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In: Policy studies journal: an international journal of public policy, Band 12, Heft 2, S. 251-257
ISSN: 0190-292X
THE EDITOR HAS ASKED ME, AS AN ECONOMIST, TO RESPOND TO PROFESSOR MEAD'S ESSAY ON THE RELATION BETWEEN ECONOMICS AND POLITICAL SCIENCE IN THE STUDY OF PUBLIC POLICY. THIS REQUEST SEEMS TO HAVE BEEN PROMPTED BY PROFESSOR MEAD'S STATEMENT TO THE EDITOR THAT HIS ESSAY HAD NOT BEEN WELL RECEIVED BY THOSE ECONOMISTS WHO HAD READ IT. BUT I HAD NO SUCH NEGATIVE REACTION, SO WHATEVER DUEL THE EDITOR MIGHT HAVE ANTICIPATED WOULD RESULT WILL NOT TAKE PLACE. PROFESSOR MEAD'S CONTENTION THAT THE STUDY OF PUBLIC POLICY "HAS SOMETHING TO DO WITH THE JOINT CONTRIBUTION OF ECONOMICS AND POLITICAL SCIENCE TO THE STUDY OF PUBLIC ISSUES," SEEMS EMINENTLY REASONABLE TO ME. INDEED, THE AUTHOR DO NOT SEE HOW IT COULD BE OTHERWISE, ONCE IT IS RECOGNIZED THAT ECONOMICS AND POLITICAL SCIENCE REST UPON THE SAME FOUNDATION. THIS FOUNDATION IS WHAT ECONOMISTS REFER TO AS SCARCITY, WHICH MEANS THAT THE WANTS PEOPLE HAVE EXCEED THE CAPACITY THAT EXISTS WITHIN A SOCIETY TO FULFILL THOSE WANTS. BECAUSE OF SCARCITY, SOME MEANS OF RESOLVING CONFLICTS AND REPRESSING WANTS ARISE IN ALL SOCIETIES, AS DO PATTERNS OF COOPERATION TO ENHANCE THE EXTENT TO WHICH WANTS CAN BE FULFILLED.
In: Policy studies journal: the journal of the Policy Studies Organization, Band 12, Heft 2, S. 251-257
ISSN: 1541-0072
In: Policy studies journal: an international journal of public policy, Band 12, Heft 2, S. 247-257
ISSN: 0190-292X
In A Meaning for "Public Policy," Lawrence M. Mead (New York U, New York, NY) discusses public policy as a combination of economics & political science that optimally reflects the analytic strengths of both disciplines. Economics & political science are differentiated: the former is concerned with norms & the results of individual action; whereas the latter focuses on real political issues, groups, & constraints, & is concerned with collectively generated issues. The constructive function of the two disciplines is illustrated with an example from budgeting. In On Economics, Political Science, and Public Policy, Richard E. Wagner (Florida State U, Tallahassee) observes that both economics & political science are based on the fact of scarcity & the inherent conflict among peoples & societies it signifies. A historical review of the application of economic theory to political practice is provided, showing that this procedure has functioned similarly whether in absolutist or republican societies, with the difference that the latter could elect to alter policy directions. It is argued that economics & political science must recognize principles intrinsic to society & try to work within them to create policy. This process is examined in the case of rent control. 22 References. D. Dunseath.
In: Policy studies journal: an international journal of public policy, Band 12, Heft 2, S. 247, 251
ISSN: 0190-292X
In: Policy studies journal: an international journal of public policy, Band 12, S. 247-257
ISSN: 0190-292X
Contents: A meaning for "public policy," by Lawrence M. Mead; On economics, political science, and public policy, by Richard E. Wagner.
In: Science, technology, & human values: ST&HV, Band 10, Heft 1, S. 7-16
ISSN: 1552-8251
In: The American People and Science Policy, S. 33-54
In: The Nelson-Hall series in political science
In: Policy studies review: PSR, Band 5, Heft 2, S. 319
ISSN: 0278-4416
In: Review of policy research, Band 5, Heft 2, S. 319-336
ISSN: 1541-1338
Studies of "policy" and l'policymakingll have proliferated recently. One reason is the serious policymaking difficulties of American and other Western governments. Earlier political science did not address these problems well because of its concentration on political input processes rather than outputs. Most policy studies either evaluate programs 0′ explain cases of policymaking, The approach proposed here, called public policy, does both. Analyses of preferred options are played off against the limitations of process, and vice versa. This conception is illustrated and the problems posed by it are discussed.
In: Journal of policy analysis and management: the journal of the Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management, Band 1, Heft 4, S. 568
ISSN: 1520-6688
In: Policy studies review: PSR, Band 5, S. 319-335
ISSN: 0278-4416
Proposes an approach to policy study in which "analyses of preferred options are played off against the limitations of process, and vice versa."
In: The American economist: journal of the International Honor Society in Economics, Omicron Delta Epsilon, Band 31, Heft 2, S. 3-7
ISSN: 2328-1235