Professional Roles for Policy Analysts: A Critical Assessment

In: Journal of policy analysis and management: the journal of the Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management, Band 2, Heft 1, S. 89-100

Abstract

Analysts in agencies that make public policy may find themselves operating in any of several different roles. They may see themselves as objective technicians, above the political fray, as advocates of causes of their own choosing, or as unquestioning proponents of their employers' positions. Their choice of roles will differ according to systematic characteristics found in the environment. Any serious effort to develop a code for the behavior of policy analysts must take these differences into account. HA.