Democracy and the Policy Sciences

by Peter Deleon

Book Overview

Examines how a more democratic, participatory policy analysis could be conceptualized in theory and administered in practice.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0791435482
• ISBN13: 9780791435489
• Release Date: August 1997
• Publisher: State University of New York Press
• Length: 172 Pages
• Weight: 0.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.1" x 9.0"

Customer Reviews

terrific overview of an important topic

deLeon's book on the democratic aspects of public policy making is a terrific overview of the political foundations of the American rule making process. It begins with a history of the constitutional heritage of policy making and it compares several important democratic theories and intellectual traditions (Utilitarianism, Liberal Rationalism, Critical Theory as well as a section on multidisciplinary approaches).It proceeds from there to make a substantial case for the postpositivist view of participatory policy making. This is one of the more readable and provocative books on the subject. I would recommend this as a springboard for discussion in both a political science and a public policy classroom setting.