Defining policy analysis: a journey that never ends

By:

Radin, Beryl A

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: Cambridge University Press New York 2020Description: 60 pISBN:

9781108927802

Subject(s):

Policy sciences

DDC classification:

320.6 RAD

Summary: Summary For much of its life, the field of policy analysis has lived with a wide range of definitions of its goals, work and significance in the society. This Element seeks to sort out these differences by describing the issues, players and developments that have played a role over the life of this field. As a result of the relationships that have developed an environment has emerged where both academics and practitioners who self identify as 'policy analysts' are not always recognized as such by others who use that same label.This Element explores the reasons why this conflictual situation has developed and whether the current status is a major departure from the past. While these developments may not be new or found only in policy analysis, they do have an impact on the status of the academics as well as the practitioners in the field

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Book	Indian Institute of Management LRC General Stacks	Public Policy & General Management	320.6 RAD (Browse shelf(Opens below))	1	Checked out	01/20/2025	002480

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Summary
For much of its life, the field of policy analysis has lived with a wide range of definitions of its goals, work and significance in the society. This Element seeks to sort out these differences by describing the issues, players and developments that have played a role over the life of this field. As a result of the relationships that have developed an environment has emerged where both academics and practitioners who self identify as 'policy analysts' are not always recognized as such by others who use that same label.This Element explores the reasons why this conflictual situation has developed and whether the current status is a major departure from the past. While these developments may not be new or found only in policy analysis, they do have an impact on the status of the academics as well as the practitioners in the field

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