• Introduction
• Chapter 1 - The Development of the Policy Analysis Field
• Chapter 2 - Clients: A Moving Target
• Chapter 3 - The Analyst: Expectations and Constraints
• Chapter 4 - The Policy Environment: Increasing Acknowledgement of Complexity
• Chapter 5 - The Policy Issue Itself
• Chapter 6 - Information and Evidence
• Chapter 7 - Criteria and Values
• Chapter 8 - A Check List
• List of Cases
• List of References
• Index
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The field called policy analysis focused originally on the formulation of new policies and was structured to give advice to those in the top reaches of government agencies. Within several decades the field moved beyond the formulation stage of the policy process (creating new policies) to agenda setting, implementation, and evaluation of existing policies. New skill sets emerged and staff were found in many parts of the policy world. Despite these changes, there has been little attention paid to the possible shifts in the relationship between analysts and clients, and students of policy analysis often enter the world of work with little exposure to the situations they might face. Policy Analysis in the Twenty-First Century is designed to familiarize students with the diversity of experiences that they can expect to face in their practitioner role. Author Beryl Radin bases the discussion on case studies that illustrate realities in the current policy analysis environment. Set in very different environments (including both US and international settings), the players in the cases illustrate three different stages of a career (beginning the career, mid-career, and people at the end of their career). The cases are based on realistic situations and demonstrate the volatility and complexity of the decision environments. At the same time, they provide attention to the analysts' personal values and career goals. This book will be required reading for faculty and masters level students in both public management and policy analysis classes. It may also be used in executive programs.
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• Preface Introduction
• 1. The Background
• 2. Public/Private Management Relationships
• 3. Political Structures Matter
• 4. Contracting Out: A-76
• 5. Personnel Policy Reform
• 6. Reorganization as Reform
• 7. Budgeting as Reform
• 8. Reform in Federalism and Intergovernmental Relations
• 9. Performance Measurement
• 10. Living with Contradictions Bibliography About the Author Index.
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Proposals for reform have dotted the federal management landscape in the United States for more than 50 years. Yet these efforts by public management professionals have frequently failed to produce lasting results. In her new book, "Federal Management Reform in a World of Contradictions", renowned public administration scholar Beryl A. Radin reveals what may lie behind the failure of so many efforts at government management reform. To spur new thinking about this problem, Radin examines three basic sets of contradictions between the strategies of the reformers and the reality of the US federal system: contradictions in the shared powers structure, contradictions in values, and contradictions between politics and administration. She then explores six types of reform efforts and the core beliefs that guided them. The six reform areas are contracting out, personnel policy, agency reorganization, budgeting, federalism policies and procedures, and performance management. The book shows how too often these prescriptions for reform have tried to apply techniques from the private sector or a parliamentary system that do not transfer well to the structure of the US federal system and its democratic and political traditions. Mindful of the ineffectiveness of a "one-size-fits-all" approach, Radin does not propose a single path for reform, but calls instead for a truly honest assessment of past efforts as today's reformers design a new conceptual and strategic roadmap for the future.
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• The ubiquitous nature of performance
• The performance mindset
• One size fits all
• Demeaning professionals : throwing out the baby with the bathwater?
• Competing values : can the performance movement deal with equity?
• The reality of fragmentation : power and authority in the U.S. political system
• Intergovernmental relationships : power and authority in the U.S. political system
• Information, interests, and ideology
• Competing values in a global context : performance activities in the World Bank
• Conflicting patterns of assumptions : where do we go from here?

Accountability is a watchword of our era. Dissatisfaction with a range of public and private institutions is widespread and often expressed in strong critical rhetoric. The reasons for these views are varied and difficult to translate into concrete action, but this hasn't deterred governments and nongovernmental organizations from putting into place formal processes for determining whether their own and others' goals have been achieved and problems with performance have been avoided. In this thought-provoking book, government and public administration scholar Beryl Radin takes on many of the a.

• The ubiquitous nature of performance
• The performance mindset
• One size fits all
• Demeaning professionals : throwing out the baby with the bathwater?
• Competing values : can the performance movement deal with equity?
• The reality of fragmentation : power and authority in the U.S. political system
• Intergovernmental relationships : power and authority in the U.S. political system
• Information, interests, and ideology
• Competing values in a global context : performance activities in the World Bank
• Conflicting patterns of assumptions : where do we go from here?

Accountability is a watchword of our era. Dissatisfaction with a range of public and private institutions is widespread and often expressed in strong critical rhetoric. The reasons for these views are varied and difficult to translate into concrete action, but this hasn't deterred governments and nongovernmental organizations from putting into place formal processes for determining whether their own and others' goals have been achieved and problems with performance have been avoided. In this thought-provoking book, government and public administration scholar Beryl Radin takes on many of the a.

"Public Affairs and Policy Administration Series" is edited by Donald Kettl. How should a manager handle different accountability expectations? While a commonplace term in government lexicon, accountability has escaped precise definition, leaving managers at a disadvantage when trying to monitor the performance of their programs. Including more than 300 programs, over 60,000 employees, and a budget of over $400 billion, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services is an ideal canvas for starkly illustrating competing accountability demands. With a bird's-eye view of the agency's inner workings, Radin tackles big issues such as strategies of centralization and decentralization, coordination with states and localities, leadership, and program design, while using the apt analogy of a juggler to show how managers must keep in the air disparate demands and developments.
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Comparing policy analysis in the 1960s, when it was created, with its practice in the 1990s, Beryl Radin analyzes the transformations the profession has undergone since its birth and offers a provocative conception of its practice. Radin explores the sinificant changes that have taken place in the field, including attitudes toward politics, skills and methodologies required, views about information and data, and shifts in modes of decision making. While some argue that the 1960s were the golden day of the profession when desicion makers listened to experts, Radin agrues that the earlier version of the field held to traditions of elitism and secrecy and that policy analysis in the 1990s, pluralistic and open, is a more democratic American profession.
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• 1 Forward 2 Introduction: What Do We Expect from Our Government?
• Part 3 One: The Policy and Historical Context
• Chapter 4
• 1. The FDR Legacy: Yesterday and Today
• Chapter 5
• 2. The Economic Crisis: How Can We Deal with It?
• Chapter 6
• 3. Worrying about Equity Issues: The Case of Youth Policy and Poverty
• Part 7 Two: Policy Debates
• Chapter 8
• 4. Climate Change, the Economic Crisis, and Prospectus for the Future 9 Climate Change Panel Summary
• Chapter 10
• 5. Countering Myths about Terrorism: Some Lessons Learned from the Global Terrorism Database 11 Terrorism Panel Summary
• Chapter 12
• 6. What Do We Expect from our Government Representatives on Immigration? 13 Immigration Panel Summary
• Part 14 Three: Focusing on Processes
• Chapter 15
• 7. Transition Time at the National Level: The Government, Congress, and Party Leaders 16 Oversight Panel Summary
• Chapter 17
• 8. What Do We Expect from Our Elections? 18 Elections and Campaigns Panel Summary
• Chapter 19
• 9. Restoring Public Protections: Regulatory Challenges Confronting President Obama and the 111th Congress 20 Regulation Panel Summary 21 About the Editors 22 Conference Information.
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What Do We Expect From Our Government? provides a glimpse at this set of developments by focusing on a number of policies, such as climate change, immigration, and terrorism, as well as governance processes such as oversight, elections and campaigns, and regulation. It highlights the role of research in public sector decision-making, the role of the academy, the relationship between economic imperatives and scientific information, and dealing with uncertainty and change. In addition, it includes attention to broader issues such as national economic and fiscal policies and strategies for assuring equity and access in programs.
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