| Description |
430 pages |
| Series |
The New Institutionalism in American Politics |
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New institutionalism in American politics.
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| Contents |
1. Policy Analysis as a Profession and a Process: An Overview -- 2. Deciding How to Decide: "Experts," "The People," and "The Market" -- 3. A Benchmark for Performance: The Market -- 4. "Evaluation and Market Failure": Criteria for Intervention -- 5. Experts and "Advocacy": The Limits of Policy Analysis -- 6. Democratic Decisions and "Government Failure": The Limits of Choice by the People -- 7. The Welfare Economics Paradigm -- 8. Choice of Regulatory Form: Efficiency, Equity, or Politics -- 9. Discounting I: Expected Values, Probability, and Risk -- 10. Discounting II: Time -- 11. Cost-Benefit Analysis -- 12. Conclusion |
| Summary |
Introduction to the conceptual foundations of policy analysis including the basics of the welfare-economics paradigm and cost-benefit analysis |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages [397]-403) and index |
| Subject |
Policy sciences.
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Evaluation.
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| Author |
Munger, Michael C.
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| LC no. |
99047240 |
| ISBN |
0393973999 |
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