Public policy evaluation : Making super-optimum decisions /: Making super-optimum decisions. ([2018])

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Stuart S. Nagel.
• Authors: Nagel, Stuart S, 1934-
• Contents: Cover; Dedication; Title; Copyright; Summary Table of Contents; Contents; List of Tables; List of Figures; Introduction: four Converging Streams; PART I CONCEPTS, METHODS AND CAUSES; 1 WHAT IS POLICY EVALUATION? CONCEPTUAL THEORY; Evaluating Public Policy Evaluation; A temporary fad or stale material; Too practical or too theoretical; Too multi-disciplinary or too narrowly focused on political science; Too quantitative or too subjective; Underutilized or overutilized; Too conservative or too liberal; Some conclusions; Three Interactions; International; Interdisciplinary; Impact; The Future Future activities2 METHODS OF POLICY ANALYSIS; Generalized Policy Analysis; Conservatism-liberalism as to goals; Conservatism-liberalism as to alternatives; Conservatism versus liberalism; Intermediate definitions; Generalized variables; Relevant diagrams; Changing Methods of Policy Evaluation; Legalistic verbal analysis; Statistical correlation analysis; Management science and operations research; Multi-criteria decision making; Super-optimizing or win-win analysis; Comparative evaluation of the five approaches; References; Evaluative Methodology: Sensitivity Analysis; Basic concepts Relations among the basic conceptsChanging the goals; Changing the relations between alternatives and goals; Broader implications; Decision-aiding Software; Definitions; Benefits, costs and trends; Types and examples; Relations with PSO; Super-optimizing Analysis; Alternatives, goals and relations as inputs; Irrelevant tax breaks and subsidies; Getting at the causes; Side benefits and facilitators; Developing Super-optimizing Software; Win-win policy or super-optimum solutions; The former implicit SOS software; The forthcoming explicit SOS software; What comes next?; Elements of Evaluation Goals to be achievedAlternative policies; Relations between goals and alternatives; Drawing evaluative conclusions; 'What if' analysis; Evaluative Creativity; Generating creative policy ideas; Generating and facilitating super-optimum solutions; Checklists for Evaluating Public Decisions; General tips; Steps to follow; Checking one's completed evaluations; Some time management pointers; 3 ACROSS POLICY PROBLEMS (CROSS-CUTTING THEORY); Substantive Matters: Socialization and Policy Evaluation; Economic problems; Technology problems; Social problems; Political problems; Pre-school education Substantive Matters: Public versus PrivateEconomic problems; Social problems; Political problems; Science policy problems; Competition is the key; Individualizing with general criteria; Competition in the Public and Private Sectors; Competition in the private sector; Competition in the public sector; Public and private sectors; Incentives, Growth and Productivity; An incentives perspective; A growth perspective; PART II PROCESS AND SUBSTANCE; 4 GOVERNMENT PROCESSES AND STRUCTURES; Policy Evaluation and Government Structures; Historical causes; Blank slate institutional evaluation
• Publisher Details: London : Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group
• Publication Date: 2018
• Copyright Date: 1998
• Extent: 1 online resource (1 volume.)
• Subjects: 320.6; Policy sciences; POLITICAL SCIENCE / Essays; POLITICAL SCIENCE / Government / General; POLITICAL SCIENCE / Government / National; POLITICAL SCIENCE / Reference; POLITICAL SCIENCE / General; Policy sciences; Electronic books; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9780429449574; 0429449577; 9780429831096; 0429831099; 9780429831089; 0429831080; 9780429831072; 0429831072
• Related ISBNs: 1138326917; 9781138326910
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Print version record.
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