The Art and Craft of Policy Analysis

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The Art and Craft of Policy Analysis "Even after half a century of reading public policy works, if I were to be limited to one professional book, it would be The Art and Craft of Policy Analysis. Aaron Wildavsky, a founder of the field, was determined to teach its members to above all question 'received' wisdom. Criticism, while essential, is not enough, he counseled. Policy analysis must contribute to addressing problems. The mark of good public policy is whether today's problems are less divisive and more soluble than those previously faced. At the end of the 1970s, after two tumultuous decades of revolutionary policies affecting civil rights, social welfare and the environment, Wildavsky was positive about the contribution of policy. Can we come to the same judgement today? This book can teach the reader how to do the analysis.