Less fragmented than the author's earlier work, this book
synthesizes Nagel's perspective on the field of policy analysis. As
the field's principal organizer and leading promoter, one is
indebted to Nagel for his energy, enthusiasm and resourcefulness.
This volume is itself imbued with such qualities. It covers vast
territory, insistently counters the skeptics, and develops original
schema for evaluating the work of the field. Furthermore, as
vintage Nagel, the book is highly structured, with many
definitions, lists, and prenamed series of ideas. The author
provides numerous hypothetical examples of his points, worked out
in succinct formulas and terse explanations. Nagel is unswervingly
convinced of the correctness of the rationalist perspective, and
anchors himself firmly in behavioralist political science while
accepting the contributions from other social sciences. Not one to
qualify a statement or beat around the bush, the author enunciates
many guiding principles and values, such as effectiveness,
efficiency and equity. Nagel discusses software options for those
interested in conducting analysis with microcomputers. He also
gives advice on teaching with computers. Important for graduate
students and university libraries. Choice The purpose of this work
is twofold. First, it attempts to integrate the basic ideas that
relate to policy studies. These include the definition of concepts,
the establishment of criteria for judging policy studies research,
and the clarification of policy goals. Second, the volume proposes
to evaluate the methods of policy evaluation themselves, and to
assess the field as a whole. Designed to serve as a definitive
analysis of policy studies, this volume covers basic concepts,
research criteria, societal goals, and policy alternatives. It also
examines analytic methods, optimizing, statistics,
quasi-experimentation, behavioralism, multicriteria decision
making, evaluation, research, legal analysis, and conflicting
critiques of the field. It was written for researchers and
instructors of public policy studies, and will also assist public
policy specialists and others interested in the application of
social science and other fields of knowledge to important public
policy issues.
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