Week 11
1st Hour: Models for Policy Analysis
2nd Hour: Policy Analysis in Practice
1st Hour Objective:
To appreciate the usefulness of various kinds of modeling in policy analysis.
2nd Hour Objective:
To understand the strengths and limits of evidence in framing policy positions.
Readings:
1. Rebecca Maynard, Evidence based decision making: What will it take for the decision makers to care? Journal of Policy Analysis and Management 2006, 25-2, pp. 249-262
2. Edward Quade, Qualitative methods and mental models in Analysis for Public Decisions. New York. North Holland, 1982 pp. 185-205
3. Alec Fisher, The logic of Real Arguments, Cambridge University Press [Optional Reading]
Agenda, Reading Materials & Other Attachments
Additional Reference:
Making Policy, Shaping Lives Edited by Raia Prokhovnik, Edinburgh University Press 2005 [Recommended Reading Ch. 1]