For every problem there is a solution, which is neat, simple, and wrong.
Policy analysis is a systematic inquiry into the nature of public problems and their solutions.
As such, its roots can be traced back to the practices of the advisors to the rulers of early human societies. Numerous methods and techniques of analyzing policy problems have been developed and subjected to philosophical and methodological debates and discussions in the last four decades. This course is an introduction to a group of methods and theoretical approaches in public policy analysis. These methods and techniques will be discussed in their theoretical contexts. The primary goal of this course is to help students become informed consumers of policy-analytic research products.