managers.