Policy Analysis in the Twenty-First Century

Beryl A. Radin is a member of the faculty of the McCourt School of Public Policy at Georgetown University, USA. An elected member of the National Academy of Public Administration, she was the Managing Editor of the Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory and also served as the editor of a book series on Public Management and Change at Georgetown University Press. Her government service included two years as a Special Advisor to the Assistant Secretary for Management and Budget of the US Department of Health and Human Services. Professor Radin has written a number of books and articles on public policy and public management issues. She received the 2014 International Research Society for Public Management Routledge Prize for Outstanding Contribution to Public Management Research, the John Gaus Award from the American Political Science Association in 2012, the H. George Frederickson Award for Lifetime Achievement from the Public Management Research Association in 2009, and the 2002 Donald Stone Award given by the American Society for Public Administration’s section on intergovernmental management to recognize a scholar’s distinguished record. Radin has been a past president of the Association of Public Policy Analysis and Management.

• IntroductionChapter 1 - The Development of the Policy Analysis FieldChapter 2 – Clients: A Moving TargetChapter 3 – The Analyst: Expectations and ConstraintsChapter 4 – The Policy Environment: Increasing Acknowledgement of ComplexityChapter 5 – The Policy Issue ItselfChapter 6 – Information and EvidenceChapter 7 – Criteria and ValuesChapter 8 – A Check ListList of CasesList of ReferencesIndex

Radin draws on her extensive scholarship and experience to produce a book that will be very valuable for those entering, or considering entering, the increasingly diverse field of policy analysis. By conveying the many contexts in which policy analysts practice, the book’s cases will help aspiring analysts better match their personal values to the varieties of roles available in the policy making process. David L. Weimer, University of Wisconsin–Madison, USARadin’s engaging approach presents policy analysis as highly diverse, in terms of what advisors/analysts do from positions in and outside government, and in terms of the clients they serve. With insightful cases, the book does great justice to major challenges to policy analysis in the everyday practice of policy advice across the globe. Marleen Brans, KU Leuven Public Governance Institute, Belgium and Vice-President of the International Public Policy Association The field of Public Policy Analysis has increasingly drawn upon abstract models of technical analysis oblivious to practical relevance to public problem-solving and to the challenges involved in wading through the increasingly complex policy world. Beryl Radin, with the distillation of the rich experience of her career as a "pracademic," combined with a set of masterfully crafted cases, presents an insightful and highly readable account of how Public Policy Analysis can best be studied and practiced in response to challenges of the 21st century world. Wai-Fung Lam, University of Hong Kong, China As a public policy consultant for multinational organizations, I have been involved in programs that provide policy recommendations to governments at all levels of China. If I had seen a book like Prof. Beryl Radin's during my academic career, I would have been more prepared to deal with the issues that occurred at work.Lina Li, Central University of Finance and Economics, China