READINGS ON
PUBLIC POLICY ANALYSIS
A Reader Prepared for
PPA 691: Seminar in Public Policy Analysis
Spring 2007
by
Thomas R. Martinez, Ph.D.
Department of Public Policy and Administration
CaliforniaStateUniversity, Bakersfield
(3-28-07)
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
* Assignment #1: Defining & Explaining Pub. Policy & Pub. Policy Anal. (Martinez Handout)
* Types of Papers Which May Be Appropriate: PPA 698 Masters Paper (Martinez Handout)
Anderson, Charles W., "The Place of Principles in Policy Analysis," American Political Science Review, Vol 73, 1979, pp.
Anderson, James E., Public Policymaking: An Introduction. 2nd Ed., Houghton Mifflin Co.,
Boston, 1994. ( On Reserve in CSUB Library )
Chapter 2:The Policymakers and Thier Enviroment
Chapter 3:Policy Formation: Problems, Agendas and Formulation
Chapter 7:Policy Impact, Evaluation and Change
Biller, Robert P., "Some Key Points in Drafting Policy and Administrative Recommendations," mimeo, n.p., University of Southern California, October 7, 1981.
Excerpts: pp. 3-5 and pp. 16-17.
Chandler, Ralph C. and Plano, Jack D., The Public Administration Dictionary, 2nd Ed.,
John Wiley & Sons, 1988.
Excerpts-- Decision Making: Incremental; Mixed Scanning; and Rational-Comprehensive
“California’s San JoaquinValley: A Region in Transition” Congressional Research Service
Report, 2005. Order CodeRL33184. (Summary, and Chapter 1, Introduction, pp. 13-30)
Dye, Thomas R., Understanding Public Policy. Englewood, New Jersey: Prentice -Hall, Inc.,
6th Edition, 1987.
Chapter 2:Models of Politics
Chapter 5:Poverty and Welfare: The Search For A Rational Strategy
Gramlich, Edward M., A Guide to BenefitCost Analysis. 2nd ed., Prentice-Hall: New Jersey, 1990.
Chapter 1:Introduction, pp. 1-8
Chapter 2:Objectives of Government Intervention in a Market Economy
Chapter 5:Excerpt , pp. 66-73 on : Valuation of B-C When "Markets Do Not Exist
- Loss of Life."
Guess, George M. and Paul G. Farnham, Cases in Public Policy Analysis. Langman: New York, 1989.
Chapter 1:Introduction to Policy Analysis
Chapter 5:Cost Effectiveness Analysis
Chapter 6: Benefit Cost Analysis
Kingdon, John W., Agendas, Alternatives and Public Policy. Little, Brown & Co., Boston, 1984.
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Chapter 1: How Does an Idea's Time Come
Chapter 4:Processes: Origins, Rationality, Incrementalism & Garbage Cans
Chapter 5:Problems
Martinez, Thomas R., "Problem Analysis in Public Policy & Administration," a paper presented
at the 13th National Conference on Teaching Public Administration, Arizona State University, February 15-17, 1990, pp. 175-184.
Poister, Theodore H., Public Program Analysis: Applied Research Methods, Baltimore,
University Park Press, 1978.
Chapter 11:Excerpt, pp. 421-427, on: "Cost-Effectiveness Analysis."
Radin, Beryl A., “The Evolution of the Policy Analysis Field: From Conversation to Conversations,” Journal of Policy Analysis & Management, Volume 16, Number 2, Spring 1997.
Schrag, Peter,Paradise Lost: California’s Experience, America’s Future , The New York Press, 1998. Part I
Shafritz, Jay M. and Albert C. Hyde, Classics of Public Administration, 2nd ed., Chicago,
Dorsey Press, 1987.
Chapter 43:Purposes of Evaluation, by Carol H. Weiss, pp. 474-483.
Spector, Malcolm and John I. Kitsuse, Constructing Social Problems, Menlo Park, Cummings Publishing Company, 1987.
Chapter 1:Introduction
Stokey, Edith and Richard Zeckhauser, A Primer for Policy Analysis, W.W. Norton &
Company: New York, 1978. (On reserve in CSUB library).
Chapter 1:Thinking About Policy Choices, pp. 3-7.
Chapter 5:Queues
Chapter 9:Program Evaluation: Benefit-Cost Analysis
Zeckhauser, Richard, et al., Benefit Cost and Policy Analysis, Chicago, Aldine, 1974.
Chapter 22:Ten Practical Principles for Policy and Program Analysis, by Alain C. Enthoven, pp. 456-465.
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ADDITIONAL REFERENCES
(Books & Articles)
Bardach, Eugene, A Practical Guide for Policy Analysis: The Eightfold Path to More Effective Problem Solving, 2nd Edition, CQ Press, Washington, DC, 2005.
Benveniste, Guy, Mastering the Politics of Planning: Crafting Credible Plans and
Policies that Make a Difference, San Francisco: Jossey-Bass Publishers, 1989.
Bobrow, Davis B., and John S. Dryzek, Policy Analysis by Design , University of Pittsburgh
Press, 1987.
Cochran, Clarke E. and Lawrence C. Mayer, T. R. Carr and N. Joseph Cayer, American Public
Policy: An Introduction . 5th Ed., St. Martin's Press, New York, 1996.
Dunn, William N., Public Policy Analysis: An Introduction, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, Prentice Hall, 2nd ed., 1994.
Kirlin, John J. and Donald R. Winkler, Editors, California Policy Choices , Volumes 19.
SacramentoPublicAffairsCenter, University of Southern California, 19841994.
Kruschke, Earl R., and Byron M. Jackson, The Public Policy Dictionary , ABC-CLIO, Santa
Barbara, California, 1987.
Marmor, Theodore R., Donald Wittman, and Thomas C. Heagy, "The Politics of Medical Care Inflation, "
Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law. Vol. 1, No. 1, Spr. 1976,
pp. 69-84. ( Note: Although the health care data in this article is dated, read with a focus on general principles and for the "Theory of Imbalanced Political Interests -
Concentrated Versus Diffuse Benefits and Costs.")
Meltsner, Arnold J., "The Seven Deadly Sins of Policy Analysis," inKnowledge: Creation
Diffusion,Utilization. Vol. 7, No. 4, June 1986, pp. 367-381.
Nagel, Stuart S., Editor, Encyclopedia of Policy Studies , 2nd Ed., Marcel Dekker, Inc., New
York,1994. ( a comprehensive collection of policy studies in a broad range of substantive policy areas.
Palumbo, Dennis and Rita Mae Kelley, Editors, Controversial Issues in Public Policy: Volumes 16 , Sage Publications, 1992.
Vol. 1:"Controvertial Issues in Enviromental Policy," K. Portney
Vol. 2: ""Energy Policy," A. Marcus
Vol. 3:""Social Welfare Policy," C. Chelf
Vol. 4:""Educational Policy," L. Bierlein
Vol. 5:""Health Care Policy," J. Kronenfeld
Vol. 6:""Economic Regulatory Policy," M. Whicker (not on reserve)
Plein, Christopher L., "Agenda Setting, Problem Definition, and Policy Studies," Policy Studies Journal ,
Vol. 22, No. 4, pp: 701-704, 1994. ( Review of: Baumgartner and Jones, 1993, and of Rochefort and Cobb, 1994. )
Rabin, Jack, and W. Bartley Hildreth and Gerald J. Miller, Editors, Handbook of Public
Administration , Marcel Dekker, Inc., New York, 1989.
Chapter 6:Decision Making in Public Administration
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7:Five Great Issues in Decision Making
12:A History of the Policy Sciences
13:Five Great Issues in Public Policy Analysis
Rappaport, Julian, "In Praise of Paradox," American Journal of Community Psychology. Vol. 9, 1981.
Sagoff, Mark, "Values and Preferences," Ethics: An International Journal of Social, Political,
and Legal Philosophy , Vol. 96, No. 2, pp: 301-316, 1986.
Seidman, Edward and Julian Rappaport, editors, Redefining Social Problems, New York, Plenum Press, 1986.
Solo, Robert A., and Charles W. Anderson, Editors, Value Judgement and Income Distribution ,
Praeger: New York, 1981.
Stone, Alan and Edward J. Harpham, editors, The Political Economy of Public Policy, Beverly
Hills, Sage Publications, 1982.
Chapter 6:Political Economy and Cost-Benefit Analysis: Problems of Bias, by Kenneth J. Meier, pp. 143-162.
Stiglitz, Joseph E., Economics of the Public Sector. 2nd ed., W.W. Norton & Company:
New York.
White, Louise G., "Policy Analysis as Discourse," Journal of Policy Analysis and Management ,
Vol. 13, No. 3, pp: 506-525, 1994.
Wholey, Joseph S., and Kathryn E. Newcomer, Improving Government Performance:Evaluation Strategies for Strengthening Public Agencies and Programs. Josseey-Bass Publications, 1989.
Wildavsky, Aaron, Speaking Truth to Power: The Art and Craft of Policy Analysis , Little,
Brown and Company, Boston 1979.
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Other Selected References
Hayes-Bautista, David, The Burden of Support: Young Latinos in an Age-Ethnic Stratified Society , StanfordUniversity Press, 1988.
McWilliams, Carey, California: The Great Exception , The University of California Press,
Takaki, Ronald, A Different Mirror: A History of Multicultural America, Little, Brown and Company, New York, 1993.
Hayes-Bautista, David E., La Nueva California: Latinos in the GoldenState,
University of California Press, 2004
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