Policy analysis and bureaucratic capacity in the federal government

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jesus F. Hernández-Galicia ◽  
David Arellano-Gault
Keyword(s):  
Public Policy ◽  
Literature Review ◽  
Policy Analysis ◽  
Public Administration ◽  
Federal Government ◽  
The Other ◽  
Federal Level ◽  
Public Policy Analysis ◽  
Network Manager ◽  
Current Characteristics

The purpose of this chapter is to understand and study the emerging bureaucratic skills being developed at the federal level to undertake policy analysis in Mexico. To this end, first, a literature review was undertaken to identify some of the key capacities and skills required for a bureaucracy to be regarded as competent in public policy analysis. Second, two surveys were conducted, one administered to all middle and senior public administration management, and the other focusing on units specializing in public policy analysis. The current characteristics of Mexican federal bureaucracy were identified, together with the challenges faced by bureaucrats in translating the results of policy analysis into actions and programs that can be implemented. Finally, a series of activities and skills informally performed by certain civil servants (articulators/translators called fixer, network manager and policy manager) of the enormous bureaucratic apparatus is discussed.

scholarly journals AN OVERVIEW OF PUBLIC POLICY ANALYSIS MASTERS PROGRAMS

2021 ◽  
pp. 161
Author(s):  
Branko Radulović
Keyword(s):  
Public Policy ◽  
Economic Analysis ◽  
Policy Analysis ◽  
Public Administration ◽  
Research Methods ◽  
Public Management ◽  
Master Program ◽  
Policy Theory ◽  
European Universities ◽  
Public Policy Analysis

The paper presents research on the content of postgraduate programs in the field of public policy at leading European universities. Based on previous research, more than 80 courses are classified in four areas: economic analysis, research methods, public administration, and public policy, in order to obtain a typical master program in public policy analysis. The programs mostly emphasize research methods and public policy theory and application with somewhat lower presence of economic analysis and public management. The results of the research can be used for the purpose of formulating new postgraduate programs at universities in Serbia.

scholarly journals Sociologia da ação pública: análise de políticas públicas com acento francês

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-22
Author(s):  
Denise Direito
Keyword(s):  
Public Policy ◽  
Literature Review ◽  
Policy Analysis ◽  
Empirical Studies ◽  
The State ◽  
Cognitive Approach ◽  
Public Action ◽  
Public Policy Analysis ◽  
Action Analysis ◽  
Multiple Actors

Through a systematic and in-depth literature review, this article presents an overview of categories and concepts used on French approaches to public action analysis, consolidated up from the 1980s. This literature, known as Sociology of Public Action, is still little explored in Brazil. By “sociologizing” public policy analysis, we understand that public action occurs within a negotiation environment between multiple actors inside and outside the State. The text analyzes the origins and main theoretical influences that formed the French approaches, as well as substantive aspects related to these analyzes, such as the understanding of what is State and Actors, and initial concepts on Cognitive Approach, which serve as an analytical complement and, for some authors, as a methodology for empirical studies.

Futurism in Policy Analysis

1986 ◽  
Vol 51 ◽  
pp. 1-4
Author(s):  
E. Clarke Ross
Keyword(s):  
Public Policy ◽  
Policy Analysis ◽  
Science Fiction ◽  
Public Administration ◽  
Air Force ◽  
State University ◽  
Futures Studies ◽  
Politics And Science ◽  
Public Policy Analysis ◽  
The U.S

Michael Genovese's summer 1985 article, “Politics and Science Fiction Films,” is an excellent introduction to the broader topic of futurism and forecasting as methods of public policy analysis. These methods can be an interesting and challenging aspect of a graduate public administration course in public policy analysis.“The future does not simply happen. We create it. We can choose our future.” Accepting this assumption, I have integrated futures studies and forecasting into the Troy State University European Region graduate public administration course, “Policy and Decision Making in Government.” The course is a required component of a master's degree program offered under contract with the U.S. Air Force European Command. I have taught the course seven times, at bases in England, Turkey, Spain, Germany, and the Netherlands.

Ethics and Public Policy

1981 ◽  
Vol 29 ◽  
pp. 1-9
Author(s):  
George J. Graham
Keyword(s):  
Public Policy ◽  
Policy Analysis ◽  
Policy Process ◽  
Policy Issue ◽  
Policy Choice ◽  
Single Text ◽  
Public Policy Analysis ◽  
The Government ◽  
New Framework ◽  
Selection Of

The purpose of this course is to introduce a new framework linking the humanities to public policy analysis as pursued in the government and the academy. Current efforts to link the particular contributions from the humanities to problems of public policy choice are often narrow either in terms of their perspective on the humanities or in terms of their selection of the possible means of influencing policy choice. Sometimes a single text from one of the humanities disciplines is selected to apply to a particular issue. At other times, arguments about the ethical dimensions of a single policy issue often are pursued with a single — or sometimes, no — point of access to the policy process in mind.

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