Scientific decision-making methods (from social science research to policy analysis)

Author: Roger J. Vaillancourt, Terry E. Basar
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Publish Date: 2006-06-01
Features: The main purpose of this book has two aspects: 1. To help college professors and students better understand the "real world" of public policy, enabling them to communicate more effectively with policymakers and implementers. 2. To assist policymakers and implementers in systematically considering their actions on the political stage. · We hope that producers and consumers of policy can sit together for some analysis to improve policy formulation and implementation. · We organize this book and its chapters around heuristics and case studies, interspersed with examples that we believe are exemplary—those we consider masterpieces of the art of policy analysis. · The primary readers of this book are social science researchers in academic institutions and social policy analysts. These individuals either work to provide theoretical insights to decision-makers or engage in teaching. They offer essential training in basic skills for college students who aspire to become policy analysis experts or directly work in policy formulation. In this sense, this book is a highly practical guide to policy analysis.