| Description |
xxvi, 596 pages ; 25 cm |
| Series |
Elgar reference collection |
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International library of comparative public policy ; 3 |
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Elgar reference collection.
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International library of comparative public policy ; 3
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| Contents |
1. Policy Evaluation: Design and Utilization / Erik Albaek -- 2. Policy Theories, Knowledge Utilization, and Evaluation / Frans L. Leeuw -- 3. Conflict Versus Consensus Models in Policy Evaluation and Implementation / Dennis J. Palumbo and Michael A. Hallett -- 4. Policy Instruments, Policy Styles, and Policy Implementation: National Approaches to Theories of Instrument Choice / Michael Howlett -- 5. Targeting Aid to the Poor: What Have We Learned About Allocating Intergovernmental Grants? / Margaret Wrightson and Timothy Conlan -- 6. Cost Containment and New Priorities in the European Community / Brian Abel-Smith -- 7. Policy Evaluation in a Time of Fiscal Stress: Some Reflections from British Experience / Andrew Gray and Bill Jenkins -- 8. Dutch Experience in the Utilization of Evaluation Research: The Procedure of Reconsideration / Marie-Louise Bemelmans-Videc -- 9. Research Utilization in Policymaking: A Tale of Two Series (of Social Experiments) / David H. Greenberg and Marvin B. Mandell -- 10. Science, Technology, and Congress / James E. Katz -- 11. Institutionalizing Evaluations in France: Skating on Thin Ice? / Jean-Pierre Nioche -- 12. The Politics of Evaluation in Developing Countries / Michael Bamberger -- 13. Two-Track Processes: Budgeting, Auditing, and Evaluation in the Federal Republic of Germany / Hans-Ulrich Derlien -- 14. Problem Definition, Agenda Access, and Policy Choice / David A. Rochefort and Roger W. Cobb -- 15. Educational Policy Analysis and The Politics of Interpretation / Michael Peters and James Marshall -- 16. Family Policy: Has The United States Learned From Europe? / Sheila B. Kamerman and Alfred J. Kahn -- 17. Beyond Self-Interest: Policy Entrepreneurs and Aid to the Homeless / Craig Anthony Arnold -- 18. Policy Design for Implementation Effectiveness: Structural Change in a County Court System / Ronald C. Lippincott and Robert P. Stoker -- 19. Cross-National Differences in Policy Implementation / Sheila Jasanoff -- 20. Implementing Global Environmental Agreements / Gary Bryner -- 21. Management Accountability: The Signals Sent by Auditing and Evaluation / Ray C. Rist -- 22. The Monitoring and Evaluation of Public Sector Programs in Asia: Why are Development Programs Monitored but Not Evaluated? / Michael Bamberger -- 23. The World's New Political Economy is Politicizing Educational Evaluation / James W. Guthrie -- 24. Global Environmental Policy in Social Contexts: The Case of China / Lin Gan -- 25. Universal Health Insurance and High-risk Groups in West Germany: Implications for U.S. Health Policy / Jere A. Wysong and Thomas Abel -- 26. Policy Evaluation of Investment in Education: A Papua New Guinea Study / P. A. McGavin -- 27. Persistent Low-Income Nonmetropolitan Areas in the United States: Some Conceptual Challenges for Development Policy / David L. Brown and Mildred E. Warner -- 28. British Industrial Relations Policy Transformed: The Thatcher Legacy / David Marsh -- 29. US Public Policy and Emerging Technologies: The Case of Solar Energy / Dianne Rahm -- 30. Child Support in Lone-Parent Families: Policies in Australia and the UK / Jane Millar and Peter Whiteford -- 31. Performance Assessment and Accountability in British Housing Management / David Clapham and Madhu Satsangi |
| Analysis |
Policy analysis |
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Policy analysis |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Policy sciences.
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| Author |
Rist, Ray C.
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| LC no. |
94032281 |
| ISBN |
1852789468 |
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