| Description |
1 online resource (198 pages) |
| Contents |
Cover; Half Title; Series Page; Title; Copyright; About the Book; Contents; List of Figures; List of Tables; Foreword; About the Editor and Authors; Introduction; 1 The Environment and Public Policy; 2 Toward Increasing Competence of Thought in Public Policy Formation; The Need for Analysis of the Quality of Thought Used in the Policy Making Process; A Matrix of Modes of Inquiry; What Is the Most Powerful Form of Inquiry that Policy Makers and Science Advisors Can Use?; Consequences of Over- and Under-Estimating Our Cognitive Ability; References and Notes; 3 What Is a Public Policy Issue? |
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IntroductionPublic Policy Issues; Stating the Issues; The Role of Government in Public Issues; Tools of Government; Some Actors in the Policy Drama; The Decision Makers; Bureaucracies, Bureaucrats, and Other Users; The Academic and The Expert; The Social Scientist as Policy Analyst; The Ideologue; Values and Public Participation; Applying Contemporary Study Techniques to Public Policy Issues; Summary; 4 Technology for Director Dubious: Evaluation and Decision in Public Contexts; Evaluating Radiologic Efficacy by Bayesian Methods |
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Multiattribute Utility Measurement as a Tool for the Explication and Aggregation of Social ValuesConclusion; References; 5 Judgment, Choice, and Societal Risk Taking; Coping Intellectually with Risk and Uncertainty; Determinants of Acceptable Societal Risks; Understanding and Forecasting Public Response towards Nuclear Power; Conclusion; References and Notes; 6 Observations on Judgment and Public Policy Decisions; 7 Science, Values and Human Judgment; Contrasting Viewpoints of the Role of the Scientist; The Focus on Scientists and Their Motives; Scientists as Adversaries |
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Scientists' Advocacy of the Person-Oriented ApproachAn Example of Contrasting Approaches; Conclusion; References and Notes; 8 Decision Errors and Fallible Judgment: Implications for Social Policy; Abstract; Introduction; Structure of the Task; A Selection-Probability Model; Individual vs. Societal Decisions; Base Rates; Feedback Effects; Regression Effects; Assumptions; Conclusion; References; Footnotes; Further Reading; Index |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Policy sciences.
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Public administration -- Decision making.
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Policy sciences
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Public administration -- Decision making
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780429707261 |
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0429707266 |
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