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Diagnosing Policy Problem Situations

In: Public Policy Analysis

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  • Wil A. H. Thissen

    (Delft University of Technology)

Abstract

As argued in Chap. 2, policy processes are multi-faceted and may display a wide variety of characteristics. Consequently, policy analysis in a multi-actor context needs to be contingent, multi-faceted, and pluriform. The concluding section of Chap. 2 articulated a wide array of requirements for good policy analysis. Chapter 3 outlined a conceptualization of the variety of different activities and associated purposes policy analysts may engage in. Which of these are most appropriate and which less so depends on the characteristics of the situation and on the ambitions of the client and of the analyst. Both chapters set the scene for the question: Given a specific policy situation, what requirements and type(s) of policy analytic activities are essential for achieving the purposes of client and analyst? In other words, how can an analyst make a reasoned design of his/her interventions? This will be the subject of Chap. 5.

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  • Wil A. H. Thissen, 2013. "Diagnosing Policy Problem Situations," International Series in Operations Research & Management Science, in: Wil A. H. Thissen & Warren E. Walker (ed.), Public Policy Analysis, edition 127, chapter 0, pages 65-101, Springer.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:isochp:978-1-4614-4602-6_4
    DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4614-4602-6_4
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