The Science Of Public Policy

Author : Dagmar Simon,Stefan Kuhlmann,Julia Stamm,Weert Canzler
Publisher : Edward Elgar Publishing
Page : 584 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2019
Category : SCIENCE
ISBN : 9781784715946

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Handbook on Science and Public Policy by Dagmar Simon,Stefan Kuhlmann,Julia Stamm,Weert Canzler Pdf

This Handbook assembles state-of-the-art insights into the co-evolutionary and precarious relations between science and public policy. Beyond this, it also offers a fresh outlook on emerging challenges for science (including technology and innovation) in changing societies, and related policy requirements, as well as the challenges for public policy in view of science-driven economic, societal, and cultural changes. In short, this book deals with science as a policy-triggered project as well as public policy as a science-driven venture.

Author : Tadao Miyakawa
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 472 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : Policy sciences
ISBN : 0415195950

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The Science of Public Policy: Evolution of policy sciences, pt. 2 by Tadao Miyakawa Pdf

Author : Peter John
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 208 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2017-01-06
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781317680178

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Field Experiments in Political Science and Public Policy by Peter John Pdf

Field experiments -- randomized controlled trials -- have become ever more popular in political science, as well as in other disciplines, such as economics, social policy and development. Policy-makers have also increasingly used randomization to evaluate public policies, designing trials of tax reminders, welfare policies and international aid programs to name just a few of the interventions tested in this way. Field experiments have become successful because they assess causal claims in ways that other methods of evaluation find hard to emulate. Social scientists and evaluators have rediscovered how to design and analyze field experiments, but they have paid much less attention to the challenges of organizing and managing them. Field experiments pose unique challenges and opportunities for the researcher and evaluator which come from working in the field. The research experience can be challenging and at times hard to predict. This book aims to help researchers and evaluators plan and manage their field experiments so they can avoid common pitfalls. It is also intended to open up discussion about the context and backdrop to trials so that these practical aspects of field experiments are better understood. The book sets out ten steps researchers can use to plan their field experiments, then nine threats to watch out for when they implement them. There are cases studies of voting and political participation, elites, welfare and employment, nudging citizens, and developing countries.

Author : Ken Steif
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 254 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2021-08-18
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781000401615

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Public Policy Analytics by Ken Steif Pdf

Public Policy Analytics: Code & Context for Data Science in Government teaches readers how to address complex public policy problems with data and analytics using reproducible methods in R. Each of the eight chapters provides a detailed case study, showing readers: how to develop exploratory indicators; understand ‘spatial process’ and develop spatial analytics; how to develop ‘useful’ predictive analytics; how to convey these outputs to non-technical decision-makers through the medium of data visualization; and why, ultimately, data science and ‘Planning’ are one and the same. A graduate-level introduction to data science, this book will appeal to researchers and data scientists at the intersection of data analytics and public policy, as well as readers who wish to understand how algorithms will affect the future of government.

Author : Jeffrey C. Chen,Edward A. Rubin,Gary J. Cornwall
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 365 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2021-09-01
Category : Mathematics
ISBN : 9783030713522

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Data Science for Public Policy by Jeffrey C. Chen,Edward A. Rubin,Gary J. Cornwall Pdf

This textbook presents the essential tools and core concepts of data science to public officials, policy analysts, and economists among others in order to further their application in the public sector. An expansion of the quantitative economics frameworks presented in policy and business schools, this book emphasizes the process of asking relevant questions to inform public policy. Its techniques and approaches emphasize data-driven practices, beginning with the basic programming paradigms that occupy the majority of an analyst’s time and advancing to the practical applications of statistical learning and machine learning. The text considers two divergent, competing perspectives to support its applications, incorporating techniques from both causal inference and prediction. Additionally, the book includes open-sourced data as well as live code, written in R and presented in notebook form, which readers can use and modify to practice working with data.

Author : H. Brooks,C.L. Cooper
Publisher : Elsevier
Page : 294 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2013-10-22
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781483286600

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Science for Public Policy by H. Brooks,C.L. Cooper Pdf

Since World War II, national and international policy makers have been confronted by a growing number of complex problems the resolution of which hangs, to a significant degree, on scientific knowledge or technical insights. This puts a premium on the quality and clarity of scientific/technical advice they receive. From their vantage points as scientists, policy makers or science advisors from both East and West, the authors of this book examine the issues involved in science for public policy and explore ways to improve the quality and timeliness of the scientific advice available to decision makers. Environmental problems provide much of the focus for the analysis.

Author : Michael Hill,Peter L. Hupe
Publisher : SAGE
Page : 248 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2002-09-16
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 0761966293

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Implementing Public Policy by Michael Hill,Peter L. Hupe Pdf

Bringing the major current insights in implementation research and theory together, Public Policy, Implementation and Governance reviews the literature on public policy implementation, relating it to contemporary developments in thinking about governance. The text stresses the continuing importance of a focus upon implementation processes and explores its central relevance to the practice of public administration. In light of the changing nature of governance, Hill and Hupe suggest strategies for both future research on and management of public policy implementation. Their basic approach is two-fold: firstly, to understand the process of implementation and secondly, to address how one might control and affect this process. Re-exploring the state of the art of the study of implementation as a sub-discipline of political science and public administration, this book will be essential reading for students and researchers in public policy, social policy, public management, public adminstration and governance. `This is an excellent and much needed book. Hill and Hupe have provided a well written and highly accessible account of the development of implementation studies which will be immensely valuable to everyone concerned with understanding implementation in modern policy making.' - Professor Wayne Parsons, University of London

Author : Michael Moran,Martin Rein,Robert E. Goodin
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 997 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2008-06-12
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780199548453

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The Oxford Handbook of Public Policy by Michael Moran,Martin Rein,Robert E. Goodin Pdf

This is part of a ten volume set of reference books offering authoritative and engaging critical overviews of the state of political science. This work explores the business end of politics, where theory meets practice in the pursuit of public good.

Author : George E. DeBoer
Publisher : IAP
Page : 453 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2011-01-01
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781617352263

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The Role of Public Policy in K-12 Science Education by George E. DeBoer Pdf

The goal of this volume of Research in Science Education is to examine the relationship between science education policy and practice and the special role that science education researchers play in influencing policy. It has been suggested that the science education research community is isolated from the political process, pays little attention to policy matters, and has little influence on policy. But to influence policy, it is important to understand how policy is made and how it is implemented. This volume sheds light on the intersection between policy and practice through both theoretical discussions and practical examples. This book was written primarily about science education policy development in the context of the highly decentralized educational system of the United States. But, because policy development is fundamentally a social activity involving knowledge, values, and personal and community interests, there are similarities in how education policy gets enacted and implemented around the world. This volume is meant to be useful to science education researchers and to practitioners such as teachers and administrators because it provides information about which aspects of the science education enterprise are affected by state, local, and national policies. It also provides helpful information for researchers and practitioners who wonder how they might influence policy. In particular, it points out how the values of people who are affected by policy initiatives are critical to the implementation of those policies.

Author : Fred Carden
Publisher : IDRC
Page : 238 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2009-04-06
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9788178299303

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Knowledge to Policy by Fred Carden Pdf

Investigates the effects of research in the field of international development.. Examines the consequences of 23 research projects funded by Canada's International Development Research Centre in developing countries. Shows how research influence public policy and decision-making and how can contribute to better governance.

Author : Tadao Miyakawa
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 568 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : Policy sciences
ISBN : 0415195969

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The Science of Public Policy: Policy analysis by Tadao Miyakawa Pdf

Author : Robert E. Goodin
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 387 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2013-04-30
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780745666709

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Green Political Theory by Robert E. Goodin Pdf

With their remarkable electoral successes, Green parties worldwide seized the political imagination of friends and foes alike. Mainstream politicians busily disparage them and imitate them in turn. This new book shows that 'greens' deserve to be taken more seriously than that. This is the first full-length philosophical discussion of the green political programme. Goodin shows that green public policy proposals are unified by a single, coherent moral vision - a 'green theory of value' - that is largely independent of the `green theory of agency' dictating green political mechanisms, strategies and tactics on the one hand, and personal lifestyle recommendations on the other. The upshot is that we demand that politicians implement green public policies, and implement them completely, without committing ourselves to the other often more eccentric aspects of green doctrine that threaten to alienate so many potential supporters.

Author : Bjørn Lomborg
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2001-08-30
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781139643696

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The Skeptical Environmentalist by Bjørn Lomborg Pdf

The Skeptical Environmentalist challenges widely held beliefs that the environmental situation is getting worse and worse. The author, himself a former member of Greenpeace, is critical of the way in which many environmental organisations make selective and misleading use of the scientific evidence. Using the best available statistical information from internationally recognised research institutes, Bjørn Lomborg systematically examines a range of major environmental problems that feature prominently in headline news across the world. His arguments are presented in non-technical, accessible language and are carefully backed up by over 2500 footnotes allowing readers to check sources for themselves. Concluding that there are more reasons for optimism than pessimism, Bjørn Lomborg stresses the need for clear-headed prioritisation of resources to tackle real, not imagined problems. The Skeptical Environmentalist offers readers a non-partisan stocktaking exercise that serves as a useful corrective to the more alarmist accounts favoured by campaign groups and the media.

Author : J. Lemons,Donald A. Brown
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 297 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2013-06-29
Category : Science
ISBN : 9789401584920

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Sustainable Development: Science, Ethics, and Public Policy by J. Lemons,Donald A. Brown Pdf

Of all the books written about the problems of sustainable development and environmental protection, Sustainable Development: Science, Ethics, and Public Policy is one of the first to examine the role of science, economics and law, and ethics as generally applied to decision making on sustainable development, particularly in respect to the recommendations contained in Agenda 21. Specifically, the book examines the role, capabilities, and certain strengths and weaknesses of these disciplines and their ethical implications in the context of sustainable development problems. Such an analysis is necessary to determine whether sustainable development problems create important new challenges and problems for government so that, where appropriate, new tools or approaches may be designed to overcome limitations or take advantage of the strengths of current scientific, economic and legal capabilities. Audience: Environmental professionals, whether academic, governmental or industrial, or in the private consultancy sector. Also suitable as an upper level text or reference.

Author : Patrick Fafard,Adèle Cassola,Evelyne de Leeuw
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 350 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2022
Category : Medical policy
ISBN : 9783030989859

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Integrating Science and Politics for Public Health by Patrick Fafard,Adèle Cassola,Evelyne de Leeuw Pdf

This open access book bridges the divide between political science and public health, whilst simultaneously embracing the complexities and differences of both. Although public health is inherently political, the tools and insights of political science are often ignored in public health scholarship. Bringing together academics and researchers working at the intersection of both, the book demonstrates how integrating these fields can help reconcile the roles of politics and scientific evidence in policymaking. It also highlights the key conceptual, methodological and substantive implications for bridging this divide, and charts a path forward for a movement towards political science with public health. It will be of interest to academics, researchers and students interested in public health, political science, public policy, and the role of scientific evidence in policymaking.