03-30-2020, 12:42 PM
The Art and Craft of Policy Analysis
by Aaron Wildavsky
CONTENT
Part I Resources Versus Objectives
1 Policy Analysis Is What Information Systems Are Not
2 Strategic Retreat on Objectives: Learning from Failure in American Public Policy
3 Policy as Its Own Cause
4 Coordination Without a Coordinator
Part II Social Interaction Versus Intellectual Cogitation
5 Between Planning and Politics: Intellect vs. Interaction as Analysis
6 A Bias Toward Federalism
7 Opportunity Costs and Merit Wants
8 Economy and Environment Rationality and Ritual
Part III Dogma Versus Skepticism
9 The Self-Evaluating Organization
10 Skepticism and Dogma in the White House: Jimmy
11 Citizens as Analysts
12 Doing Better and Feeling Worse: The Political Pathology of Health Policy
13 Learning from Education: If We’re Still Stuck on the
Part IV Policy Analysis
14 A Tax by Any Other Name: The Donor-Directed Automatic Percentage-Contribution Bonus, a Budget Alternative for Financing Governmental Support of Charity
15 Distribution of Urban Services
16 Analysis as Craft
by Aaron Wildavsky
CONTENT
Part I Resources Versus Objectives
1 Policy Analysis Is What Information Systems Are Not
2 Strategic Retreat on Objectives: Learning from Failure in American Public Policy
3 Policy as Its Own Cause
4 Coordination Without a Coordinator
Part II Social Interaction Versus Intellectual Cogitation
5 Between Planning and Politics: Intellect vs. Interaction as Analysis
6 A Bias Toward Federalism
7 Opportunity Costs and Merit Wants
8 Economy and Environment Rationality and Ritual
Part III Dogma Versus Skepticism
9 The Self-Evaluating Organization
10 Skepticism and Dogma in the White House: Jimmy
11 Citizens as Analysts
12 Doing Better and Feeling Worse: The Political Pathology of Health Policy
13 Learning from Education: If We’re Still Stuck on the
Part IV Policy Analysis
14 A Tax by Any Other Name: The Donor-Directed Automatic Percentage-Contribution Bonus, a Budget Alternative for Financing Governmental Support of Charity
15 Distribution of Urban Services
16 Analysis as Craft