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Weimer, David L.

Policy analysis : concepts and practice / David L. Weimer and Aidan R. Vining. - Seventh edition. - xxi, 477 pages 24 cm.

Part I. Introduction to Public Policy Analysis:
1. Preview -
2. What is Policy Analysis? -
3. Toward Professional Ethics -
Part II. Conceptual Foundations for Problem Analysis:
4. Efficiency and the Idealized Competitive Model -
5. Rationales for Public Policy: Market Failures -
6. Rationales for Public Policy: Other Limitations of the Competitive Framework -
7. Rationales for Public Policy: Distributional and Other Goals -
8. Limits to Public Intervention: Government Failures -
9. Policy Problems as Market and Government Failures: Regulating Platforms -
Part III. Conceptual Foundations for Solution Analysis:
10. Correcting Market and Government Failures: Generic Policies -
11. Adoption -
12. Implementation -
13. Government Provision: Drawing Organizational Boundaries -
Part IV. Doing Policy Analysis:
14. Gathering Information for Policy Analysis -
15. Landing on Your Feet: Organizing a Policy Analysis -
16. Case Study: The Canadian Pacific Salmon Fishery -
17. Cost-Benefit Analysis: Assessing Efficiency -
18. Public Agency Strategic Analysis: Identifying Opportunities for Increasing Social Value -
Part V. Conclusion:
19. Doing Well and Doing Good –
Author index –
Subject index.


ISBN: 9781032756677

LCCN: 2024056455

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Policy sciences

Dewey Class. No.: 320.6 WEI