Applications of Super-optimizing Policy Analysis

Book details for Applications of Super-optimizing Policy Analysis

Series: Research in Public Policy Analysis and Management v. 8

Contributor(s): Stuart S. Nagel (editor),

Format: Hardback, 234 x 156 x 15mm , 272 pp, black & white illustrations

Publication date: 19 Nov 1997

Imprint: JAI Press Inc.

ISBN: 9780762300440

Price: £61.95

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Synopsis

This series presents selected research papers dealing with important methodological and theoretical issues in the policy sciences, with research in policy-related disciplines, and applied research on issues in public policy analysis and public management. There is particular emphasis on research related to operations and design issues for governmental organizations.

Contents

Part 1 Economic policy: the "big tradeoff" - fundamental law or "red herring?", Robert Haveman; women and children in poverty - a policy analysis, Sue Campbell Clarck. Part 2 Technology policy: airport location, the USSR, and super-optimum solutions, O.I. Larichev et al; optimum budget allocation for alternative energy development in Japan, Akiko Yumoto. Part 3 Social policy: abortion, birth control, and public policy, Rhonda Peek, Mark Koening; the drug war - there has to be a better way, Patrick Walls. Part 4 Political policy: improving productivity in the civil service through the SOS approach, King Chow; the Israeli-Palestinian conflict - a social and political solution, Gideaon Doron. Part 5 Legal policy: super-optimum mediation, John W. Cooley; illegal searches - history and alternatives, Kevin Young Joon Pak. Part 6 Developmental policy: super-optimum solutions in developmental policy, King W. Chow; urban, regional, and national development in China, Tong Dao-Chi; super-optimizing analysis and constitutional reform, Sebastian Saiegh.