An attempt by scholars and students at Berkeley to develop a useful program of policy research and action in cooperation with Oakland city agencies, to address some of the city's most pressing needs, which could be transferred to other urban areas.

The Politics of City Revenue the Oakland Project

Business & Money

Meltsner, Arnold J.

Economics

University of California Press

The Politics of City Revenue (the Oakland Project)

Policy analysts in the bureaucracy

Politics & Social Sciences

Politics & Government

Urban Outcomes: Schools, Streets, and Libraries

Wíldavsky, Aaron

Levy, Frank S.

Social Sciences

Policy Analysts in the Bureaucracy

Industries

Univ. Of California Pr.

Who advises our policy makers in Washington? What brings these advisors to the federal bureaucracy and keeps them there? And how do their clients and the bureaucratic context influence the choices they make in selecting, defining, and working on problems of public policy?   In the late 1960s, professional policy advisors—called policy analysts—began to emerge in the Washington bureaucracy. Their job: to provide information and advice about the consequences of choosing different policies. Arnold J. Meltsner examines the various roles they asumed and the ways in which their priorities and methods were affected by the people they advised and the bureaucratic environment.   Drawing on interviews with analysts and using his own experience as a government consultant, Meltsner shows how political and organizational considerations extended the boundaries of the advisor's role in a way that went far beyond the analyst's own notions of what policy analysis was. As the profession began to take shape, there were few standards of external organizations to set expectations for the analyst's work. As advisors on the inside, many policy analysts became adept at writing speeches and memos and making political calculations. In short, they took on the folkways of the bureaucrat.   This detailed and vivid account of the experiences of analysts in a government agency is written not only for students of the subject but for all those interested in the general processes of our government. By providing a picture of the roles and behavior of the policy analyst, Meltsner points out the predicaments facing those who try to improve the effectiveness of analytical expertise within the government. This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press’s mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1976.

Sociology

This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press's mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1971.

Politics of City Revenue

Urban Outcomes: Schools, Streets, and Libraries (Publications in the Oakland Project Series)

The Politics of City Revenue

The Policy Organization

The policy organization is the organization change (for example modifications, reallocations, and new activities) implied by a change in policy. The authors use this concept to study the process of policy implementation in organizations. They pay particular attention to policy communication: the ways in which information moves from researcher to manager. Using a case study of policy change in the California educational system, they consider organization goals, members, environment, structure, resources, tasks, decision-making and policy communication. `Connecting the concepts of policy analysis, organizational structure, and communication behavior in a fresh way, the authors provide a timely, stimulating resource for policy

Bellavita, Christopher

Sage Publications, Inc.

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