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Introductions
Review syllabus & assignments
Assign teams & cases
Policy analysis - Art or science?
Definitions of policy analysis
Development of the field of policy analysis
Working with clients
Working with the public
Ethical issues and value conflicts
  

Readings

RES#1: Michael Kraft and Scott Furlong. 2004. Public Policy: Politics, Analysis, and Alternatives. Washington, DC: Congressional Quarterly Press. pages 101 - 124.
  

Lecture Notes

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Web Resources

Some of you may be interested in joining professional associations that have large numbers of planners, policy analysts, and decisionmakers as members such as:
Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management
American Society of Public Administration
American Planning Association
International City/Management Association
Policy Studies Organization
  

Books of Possible Interest

Mintrom, Michael. 2003. People Skills for Policy Analysts. Washington, DC: Georgetown University Press. ISBN 0-87840-900-9
Wildavsky, Aaron. 1979. Speaking Truth to Power: The Art and Craft of Policy Analysis. Boston, MA: Little, Brown and Company.
Majone, Giandomenico. 1993. Evidence, Argument, and Persuasion in  the Policy Process. New Haven, CT: Yale University Press
House, Peter W. and Roger D Shull. 1991. The Practice of Policy Analysis: Forty Years of Art and Technology. Washington, DC: The Compass Press.
Feldman, Martha S.. 1989. Order Without Design: Information Production and Policy Making. Stanford University Press.
 

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