Contact us on (02) 8445 2300
For all customer service and order enquiries

Woodslane Online Catalogues

9781589010482 Academic Inspection Copy

Power, Knowledge, and Politics

Policy Analysis in the States
  • ISBN-13: 9781589010482
  • Publisher: GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY PRESS
    Imprint: GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY PRESS
  • By John A. Hird
  • Price: AUD $34.99
  • Stock: 0 in stock
  • Availability: This book is temporarily out of stock, order will be despatched as soon as fresh stock is received.
  • Local release date: 28/04/2005
  • Format: Hardback (216.00mm X 140.00mm) 256 pages Weight: 431g
  • Categories: Central government policies [JPQB]USA [1KBB]
Description
Table of
Contents
Google
Preview
Through a comparative examination of institutions and testing theories of the use of policy analysis, Hird draws conclusions that are more useful than those derived from single cases. Hird examines nonpartisan policy research organizations established by and operating in U.S. state legislatures - one of the most intense of political environments - to determine whether and how nonpartisan policy research can survive in that harsh climate. By first detailing how nonpartisan policy analysis organizations came to be and what they do, and then determining what state legislators want from them, he presents a rigorous statistical analysis of those agencies in all 50 states and from a survey of 800 state legislators. This thoroughly comprehensive look at policymaking at the state level concludes that nonpartisan policy analysis institutions can play an important role - as long as they remain scrupulously nonpartisan.
Preface 1. The Development and Limitations of Policy Analysis 2. Expertise and the Use of Policy Analysis 3. Policy Analysis in the State 4. Explaining Variation in Policy Research Organizations 5. Legislators and Policy Analysis 6. The Effectiveness of Nonpartisan Policy Research Organizations 7. Conclusions and Implications: The Politics of Policy Analysis Appendix: Summary of Survey Responses References Index
Google Preview content