Introduction : Good Public Policy : On the Interaction of Political and Expert Authority / Michael Heazle, John Kane and Haig Patapan -- The Undead Linear Model of Expertise / Darrin Durant -- Intelligence and the Use of Armed Force / Paul R. Pillar -- The Long Goodbye : Science…
Public policy advocates routinely assert that "research has shown" a particular policy to be desirable. But how reliable is the analysis in the research they invoke? And how does that analysis affect the way policy is made, on issues ranging from vaccination to minimum wage to F…
Public policy advocates routinely assert that "research has shown" a particular policy to be desirable. But how reliable is the analysis in the research they invoke? And how does that analysis affect the way policy is made, on issues ranging from vaccination to minimum wage to F…
"Public policy advocates routinely assert that "research has shown" a particular policy to be desirable. But how reliable is the analysis in the research they invoke? And how does that analysis affect the way policy is made, on issues ranging from vaccination to minimum wage to …
"Manski argues that public policy is based on untrustworthy analysis. Failing to account for uncertainty in an uncertain world, policy analysis routinely misleads policy makers with expressions of certitude. Manski critiques the status quo and offers an innovation to improve bot…
Offering a provocative and innovative theorization of governance as relational politics, the central argument of this book is that there are complex sets of emotional dynamics which complicate the already contested terrain of social policy making.
Public participation is central to a wide range of current public policies - not only in the UK, but elsewhere in the developed and the developing world. There are substantial aspirations for what enhanced participation can achieve. This book offers a critical examination of bot…
