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The Craft of Policy Design: Can It Be More Than Art?

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The craft for predicting and evaluating the impacts of policy alternatives has received much of the attention of students of public policy analysis. Relatively little attention has been given to understanding and improving the craft for designing alternative policies. Beyond catalogs of generic policy instruments, two sources provide useful insights into policy design. First, the study of institutional choice as policy design draws attention to the selection of procedures and incentive systems to achieve substantive policy outcomes. Second, the study of the manipulation of the dimensions of policy choice (heresethetics), which provides insight into strategy in political arenas, may help with the broader problem of packaging and presenting policies so that they remain viable during implementation.

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  • David L. Weinter, 1992. "The Craft of Policy Design: Can It Be More Than Art?," Review of Policy Research, Policy Studies Organization, vol. 11(3‐4), pages 370-388, September.
    • Handle: RePEc:bla:revpol:v:11:y:1992:i:3-4:p:370-388
    DOI: 10.1111/j.1541-1338.1992.tb00479.x
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    1. Florian Kern & Michael Howlett, 2009. "Implementing transition management as policy reforms: a case study of the Dutch energy sector," Policy Sciences, Springer;Society of Policy Sciences, vol. 42(4), pages 391-408, November.

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