Analyzing Policy: Choices, Conflicts, and Practices by Michael C. Munger (Englis

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Analyzing Policy not only helps students learn the conceptual foundations of policy analysis, but it also empowers them to apply what they learn and to engage in their own analysis.

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Analyzing Policy not only helps students learn the conceptual foundations of policy analysis, but it also empowers them to apply what they learn and to engage in their own analysis.

Author Biography

Michael C. Munger is an associate professor of political science at Duke University. Professor Munger has also served as a policy analyst for the Federal Trade Commission in Washington, D.C., and as president of the Public Choice Society from 1996–1998.

Table of Contents

Part 1 Policy happens when we decide to decide: an overview of policy analysis as a profession and a process; deciding how to decide - "experts", "the people", and "the market". Part 2 Why is policy analysis important?: a benchmark for performance - what is a "market"; case study 1 - a simple exchange economy; evaluation and "market failure" - criteria for intervention; experts and "advocacy" - the limits of policy analysis; democracy and "government failure" - the limits of choice by the people; case study 2 - a simple command polity. Part 3 How is policy analysis conducted?: the welfare economics paradigm - introduction to analytics; choice of regulatory form - efficiency, equity, or politics?; case study 3 social security crisis. Part 4 Cost-benefit analysis; discounting 1 - probability, expected values and risk; discounting 2 - time; cost-benefit analysis.

Details ISBN0393973999 Author Michael C. Munger Short Title ANALYZING POLICY Pages 448 Language English ISBN-10 0393973999 ISBN-13 9780393973990 Media Book Format Paperback DEWEY 320.6 Year 2000 Edition 1st Subtitle Choices, Conflicts, and Practices Place of Publication New York Country of Publication United States Illustrations Illustrations Residence NC, US Affiliation Duke University Series New Institutionalism in American Politics DOI 10.1604/9780393973990 UK Release Date 2000-09-06 AU Release Date 2000-09-06 NZ Release Date 2000-09-06 US Release Date 2000-09-06 Publisher WW Norton & Co Publication Date 2000-09-06 Imprint WW Norton & Co Audience Undergraduate We've got this

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