Confronting values in policy analysis : the politics of criteria

Author(s)

• Fischer, Frank
• Forester, John

Bibliographic Information

Confronting values in policy analysis : the politics of criteria

Frank Fischer and John Forester, editors

（Sage yearbooks in politics and public policy, v. 14）

Sage Publications, c1987

• : pbk.

Note

Includes bibliographical references and index

Description and Table of Contents

Description

Confronting Values in Policy Analysis questions the pursuit of `value neutrality' in policy analysis, and argues for the integration of empirical and normative methods of analysis. The contributors analyse the emerging ethical issues, the practice of policy analysis, theoretical and methodological issues involved in the normative work of policy analysts, and the central questions of ethical responsibility.

Table of Contents

Editor's Introduction PART ONE: INTEGRATING PRINCIPLES AND PRACTICES Political Philosophy, Practical Reason and Policy Analysis - Charles W Anderson Can Policy Analysis Be Ethical? - Douglas J Amy PART TWO: POLICY EXPERTISE AND THE STATE: THE TECHNOCRATIC BIAS Policy Science and the Administrative State - John Byrne The Political Economy of Cost-Benefit Analysis Policy Expertise and the `New Class' - Frank Fischer A Critique of the Neoconservative Thesis PART THREE: NORMATIVE THEORY AND METHODOLOGY Interpretation and the Practice of Policy Analysis - Bruce Jennings Anticipating Alternatives - John Forester Planning and Policy Analysis in Practice Policy Science and Rational Choice Theory - Timothy W Luke A Methodological Critique PART FOUR: ETHICAL RESPONSIBILITY Ethics and the Policy Analyst - Rosemarie Tong The Problem of Responsibility Unwitting Human Subjects and the Army's Biological Warfare Tests - Leonard A Cole PART FIVE: POLICY CASES: ISSUES AND ILLUSTRATIONS The Politics of Criteria - Susan S Fainstein Planning for the Redevelopment of Times Square The Symbolic Side of Policy Analysis - Steven Maynard-Moody Interpreting Policy Change in a Health Department Economic Theory in Practice - Charles Noble White House Oversight of OSHA Health Standards

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Details

• NCID: BA01234408
• ISBN:
  • 0803926162
  • 0803926170
• LCCN: 86006647
• Country Code: us
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: Newbury Park
• Pages/Volumes: 293 p.
• Size: 23 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : H97
  • DC19 : 361.6
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Policy sciences
  • LCSH : Social policy
• Parent Bibliography ID:
  • BA00622117