Advice and Consent: The Development of the Policy Sciences

by Peter Deleon

Policy analysis, as a practical matter, is hardly new. Throughout history, rulers have sought advice from priests or sages, and monarchs have conferred with counselors. The emergence of empirical social research in the nineteenth century laid the groundwork for policy advice that was more than an idiosyncratic political exercise, but it was not until well into this century that the systematic examination of policy issues became feasible. Advice and...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0871542153
• ISBN13: 9780871542151
• Release Date: January 1989
• Publisher: Russell Sage Foundation
• Length: 143 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.3" x 9.1"