The Art and Craft of Policy Analysis : Reissued with a New Introduction by B. Guy Peters

__The Art and Craft of Policy Analysis__ is a classic work of the Public Policy discipline. Wildavsky’s emphasis on the values involved in public policies, as well as the need to build political understandings about the nature of policy, are as important for 21st century policymaking as they were in 1979. B. Guy Peters’ critical introduction provides the reader with context for the book, its main themes and contemporary relevance, and offers a guide to understanding a complex but crucial text. 'While identifying the pertinent theme of the interplay between Reason and Power as at the heart of policy analysis, Wildavsky redressed the rationalist claims of analysis-for-policy forever. Nobody could position the enduring relevance of this classic better than Guy Peters.' - Peter Hupe, Associate Professor, Department of Public Administration, Erasmus University Rotterdam, the Netherlands 'Aaron Wildavsky's The Art and Craft of Policy Analysis is an essential reading in public policy and has influenced numerous cohorts of students in the United States and other world regions. The book is as timely as it was upon its first publication and Guy Peters is the most suitable scholar to put the book in context.' - Jale Tosun, Professor of Political Science, Institute of Political Science, University of Heidelberg, Germany The Art and Craft of Policy Analysis is a classic work of the Public Policy discipline. Wildavsky's emphasis on the values involved in public policies, as well as the need to build political understandings about the nature of policy, are as important for 21st century policymaking as they were in 1979. B. Guy Peters' critical introduction provides the reader with context for the book, its main themes and contemporary relevance, and offers a guide to understanding a complex but crucial text. B. Guy Peters is Maurice Falk Professor of Government at the University of Pittsburgh, USA, and an adjunct professor at the City University of Hong Kong. He is President of the International Public Policy Association, founding co-editor of the European Political Science Review and was founding co-editor of Governance. Aaron Wildavsky (1930-1993) was Professor of Political Science at the University of California Berkeley, USA, and founding dean of its Goldman School of Public Policy. Wildavsky received honorary doctorates from a number of universities, including Yale and the University of Bologna. His book, Politics of the Budgetary Process, was recognized by the American Society for Public Administration as one of the most influential works in the field Front Matter ....Pages i-lii Front Matter ....Pages 1-6 Policy Analysis Is What Information Systems Are Not (Aaron Wildavsky)....Pages 7-23 Strategic Retreat on Objectives: Learning from Failure in American Public Policy (Aaron Wildavsky)....Pages 25-49 Policy as Its Own Cause (Aaron Wildavsky)....Pages 51-77 Coordination Without a Coordinator (Aaron Wildavsky)....Pages 79-103 Front Matter ....Pages 105-109 Between Planning and Politics: Intellect vs. Interaction as Analysis (Aaron Wildavsky)....Pages 111-142 A Bias Toward Federalism (Aaron Wildavsky)....Pages 143-157 Opportunity Costs and Merit Wants (Aaron Wildavsky)....Pages 159-191 Economy and Environment Rationality and Ritual (Aaron Wildavsky)....Pages 193-214 Front Matter ....Pages 215-221 The Self-Evaluating Organization (Aaron Wildavsky)....Pages 223-251 Skepticism and Dogma in the White House: Jimmy Carter’s Theory of Governing (Aaron Wildavsky)....Pages 253-267 Citizens as Analysts (Aaron Wildavsky)....Pages 269-299 Front Matter ....Pages 301-304 Doing Better and Feeling Worse: The Political Pathology of Health Policy (Aaron Wildavsky)....Pages 305-332 Learning from Education: If We’re Still Stuck on the Problems, Maybe We’re Taking the Wrong Exam (Aaron Wildavsky)....Pages 333-351 A Tax by Any Other Name: The Donor-Directed Automatic Percentage-Contribution Bonus, a Budget Alternative for Financing Governmental Support of Charity (Aaron Wildavsky)....Pages 353-380 Distribution of Urban Services (Aaron Wildavsky)....Pages 381-417 Analysis as Craft (Aaron Wildavsky)....Pages 419-443 Back Matter ....Pages 445-508