Practical Guide for Policy Analysis: The Eightfold Path to More Effective Problem Solving

This concise guide for beginning practitioners and students describes practical strategies for producing high quality policy analysis. Drawing upon his experience teaching graduate-level workshops at UC Berkeley, Bardach uses real-world examples to illustrate eight steps of the process, from defining the problem through projecting outcomes and presenting conclusions. Included in the appendices are a section of semantic tips and a sample policy analysis document. Annotation ©2005 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR