SITUATIONAL NORMATIVISM: A DESCRIPTIVE-NORMATIVE APPROACH TO DECISION MAKING AND POLICY SCIENCES

In: Policy sciences: integrating knowledge and practice to advance human dignity ; the journal of the Society of Policy Scientists, Band 7, Heft 1, S. 1-9

Abstract

WITH THE OBJECTIVE OF IMPROVING POLICY MAKING, EFFORTS HAVE RECENTLY INTENSIFIED TO INTEGRATE BEHAVIORAL SCIENCES, COST-EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS, AND RELATED DISCIPLINES INTO AN EVOLVING FIELD THAT HAS BEEN TERMED "POLICY SCIENCES." THE PAPER DISCUSSES AN APPROACH, CALLED SITUATIONAL NORMATIVISM, BY WHICH THE COMPONENTS OF POLICY SCIENCES MAY BE PUT TO WORK EFFECTIVELY ON REAL DECISION PROBLEMS.