{"product_id":"analyzing-policy-9780393973990","title":"Analyzing Policy","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis readable and comprehensive introduction to the principles of public-policy analysis is the first book to integrate the tools students need to analyze policies with the common sense they need to understand how real policies are made.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePart 1 Policy happens when we decide to decide: an overview  of policy analysis as a profession and a process; deciding how to decide - \"experts\", \"the people\", and \"the market\". Part 2 Why is policy analysis important?: a benchmark for performance - what is a \"market\"; case study 1 - a simple exchange economy; evaluation and \"market failure\" - criteria for intervention; experts and \"advocacy\" - the limits of policy analysis; democracy and \"government failure\" - the limits of  choice by the people; case study 2 - a simple command polity. Part 3 How is policy analysis conducted?: the welfare economics paradigm - introduction to analytics; choice of regulatory form - efficiency, equity, or politics?; case study 3 social security crisis. Part 4 Cost-benefit analysis; discounting 1 - probability, expected values and risk; discounting  2 - time; cost-benefit analysis.","brand":"WW Norton \u0026 Co","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49525177090391,"sku":"9780393973990","price":49.27,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780393973990.jpg?v=1731859527","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/analyzing-policy-9780393973990","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}