Power, Knowledge, and Politics: Policy Analysis in the States

by John Hird

If knowledge is power, then John Hird has opened the doors for anyone interested in public policymaking and policy analysis on the state level. A beginning question might be: does politics put gasoline or sugar in the tank? More specifically, in a highly partisan political environment, is nonpartisan expertise useful to policymaking? Do policy analysts play a meaningful role in decision making? Does policy expertise promote democratic decision making?...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1589010485
• ISBN13: 9781589010482
• Release Date: March 2005
• Publisher: Georgetown University Press
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 0.93 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.6" x 8.2"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher