Rush to Policy

Based on their experience in the Carter administration's Department of Energy, the authors condemn the misuse through overuse of policy analysis in government. Too often, House and Shull argue in this lively book, policy analysis is treated as a religious experience instead of as a supplementary tool. Such overemphasis on analysis, the authors contend, is dangerous, since it cannot resolve the real political issues (such as equity among those affected by a public program)... The book is a valuable complement to other studies of the limits of policy analysis... and is strongly recommended for university libraries. --D. F. Kettl, Choice Based on their experience in the Carter administration's Department of Energy, the authors condemn the misuse through overuse of policy analysis in government. Too often, House and Shull argue in this lively book, policy analysis is treated as a religious experience instead of as a supplementary tool. Such overemphasis on analysis, the authors contend, is dangerous, since it cannot resolve the real political issues (such as equity among those affected by a public program)... The book is a valuable complement to other studies of the limits of policy analysis... and is strongly recommended for university libraries. --D. F. Kettl, Choice -Based on their experience in the Carter administration's Department of Energy, the authors condemn the misuse through overuse of policy analysis in government. Too often, House and Shull argue in this lively book, policy analysis is treated as a religious experience instead of as a supplementary tool. Such overemphasis on analysis, the authors contend, is dangerous, since it cannot resolve the real political issues (such as equity among those affected by a public program)... The book is a valuable complement to other studies of the limits of policy analysis... and is strongly recommended for university libraries.- --D. F. Kettl, Choice