Policy Analysis in the Good Society

Abstract

According to the authors, "policy analysis in the good society... is akin to the practice of a participatory policy analysis, for no other analytic exercise listens so closely to its citizens, and no other methodology is more permissive of their desires to speak for, govern, and ultimately fulfill themselves" (p.41). Dahl's views are similar to these: Dahl believes that ordinary people "are more competent that anyone else to decide whna and how much they shall interven on decsions they feel are important to them.." (1990:26, cited in DeLeon and Steelman, 2002:40)