Rachel Meltzer, Alex Schwartz

Policy Analysis as Problem Solving

A Flexible and Evidence-Based Framework

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Produktbeschreibung

Drawing extensively from real-life cases, Policy Analysis as Problem Solving helps students develop the analytic skills necessary to advise government officials and non-profit executives on a wide range of policy issues. The book provides succinct but thorough discussions of the key elements of the policy-analytic process.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Jenny Stanford Publishing
• Seitenzahl: 322
• Erscheinungstermin: 4. Dezember 2018
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 19mm
• Gewicht: 603g
• ISBN-13: 9781138630161
• ISBN-10: 1138630160
• Artikelnr.: 54802970

Autorenporträt

Rachel Meltzer is Associate Professor of Urban Policy and Chair of the Public and Urban Policy master's degree program at the New School. She regularly teaches Policy Analysis, advises student teams in the Urban Policy Lab, and runs a doctoral seminar on theories of the policy-making process. Her research is broadly concerned with urban economies and how market and policy forces can shape disparate outcomes for neighborhoods. She focuses on issues related to housing, land use, economic development, and local public finance. Alex Schwartz is Professor of Urban Policy at the New School, where he has taught Policy Analysis since 1993. He directs the New School's Urban Policy Lab, in which teams of graduate students advise government agencies and nonprofit organizations on a wide array of policy and management issues. His research focuses primarily on housing and community development. He is the author of Housing Policy in the United States (3rd edition) (Routledge, 2014) and is the Managing Editor for North America for the international journal Housing Studies.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
Chapter 1: What is Policy Analysis? Mainstream and Alternative Perspectives
Chapter 2: Defining the Problem and Setting the Stage
Chapter 3: Devising Alternative Policy Options
Chapter 4: Objectives and Criteria
Chapter 5: Technical Aspects of Policy Analysis: Discounting, Cost-Benefit Analysis and Cost-Effectiveness Analysis
Chapter 6: Analysis and Making Recommendations
Chapter 7: Research and Policy Analysis
Chapter 8: Policy Analysis in Practice
Chapter 9: Epilogue