Policy Analysis for Action Recommendations

Abstract

Political studies have had little contribution to make to the management of real political problems, largely because they have been devoted more to the end of increasing understanding than to the end of formulating concrete recommendations for action. The continued pursuit of deeper understanding may distract the analyst from the work of formulating concrete action recommendations. Carefully performed, explicit policy analyses designed to develop recommendations for action dealing with real political problems can be legitimate scholarly endeavors. The document pursues the thesis that methodologies and guiding principles for the conduct of such studies can be formulated, just as they have been for the empirical research, and more effort should be devoted to cultivating the methods for doing them.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 1971
Accession Number
AD0718830

Entities

People

  • George Kent

Organizations

  • University of HawaiĘ»i System

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Human Systems
  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Computer Programming
  • Computer Programs
  • Cost Benefit Analysis
  • Costs
  • Game Theory
  • Governments
  • Military Research
  • New York
  • Operations Research
  • Political Science
  • Public Administration
  • Public Policy
  • Revolutions
  • Systems Analysis
  • Systems Approach
  • Test And Evaluation
  • United States

Readers

  • East Asian Political and Security Studies within the Soviet Union
  • Strategic Security Studies
  • Theoretical Analysis.