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hinking ike a olicy nalyst T L P A This page intentionally left blank hinking ike a olicy T L P nalyst A olicy nalysis as a P A linical rofession C P Iris Geva-May Editor THINKINGLIKEAPOLICYANALYST © Iris Geva-May, 2005. Softcover reprint of the hardcover 1st edition 2005 978-1-4039-6928-6 All rights reserved. No part of this book may be used or reproduced in any manner whatsoever without written permission except in the case of brief quotations embodied in critical articles or reviews. First published in 2005 by PALGRAVE MACMILLAN™ 175 Fifth Avenue, New York, N.Y. 10010 and Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire, England RG21 6XS Companies and representatives throughout the world. PALGRAVE MACMILLAN is the global academic imprint of the Palgrave Macmillan division of St. Martin’s Press, LLC and of Palgrave Macmillan Ltd. Macmillan®is a registered trademark in the United States, United Kingdom and other countries. Palgrave is a registered trademark in the European Union and other countries. ISBN 978-1-349-53119-6 ISBN 978-1-4039-8093-9 (eBook) DOI10.1057/9781403980939 Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Thinking like a policy analyst : policy analysis as a clinical profession / edited by Iris Geva-May. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and indexes. 1. Policy sciences—Methodology. 2. Policy sciences—Study and teaching. 3. Thought and thinking—Social aspects. 4. Public administration—Decision making. 5. Decision making—Philosophy. I. Geva-May, Iris. H97.T485 2005 320.6—dc22 2004061672 A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library. Design by Newgen Imaging Systems (P) Ltd., Chennai, India. First edition: June 2005 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 To my daughter Moran, for discussions on dimensions of clinical studies that made this book possible This page intentionally left blank ontents C List of Figures ix List of Tables xi List of Appendices xiii Notes on Contributors xv Acknowledgments xxi Foreword xxiii Clinical Reasoning at Work: An Introduction to the Rationale of this Book 1 Iris Geva-May Part One Doing Policy Analysis: Clinical and Diagnostic Considerations 13 1. Thinking Like a Policy Analyst: Policy Analysis as a Clinical Profession 15 Iris Geva-May Part Two Principles and Clinical Professional Reasoning Processes: Their Application in Other Clinical Disciplines 51 2. Teaching Clinical Reasoning to Undergraduate Medical Students 53 Jochanan Benbassat 3. Clinical Legal Education: A Twenty-first-Century Perspective 73 Anthony G. Amsterdam viii Contents 4. Case Teaching and Intellectual Performances in Public Management 83 Michael Barzelay and Fred Thompson 5. Training and Supervision of Clinical Psychologists 109 Amy S. Janeck and Steven Taylor Part Three Principles and Clinical Professional Reasoning Processes: Their Application in Policy Analysis 125 6. Policy Maps and Political Feasibility 127 Peter J. May 7. The P-Case: One Strategy for Creating the Policy Analysis “Case” 153 Aidan R. Vining and David L. Weimer 8. Preparing for the Craft of Policy Analysis: The Capstone Experience 171 Peter deLeon and Spiros Protopsaltis 9. Practice, Practice, Practice: The Clinical Education of Policy Analysts at the NYU/Wagner School 187 Dennis C. Smith 10. Defining Policy Goals Through the Stages of the Policy Process: Creating the U.S. Department of Education 213 Beryl A. Radin 11. Case Study Method and Policy Analysis 227 Leslie A. Pal 12. I Don’t Teach by the Case 259 Eugene Smolensky 13. Balancing Pedagogy: Supplementing Cases with Policy Simulations in Public Affairs Education 269 Michael I. Luger Index of Names 285 Index of Subject Matter 291 igures F 1.1 Policy analysis as a professional field 18 1.2 Policy analysis reasoning as a clinical diagnostic process 22 1.3 Chain components of the diagnostic cognitive process 23 6.1 Health care reform policy issues and potential policy provisions 134 6.2 Selected health care reform policy proposals 135 6.3 Interest group positions for health care policy provisions 139 6.4 Bases of support and opposition for policy proposals 141 7.1 Problem and solution analysis 159 9.1 Policy analysis as a field 189 9.2 James Thompson’s decision-making matrix 193 9.3 Logic model for Wagner capstones 196 11.1 ICANN organizational chart, 2002 249 13.1 Distribution of case years 274
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