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100 1 $aBardach, Eugene,$eauthor.
245 12 $aA practical guide for policy analysis :$bthe eightfold path to more effective problem solving /$cEugene Bardach, University of California, Berkeley, Eric M. Patashnik, Brown University.
250 $aSixth edition.
264 1 $aThousand Oaks, California :$bCQ Press ;$aLondon, United Kingdom :$bSAGE Publications,$c[2020]
264 4 $c©2020
300 $axx, 190 pages :$billustrations ;$c23 cm
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
338 $avolume$bnc$2rdacarrier
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 181-184) and index.
520 $aDrawing on more than 40 years of experience with policy analysis, authors Eugene Bardach and Eric M. Patashnik use real-world examples to teach students how to be effective, accurate, and persuasive policy analysts.
505 0 $aThe eightfold path. Step one: Define the problem ; Step two: Assemble some evidence ; Step three: Construct the alternatives ; Step four: Select the criteria ; Step five: Project the outcomes ; Step six: Confront the trade-offs ; Step seven: Stop, focus, narrow, deepen, decide! ; Step eight: Tell your story -- Assembling evidence. Getting started ; Locating relevant sources ; Gaining access and engaging assistance ; Conducting a policy research interview ; Using language to characterize and calibrate ; Protecting credibility ; Strategic dilemmas of policy research -- Handling a design problem. It's a production system ; Crosswalks from the eightfold path to "systems of action" ; Define the problem-focus on a primary outcome ; Construct the alternatives-configure the system's organizational structure and its operating processes ; Select the criteria-define the objectives to be achieved ; Project the outcomes-test whether it will work ; Confront the trade-offs-examine the system from multiple perspectives ; Design a transition strategy -- "Smart (best) practices" research: understanding and making use of what look like good ideas from somewhere else. Develop realistic expectations ; Analyze smart practices ; Observe the practice ; Describe generic vulnerabilities ; But will it work here? ; Back to the eightfold path -- Appendix A. Things governments do -- Appendix B. Understanding public and non profit institutions: asking the right questions -- Appendix C. Strategic advice on the dynamics of gathering political support -- Appendix D. Tips for working with clients -- Appendix E. Suggestions for incorporating 'big data" and rigorous scientific evidence into policy analysis.
650 0 $aPolicy sciences.
650 0 $aDecision making.
650 0 $aProblem solving.
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650 7 $aPolicy sciences.$2fast$0(OCoLC)fst01068796
650 7 $aProblem solving.$2fast$0(OCoLC)fst01077890
700 1 $aPatashnik, Eric M.,$eauthor.
776 08 $iOnline version:$aBardach, Eugene.$tPractical guide for policy analysis.$bSixth edition$w(OCoLC)1202769930
852 00 $bswx$hH97$i.B37 2020