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Policy Analysis in the Twenty-First Century

Complexity, Conflict, and Cases

By: Beryl Radin

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Policy Analysis in the Twenty-First Century

Complexity, Conflict, and Cases

By: Beryl Radin

The field called policy analysis focused originally on the formulation of new policies and was structured to give advice to those in the top reaches of government agencies. Within several decades the field moved beyond the formulation stage of the policy process (creating new policies) to agenda setting, implementation, and evaluation of existing policies. New skill sets emerged and staff were found in many parts of the policy world. Despite these changes, there has been little attention paid to the possible shifts in the relationship between analysts and clients, and students of policy analysis often enter the world of work with little exposure to the situations they might face. Policy Analysis in the Twenty-First Century is designed to familiarize students with the diversity of experiences that they can expect to face in their practitioner role. Author Beryl Radin bases the discussion on case studies that illustrate realities in the current policy analysis environment. Set in very different environments (including both US and international settings), the players in the cases illustrate three different stages of a career (beginning the career, mid-career, and people at the end of their career). The cases are based on realistic situations and demonstrate the volatility and complexity of the decision environments. At the same time, they provide attention to the analysts’ personal values and career goals. This book will be required reading for faculty and masters level students in both public management and policy analysis classes. It may also be used in executive programs.

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1000007839

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The Accountable Juggler

The Art of Leadership in a Federal Agency

By: Beryl Radin

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The Accountable Juggler

The Art of Leadership in a Federal Agency

By: Beryl Radin

PUBLIC AFFAIRS AND POLICY ADMINISTRATION SERIES Edited by Donald Kettl How should a manager handle different accountability expectations? While a commonplace term in government lexicon, accountability has escaped precise definition, leaving managers at a disadvantage when trying to monitor the performance of their programs. Including more than 300 programs, over 60,000 employees, and a budget of over $400 billion, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services is an ideal canvas for starkly illustrating competing accountability demands. With a bird's-eye view of the agency's inner workings, Radin tackles big issues such as strategies of centralization and decentralization, coordination with states and localities, leadership, and program design, while using the apt analogy of a juggler to show how managers must keep in the air disparate demands and developments.

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1483371174

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Beyond Machiavelli

Policy Analysis Reaches Midlife, Second Edition

By: Beryl A. Radin

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Beyond Machiavelli

Policy Analysis Reaches Midlife, Second Edition

By: Beryl A. Radin

In this new edition of Beyond Machiavelli, Beryl Radin updates her popular overview of the field of policy analysis. Radin, winner of the John Gaus Award from the American Political Science Association, considers the critical issues that confront the policy analysis practitioner, changes in the field, including the globalization of policy analysis, and the dramatic changes in the policy environment. She examines schools and careers; the conflict between the imperatives of analysis and the world of politics; the analytic tools that have been used, created, or discarded over the past fifty years; the relationship between decision makers and analysts as the field has multiplied and spread; and the assumptions about the availability and appropriateness of information that can be used in the analytic task. Once found largely in the United States, policy analysis has become global, and Radin discusses the field’s new paradigms, methodologies and concepts of success. This new edition considers changes in expertise, controversies in the field, today’s career prospects, and the impact of 9/11 on the field. She profiles three additional policy analysis organizations and updates the profiles of the organizations in the first edition. Continuing the trajectory of the fictional characters from the first edition, Radin adds a character representing the new generation just entering the field. The book discusses the shifts in society’s attitudes toward public action, the availability of resources to meet public needs, and the dimensions of policymaking. Written for students, faculty, and practitioners, the book concludes with a look at the possible dimensions of the policy analysis field and profession as it moves into the future.

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Georgetown University Press

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The Accountable Juggler

The Art of Leadership in a Federal Agency

By: Beryl Radin

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The Art of Leadership in a Federal Agency

By: Beryl Radin

PUBLIC AFFAIRS AND POLICY ADMINISTRATION SERIES Edited by Donald Kettl How should a manager handle different accountability expectations? While a commonplace term in government lexicon, accountability has escaped precise definition, leaving managers at a disadvantage when trying to monitor the performance of their programs. Including more than 300 programs, over 60,000 employees, and a budget of over $400 billion, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services is an ideal canvas for starkly illustrating competing accountability demands. With a bird′s-eye view of the agency′s inner workings, Radin tackles big issues such as strategies of centralization and decentralization, coordination with states and localities, leadership, and program design, while using the apt analogy of a juggler to show how managers must keep in the air disparate demands and developments.

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Policy Analysis in the Twenty-First Century

Complexity, Conflict, and Cases

By: Beryl Radin

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Complexity, Conflict, and Cases

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Challenging the Performance Movement

Accountability, Complexity, and Democratic Values

By: Beryl A. Radin

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Challenging the Performance Movement

Accountability, Complexity, and Democratic Values

By: Beryl A. Radin

Accountability" is a watchword of our era. Dissatisfaction with a range of public and private institutions is widespread and often expressed in strong critical rhetoric. The reasons for these views are varied and difficult to translate into concrete action, but this hasn't deterred governments and nongovernmental organizations from putting into place formal processes for determining whether their own and others' goals have been achieved and problems with performance have been avoided. In this thought-provoking book, government and public administration scholar Beryl Radin takes on many of the assumptions of the performance movement, arguing that evaluation relies too often on simplistic, one-size-fits-all solutions that are not always effective for dynamic organizations. Drawing on a wide range of ideas, including theories of intelligence and modes of thought, assumptions about numbers and information, and the nature of professionalism, Radin sheds light on the hidden complexities of creating standards to evaluate performance. She illustrates these problems by discussing a range of program areas, including health efforts as well as the education program, "No Child Left Behind." Throughout, the author devotes particular attention to concerns about government standards, from accounting for issues of equity to allowing for complicated intergovernmental relationships and fragmentation of powers. She explores in detail how recent performance measurement efforts in the U.S. government have fared, and analyzes efforts by nongovernmental organizations both inside and outside of the United States to impose standards of integrity and equity on their governments. The examination concludes with alternative assumptions and lessons for those embarking on performance measurement activities.

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Federal Management Reform in a World of Contradictions

By: Beryl A. Radin

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Federal Management Reform in a World of Contradictions

By: Beryl A. Radin

Proposals for reform have dotted the federal management landscape in the United States for more than 50 years. Yet these efforts by public management professionals have frequently failed to produce lasting results. In her new book, Federal Management Reform in a World of Contradictions, renowned public administration scholar Beryl A. Radin reveals what may lie behind the failure of so many efforts at government management reform. To spur new thinking about this problem, Radin examines three basic sets of contradictions between the strategies of the reformers and the reality of the US federal system: contradictions in the shared powers structure, contradictions in values, and contradictions between politics and administration. She then explores six types of reform efforts and the core beliefs that guided them. The six reform areas are contracting out, personnel policy, agency reorganization, budgeting, federalism policies and procedures, and performance management. The book shows how too often these prescriptions for reform have tried to apply techniques from the private sector or a parliamentary system that do not transfer well to the structure of the US federal system and its democratic and political traditions. Mindful of the ineffectiveness of a â€œone-size-fitsâ€“allâ€? approach, Radin does not propose a single path for reform, but calls instead for a truly honest assessment of past efforts as todayâ€™s reformers design a new conceptual and strategic roadmap for the future.

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Georgetown University Press

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Beyond Machiavelli

Policy Analysis Reaches Midlife, Second Edition

By: Beryl A. Radin

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Policy Analysis Reaches Midlife, Second Edition

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Defining Policy Analysis: A Journey that Never Ends

By: Beryl A. Radin

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Defining Policy Analysis: A Journey that Never Ends

By: Beryl A. Radin

For much of its life, the field of policy analysis has lived with a wide range of definitions of its goals, work and significance in the society. This Element seeks to sort out these differences by describing the issues, players and developments that have played a role over the life of this field. As a result of the relationships that have developed an environment has emerged where both academics and practitioners who self identify as 'policy analysts' are not always recognized as such by others who use that same label. This Element explores the reasons why this conflictual situation has developed and whether the current status is a major departure from the past. While these developments may not be new or found only in policy analysis, they do have an impact on the status of the academics as well as the practitioners in the field.

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Cambridge University Press

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Policy Framing Issues in the World of COVID-19

By: Beryl A. Radin

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Policy Framing Issues in the World of COVID-19

By: Beryl A. Radin

This book is a somewhat unusual depiction of a difficult policy issue. It transcends almost all boundaries because of its constant change and its movement across many different participants. It was found attached to a range of policy topics, methodologies and approaches. Some of these were familiar while others seemed new. Interest in this topic was exhibited across the globe and did not appear to be delivered along with a narrow political agenda. While researchers tended to re-examine classic public policy literatures (such as those dealing with implementation, federalism and budgeting) they did so by raising unusual issues. But this was not typical since analysts are likely to emphasize similarities rather than differences in settings.

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Challenging the Performance Movement

Accountability, Complexity, and Democratic Values

By: Beryl A. Radin

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Accountability, Complexity, and Democratic Values

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Federal Management Reform in a World of Contradictions

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Proposals for reform have dotted the federal management landscape in the United States for more than 50 years. Yet these efforts by public management professionals have frequently failed to produce lasting results. In her new book, Federal Management Reform in a World of Contradictions, renowned public administration scholar Beryl A. Radin reveals what may lie behind the failure of so many efforts at government management reform. To spur new thinking about this problem, Radin examines three basic sets of contradictions between the strategies of the reformers and the reality of the US federal system: contradictions in the shared powers structure, contradictions in values, and contradictions between politics and administration. She then explores six types of reform efforts and the core beliefs that guided them. The six reform areas are contracting out, personnel policy, agency reorganization, budgeting, federalism policies and procedures, and performance management. The book shows how too often these prescriptions for reform have tried to apply techniques from the private sector or a parliamentary system that do not transfer well to the structure of the US federal system and its democratic and political traditions. Mindful of the ineffectiveness of a “one-size-fits–all” approach, Radin does not propose a single path for reform, but calls instead for a truly honest assessment of past efforts as today’s reformers design a new conceptual and strategic roadmap for the future.

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Defining Policy Analysis: A Journey that Never Ends

By: Beryl A. Radin

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The Politics of Federal Reorganization

Creating the U.S. Department of Education

By: Beryl A. Radin,Willis D. Hawley

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The Politics of Federal Reorganization

Creating the U.S. Department of Education

By: Beryl A. Radin,Willis D. Hawley

The Politics of Federal Reorganization: Creating the U.S. Department of Education deals with the politics underlying the creation and early implementation of the U.S. Department of Education, with emphasis on the characteristics and dimensions of the stages of the policy process. The literature on reorganization in general, and federal government reorganization in particular, is examined. Comprised of nine chapters, this volume provides a glimpse into the reasons why reorganization efforts are ubiquitous and yet very difficult to implement. A number of themes are discussed: the importance of the stages of the policy process in shaping the nature of political action; the internal tensions within the executive branch; the conflict between the culture of analysis and the culture of politics; the role of interest groups and issue networks in shaping public policy; and the continuing uncertainty about the federal role in education. Jimmy Carter's goals in establishing a new Department of Education are also analyzed, along with the deliberations in Congress and Ronald Reagan's proposals to abolish the department. This monograph will be of interest to political scientists, politicians, policymakers, and government officials.

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148313833X

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What Do We Expect from Our Government?

By: Beryl A. Radin,Joshua M. Chanin

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What Do We Expect from Our Government?

By: Beryl A. Radin,Joshua M. Chanin

Much has changed in US politics since the historic 2008 election. While the press covers the actions and agendas of the new administration, other impacts of this political shift have not received as much attention. These changes have forced the nation to rethink the necessary role of government, the role of the private market, the impact of science, technology, and information, and, ultimately, our place in the world. What Do We Expect From Our Government? provides a glimpse at this set of developments by focusing on a number of policies, such as climate change, immigration, and terrorism, as well as governance processes such as oversight, elections and campaigns, and regulation. It highlights the role of research in public sector decision-making, the role of the academy, the relationship between economic imperatives and scientific information, and dealing with uncertainty and change. In addition, it includes attention to broader issues such as national economic and fiscal policies and strategies for assuring equity and access in programs.

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0739178318

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Beryl Cook

By: Beryl Cook

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Beryl Cook

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Beryl Cook is Britains's most popular and endearing artist. Her ability to delight the viewer has made her as popular as any of our best-loved comedians. Now out in paperback, this beautiful and lavish book features over 300 of Beryl's playful, hilarious, and perceptive color pictures.

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Policy Analysis in the Twenty-First Century

Policy Analysis in the Twenty-First Century

The Accountable Juggler

The Accountable Juggler

Beyond Machiavelli

Beyond Machiavelli

The Accountable Juggler

The Accountable Juggler

Policy Analysis in the Twenty-First Century

Policy Analysis in the Twenty-First Century

Challenging the Performance Movement

Challenging the Performance Movement

Federal Management Reform in a World of Contradictions

Federal Management Reform in a World of Contradictions

Beyond Machiavelli

Beyond Machiavelli

Defining Policy Analysis: A Journey that Never Ends

Defining Policy Analysis: A Journey that Never Ends

Policy Framing Issues in the World of COVID-19

Policy Framing Issues in the World of COVID-19

Challenging the Performance Movement

Challenging the Performance Movement

Federal Management Reform in a World of Contradictions

Federal Management Reform in a World of Contradictions

Defining Policy Analysis: A Journey that Never Ends

Defining Policy Analysis: A Journey that Never Ends

The Politics of Federal Reorganization

The Politics of Federal Reorganization

What Do We Expect from Our Government?

What Do We Expect from Our Government?

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