Policy Formulation

Where Ignorant Armies Clash by Night

Dados Bibliográficos

ID4074200
AutoresPeter Deleon (University of Colorado Denver, autor correspondente)
Ano1992
Volume11
Fascículo3-4
Páginas389-405
Data de publicação1992-09-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoReview of Policy Research (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 1541-132X • E-ISSN: 1541-1338
EditoraWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1111/j.1541-1338.1992.tb00480.x
OpenAlexW2071314375
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas6
Referências citadas17

This article argues that many of the shortcomings generally ascribed to policy analysis can be attributed to the intractable nature of the problems being addressed. That is, public policy issues are inherently difficult, resistant to resolution and fully loaded with significant costs. Those costs can easily render a potential policy solution helpless or perhaps even counterproductive, despite the best-conceived and best-intended plans of its proponents. A policy design perspective can help identify some of the downstream dilemmas and possible help alleviate them. However, like most policy approaches, policy design must be used with careful circumspection, else its pitfalls overwhelm its promises

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