Download or read book The Quality of Political Decision Making written by Klaas Beniers and published by Rozenberg Publishers. This book was released on 2006-11 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In representative democracies, citizens give politicians the authority to design, implement, and evaluate a wide variety of policies. Delegating tasks to elected officials may create agency problems between citizens and their politicians. Politicians may

Download or read book The Rush to Policy written by Peter William House and published by Transaction Publishers. This book was released on with total page 452 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Rush to Policy explores the appropriate role of technical analysis in policy formulation. The authors ask when and how the use of sophisticated analytic techniques in decision-making benefits the nation. They argues that these techniques are too often used in situations where they may not be needed or understood by the decision maker, where they may not be to answer the questions raised but are nonetheless required by law. House and Shull provide an excellent empirical base for describing the impact of politics on policies, policy analysis, and policy analysts. They examine cost-benefit analysis, risk analysis, and decision analysis and assess their ability to substitute for the current decision-making process in the public sector. They examine the political basis of public sector decision-making, how individuals and organizations make decisions, and the ways decisions are made in the federal sector. Also, they discuss the mandate to use these methods in the policy formulation process. The book is written by two practicing federal policy analysts who, in a decade of service as policy researchers, developed sophisticated quantitative analytic and decision-making techniques. They then spent several years trying to use them in the real world. Success and failures are described in illuminating detail, providing insight not commonly found in such critiques. The authors delineate the interaction of politics and technical issues. Their book describes policy analysis as it is, not how it ought to be. Peter W. House is the director of policy research and analysis at the National Science Foundation. He is the author of ten books on multidisciplinary science and technology policy research and analyses in government, private, and university sectors, including The Art of Public Policy Analysis and with Roger D. Shull, Regulatory Reform: Politics and the Environment and Regulations and Science: Management of Research on Demand. Roger D. Shull is a senior analyst at the Division of Policy Research and Analysis, National Science Foundation.

Download or read book Democratization of Expertise written by Sabine Maasen and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2006-06-30 with total page 238 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: ‘Scientific advice to politics’, the ‘nature of expertise’, and the ‘relation between experts, policy makers, and the public’ are variations of a topic that currently attracts the attention of social scientists, philosophers of science as well as practitioners in the public sphere and the media. This renewed interest in a persistent theme is initiated by the call for a democratization of expertise that has become the order of the day in the legitimation of research funding. The new significance of ‘participation’ and ‘accountability’ has motivated scholars to take a new look at the science – politics interface and to probe questions such as "What is new in the arrangement of scientific expertise and political decision-making?", "How can reliable knowledge be made useful for politics and society at large, and how can epistemically and ethically sound decisions be achieved without losing democratic legitimacy?", "How can the objective of democratization of expertise be achieved without compromising the quality and reliability of knowledge?" Scientific knowledge and the ‘experts’ that represent it no longer command the unquestioned authority and public trust that was once bestowed upon them, and yet, policy makers are more dependent on them than ever before. This collection of essays explores the relations between science and politics with the instruments of the social studies of science, thereby providing new insights into their re-alignment under a new régime of governance.

Download or read book Complex Political Decision Making written by Peter Bursens and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2016-11-18 with total page 236 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 10 The Ukrainian crisis revisited: response to Richard Herrmann -- 11 Politics, it has never been so simple: complex versus simplistic rhetoric and the use of hyperbole in political decision-making in the Netherlands -- 12 The challenge of complex decision-making: concluding chapter and discussion -- Index

Download or read book Policy Paradox written by Deborah Stone and published by . This book was released on 2013 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Decision making politics and quality of life written by Edgar Hartel and published by E. Hartel. This book was released on 2013-10-29 with total page 499 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Note: the automatically generated Contents section on this web page makes no sense. Some book pages look weird in the Preview section. The word cloud below is rather misleading. The complete original PDF e-book is available free for non-commercial use. There is a link to the left, and another one behind the 'Buy/Get...' button. -------------- Subject: How decision making, problems, politics and quality of life are connected. What can go wrong, and how to do it better. Target audience: Everyone interested. No special knowledge required. Estimated reading time: 1 hour for all chapters. 2 extra hours for all appendices. Page layout: Allows easy reading without scrolling, even on very small screens. Entertainment value: None intended. And that's no joke. License: Free for non-commercial use, Creative Commons BY-NC-SA. Commercial use requires separate agreement. Technical information: Original PDF/A file size: 5 887 981 Byte MD5: 5f01ed34c1f835afaa5202ba7d706bfc (file integrity checksum) Tags/keywords: decision making, politics, quality of life, problem solving, problems, global problems, transparency, decision quality, decision process, value systems, multi-party decision matrix, discussions, argument maps

Download or read book Political decision making Processes written by and published by . This book was released on 1970 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Oxford Encyclopedia of Political Decision Making written by and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2021-04-14 with total page 1408 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This encyclopedia traces the development and future of research on political decision making through an exploration of its central theoretical approaches, methodologies, and substantive topics of perennial interest. The focus is on political decision making as a question of individual psychology: individual preferences, information search, evaluation, and choice. Through peer-reviewed contributions by leading researchers, the encyclopedia provides a general framework for studying political decision making that applies to both everyday citizens and political elites. Under the editorial directorship of David P. Redlawsk and associate editors Cengiz Erisen, Erin Hennes, Zoe Oxley, Darren Schreiber, and Barbara Vis, the Oxford Encyclopedia of Political Decision Making provides the definitive resource of foundational essays on political decision making.

Download or read book Groupthink Versus High Quality Decision Making in International Relations written by Mark Schafer and published by Columbia University Press. This book was released on 2010-04-22 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Are good and bad outcomes significantly affected by the decision-making process itself? Indeed they are, in that certain decision-making techniques and practices limit the ability of policymakers to achieve their goals and advance the national interest. The success of policy often turns on the quality of the decision-making process. Mark Schafer and Scott Crichlow identify the factors that contribute to good and bad policymaking, such as the personalities of political leaders, the structure of decision-making groups, and the nature of the exchange between participating individuals. Analyzing thirty-nine foreign-policy cases across nine administrations and incorporating both statistical analyses and case studies, including a detailed examination of the decision to invade Iraq in 2003, the authors pinpoint the factors that are likely to lead to successful or failed decision making, and they suggest ways to improve the process. Schafer and Crichlow show how the staffing of key offices and the structure of central decision-making bodies determine the path of an administration even before topics are introduced. Additionally, they link the psychological characteristics of leaders to the quality of their decision processing. There is no greater work available on understanding and improving the dynamics of contemporary decision making.

Download or read book Political Decision making Processes written by Dusan Sidjanski and published by Elsevier Science & Technology. This book was released on 1973 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Compilation of conference papers comprising a comparison of the decision making process in governments, in national level politics and in international relations - defines the multidimensional theoretical and political aspects of decision making, examines the political behaviour of elites, and includes case studies of some specific instances of decision making in Ghana, Canada, Switzerland, and the international organizations. References and statistical tables. Conference held in munich 1970 September.

Download or read book Political Decision making written by S. Sidney Ulmer and published by . This book was released on 1970 with total page 168 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Challenges to Political Decision making written by Hubert Heinelt and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2019-05-22 with total page 134 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book analyses the ability of individuals to create meaning through communicative interaction and of what seems to constrain and enable actors in taking collectively binding political decisions. The book examines why, in some contexts, individuals consider something as evident and relevant for their action while others perceive them as nonsense or simply as ‘fake news’. As such, the book follows a research perspective based on a concept emphasizing that the core function of knowledge is related to the selection and integration of data and other information which give them substance. Taking an interpretive political science perspective to knowledge, the book overcomes particular deficiencies of policy learning concepts where the development of an understanding of ‘reality’ is thematized in a way that supposedly decrypts everyday processes through which individuals understand ‘reality’ and (re)orient their actions to intersubjective processes. To better understand these intersubjective processes, communicative mechanisms are worked through where knowledge claims are selected and integrated. This book will be of key interest to scholars and students of political science and policy analysis and more broadly, to sociology and social theory, geography, planning, philosophy, communication studies, and governance studies.

Download or read book Reconceiving Decision Making in Democratic Politics written by Bryan D. Jones and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 1994 with total page 302 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Why are there often sudden abrupt changes in public opinion on political issues? Or total reversals in congressional support for specific legislation? Jones aims to answer these questions by connecting insights from cognitive science and rational-choice theory to political life.

Download or read book Complex Political Decision Making Leadership Legitimacy and Communication written by Peter Bursens Christl and published by . This book was released on 2016-11-28 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Structure of Decision written by Robert Axelrod and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2015-03-08 with total page 422 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book outlines a new approach to the analysis of decision making based on "cognitive maps." A cognitive map is a graphic representation intended to capture the structure of a decision maker's stated beliefs about a particular problem. Following introductory chapters that develop the theory and techniques of cognitive mapping, a set of five empirical studies applies these new techniques to five policy areas. Originally published in 1976. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.

Download or read book Policy Paradox written by Deborah A. Stone and published by W. W. Norton. This book was released on 1997 with total page 394 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Since its debut, Policy Paradox has been widely acclaimed as the most accessible policy text available.

Download or read book The Oxford Encyclopedia of Political Decision Making written by David P. Redlawsk and published by . This book was released on 2021 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This encyclopedia traces the development and future of research on political decision making through an exploration of its central theoretical approaches, methodologies, and substantive topics of perennial interest. The focus is on political decision making as a question of individual psychology: individual preferences, information search, evaluation, and choice. Through peer-reviewed contributions by leading researchers, the encyclopedia provides a general framework for studying political decision making that applies to both everyday citizens and political elites"--