Preface
Part I. The Mission
1. The Problem and Its Setting
2. The Scope
Significance
and Method of the Inquiry
Part II. A Framework for Evaluating Public Policymaking
3. The Evaluation of Public Policymaking
4. Net Output as the Primary Criterion for Ascertaining the Quality of Public Policymaking
5. Secondary Criteria for Ascertaining the Quality of Public Policymaking
6. Main Standards for Appraising Policymaking
Part III. A Diagnostic Evaluation of Contemporary Public Policymaking
7. The Empiric Study of Public Policymaking
8. Decisionmaking by Subunits
9. Public Policymaking in Modern States
10. Public Policymaking in Developing States
11. An Evaluation and Diagnosis of the Present State of Public Policymaking
Part IV. An Optimal Model of Public Policymaking
12. A Critical Survey of Normative Models of Public Policymaking
13. The Major Characteristics of the Optimal Model
14. The Phases of the Optimal Model
15. The Structure of Optimal Public Policymaking
Part V. On Improving Public Policymaking
16. The Major Improvements Needed in Public Policymaking
17. Changes Needed in Knowledge
18. Changes Needed in Personnel
19. Changes Needed in Structure and Process Patterns
20. Changes Needed in Input and Stipulated Output
21. Changes Needed in the Environment
Part VI. The Choice: Shaping the Future or Muddling Through
22. The Significance of Society's Major Alternatives
Appendixes
Index
