Book contents
- Theory and Practice in Policy Analysis
- Theory and Practice in Policy Analysis
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- 1 Policy Analysis: An Overview
- Part I Making Decisions that Maximize Utility
- Part II Some Widely Used Analysis Tools and Topics
- Part III How Individuals and Organizations Actually Make Decisions
- Part IV The Policy Process and S&T Policy (Mainly) in the United States
- 16 Analysis and the Policy Process
- 17 The Period Prior to World War II
- 18 U.S. Science and Technology Policy from World War II to 1960
- 19 Science and Technology Advice to Government
- Book part
- Index
- References
17 - The Period Prior to World War II
from Part IV - The Policy Process and S&T Policy (Mainly) in the United States
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 24 August 2017
Book contents
- Theory and Practice in Policy Analysis
- Theory and Practice in Policy Analysis
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- 1 Policy Analysis: An Overview
- Part I Making Decisions that Maximize Utility
- Part II Some Widely Used Analysis Tools and Topics
- Part III How Individuals and Organizations Actually Make Decisions
- Part IV The Policy Process and S&T Policy (Mainly) in the United States
- 16 Analysis and the Policy Process
- 17 The Period Prior to World War II
- 18 U.S. Science and Technology Policy from World War II to 1960
- 19 Science and Technology Advice to Government
- Book part
- Index
- References
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- Theory and Practice in Policy AnalysisIncluding Applications in Science and Technology, pp. 469 - 496Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2017
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