THE ACADEMIC AS WOULD-BE ANALYST: A CAUTIONARY TALE

In: Policy analysis: publ. quarterly for the Graduate School of Public Policy, University of California, Band 7, Heft 1, S. 91-102

Abstract

THIS PAPER DESCRIBES ONE ACADEMIC ANALYST-PUBLIC AGENCY CLIENT RELATIONSHIP. IN THIS CASE, BECAUSE THE CLIENT LACKED INTEREST IN UTILIZING THE ANALYST'S FINDINGS, THE ANALYSIS BECAME A SYMBOLIC PROCESS IN WHICH "TAKING THE ISSUE SERIOUSLY" WAS, FOR THE ANALYST, AN END IN ITSELF.